Scoring Content Management, it’s a start
In the absence of proper benchmarking, scoring is becoming a trend towards performance measurement for CMS. Long overdue.
24 October 2001
by Paola Di Maio
Analysts at Meta Group recently carried out a technology assessment of leading content management platforms.
Each system was ranked and scored in five different categories: technology, architecture, functionality, implementation and operations. In four out of five categories - technology, architecture, implementation and operations.
Meta Group notes that a new generation of Content Management systems, mainly from European vendors, challenges the large US vendors. The strength of this new generation of products lies in the often superior technology. The European systems have adopted Java and open interfaces at an early stage, while the large US vendors have struggled to convert existing systems to the new technology, also carrying the legacy and migration from earlier versions.
Analysts concluded that this new generation of products, have focused the system design on operational efficiency and cost effectiveness, factors that the end user organizations will value increasingly.
Polopoly got top scores, they develp platform independent systems for digital content management and customer relationship management (eCRM) with clients including some of the main Scandinavian players within media and retail industries, including the Swedish Television, Boxer.tv, K-World, KF, SIDA and Ericsson, got tops scores.
“The Polopoly platform has been developed since 1996 and it has been 100 percent Java from day one. We are focused on achieving scalable solutions with extreme cost efficiency for our customers. Thanks to the low hardware investments and fast implementation periods, the total cost of ownership constitutes a very attractive offering”, says Polopoly’s CEO Gustaf Sahlman.
Crn Labs recently tested four content management solutions, Eprise, Fatwire, Idetix and Instranet, grading them in five categories: third-party integration, ease of use, workflow functionality, content editing and strength of sales and marketing programs with channel partners.
Eprise Participant Server received an "A+" for third-party integration and an "A" in the other categories to average the highest overall rating of "A" and, as a result, was the only solution to receive the Editors' Choice award.
"As more solution providers look to include content management in their toolbox of offerings, it becomes critical for vendors to provide
a proper balance of technical prowess and comprehensive support" the CRN review stated. "Eprise has achieved that balance and earned the
Editors' Choice award with Participant Server in the CRN Test Center's review of content management solutions. Featuring a combination of workflow management, an easy-to-use content-building editor and
integration support for major application servers such as BEA System's WebLogic and IBM's WebSphere, Eprise Participant Server is the clear
winner of this roundup."
As competition is going to become fiercer, evaluation criteria will have to become
tighter and yet remain sufficiently flexible to accommodate for different users requirements.
And how unbiased, will always remain a question.
So users who are planning to rely on such measurements to proceed with a capital intensive solution, should in turn evaluate and fully understand the implications of such measurements, and their limitations.
www.polopoly.com.
www.eprise.com
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