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What I Mean to Say: A Practitioner Perspective on AI, Semantics, and Content Evolution

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As information transparency, compliance and accessibility needs are further heightened by the recent banking and economic turmoil, pTools today announced that it has developed an automated document migration and transformation solution with partner company Riverdocs.  The solution solves the problem of document accessibility and transparency and is aimed at financial services and government agencies.
By making documents more searchable and readily available, the solution guarantees compliance with accessibility and transparency legislation. Organizations can now seamlessly transform PDF, Microsoft Word, and all Microsoft Office documents into compliant html web pages in pTools without the need for manual migration. Documents of 100 pages or more that can take three to five days to manually convert, let alone publish, can be tackled in a matter of hours and made available to online systems. You can use iFilter to do keyword searches on your files and create an index of pdf files you wish to convert.
pTools was involved in development of the document Transparency Initiative at the Irish Stock Exchange earlier this year and Managing Director Tom Skinner commented: “We continue to build our Enterprise Content Management suite of applications and solutions and, together with Riverdocs, we can now provide an instant solution to exchanging document information online in a manner that traditionally required dedicated investment in technical skills and resources. This makes large scale document conversion and publishing easy.”
The solution solves the long standing problem of easily representing documents online as searchable, useable and accessible web pages. Issues of document retrieval, lost attachments, and inability to search are all handled by transformation to HTML and automated publishing to browser.
An immediate benefit of this approach is that it eliminates the need for manual migration. While other services offer conversion, this solution differs in that documents are also automatically publishable for web.  By simply dropping a PDF or document into a folder in pTools content management software, the document is transformed into web pages in the pTools application using the Riverdocs service.
Commenting on the development Peter Acton, Managing Director of Riverdocs says: “Riverdocs and pTools have a natural technology fit that results in a single solution for customers. For CMS users it’s a trouble free solution to an age-old problem and it really solves all the issues for people trying to easily access information that’s embedded in Office documents and PDFs. The savings in time and effort are significant and the results in controlling and sharing information accurately can’t be underestimated for financial services and government.”
The development is part of the ongoing extension of pTools suite of applications and is already in deployment with customers in Ireland and the UK.  Key benefits delivered by pTools Riverdocs document transformation solution include:
<ul>
<li>Rapid conversion of Pdf and Microsoft Office Documents to managed web pages</li>
<li>Managed, controlled and auditable access to documents and web pages</li>
<li>Managed approval and sign-off of documents and web pages</li>
<li>Fulfilled governance and compliance document transparency guidelines</li>
<li>Guaranteed accessibility web content compliance and fully text searchable</li>
<li>Reduced document and policy circulation costs and risks</li>
<li>Increased document and policy efficiencies</li>
<li>Guaranteed synchronisation of circulated information</li>
<li>Improved information search and retrieval</li>
</ul>
The solution helps Financial Services and Government Organisations synchronise and share information in manner that is fully controlled, traceable and secure. Most of all it’s easy to adopt and deploy and results are immediately quantifiable and measurable for all.
Learn more at <a href="http://ptools.com/More_pTools/News_Events/Document_Transparency_Made_Easy_with_pTools_and_Riverdocs.html">pTools</a>.

Document Transparency Made Easy with pTools and Riverdocs

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KnowledgeTree®, an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) provider focusing on affordable <a href="http://www.knowledgetree.com/">document management software</a> that is easily installed and used by business professionals, today announced the release of version 3.7 of its commercial edition, version 1.1 of its Microsoft® Office Add-in, and an alpha release of KnowledgeTree Explorer CP (cross platform).
<a href="http://www.knowledgetree.com/products/whats-new">KnowledgeTree 3.7</a>, deployed on Zend Server, features improved performance – tests indicate KnowledgeTree runs up to 40 percent faster through the inclusion of Zend Optimizer. It also introduces the first iteration of KnowledgeTree’s new Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) interface, which is compliant with the 0.61 draft of the specification.
By using Web services and Web 2.0 interfaces to enable rich information to be shared across Internet protocols, CMIS enables greater interoperability among ECM systems.
“KnowledgeTree continues to offer a simple, easy-to-use document management system that does not strain IT resources and is up and running in no time. By embracing open standards and other strategies that enable seamless integration with widely accepted platforms, such as Microsoft IIS and Kofax Capture, KnowledgeTree is answering the needs of the enterprise user,” said Daniel Chalef, CEO of KnowledgeTree.
Significant features and enhancements of the 3.7 release include:
<ul>
<li>Thumbnail and Instant View Functionality: New nail and Instant View document preview functionality allows users to see, search and scroll through documents before downloading them from the KnowledgeTree repository.</li>
<li>Support for Microsoft IIS 6 &amp; 7 on Windows 2003 &amp; 2008 Server: 
The KnowledgeTree installer now enables administrators to install to an existing Microsoft IIS Web Server. This native support benefits organizations that have chosen to standardize on IIS.</li>
<li>Server-based, MSI, RPM and DEB installer packages: 
These allow easy installation and maintenance of the stack using standard package management technologies on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.</li>
<li>Setup Wizard: The wizard automates installation, configuration and upgrades, making it easy for both non-technical and experienced administrators, and completely removing the need for command line interaction.</li>
</ul>
Also featured in this release are updates to the Microsoft Office Add-in, which integrates KnowledgeTree seamlessly with Microsoft Office 2007. KnowledgeTree has added a date field, a rich-text field, and the ability to select multiple items to the document properties feature.
Finally, an OpenSearch interface enables users to share search results generated within KnowledgeTree with other applications and helps search engines and users communicate requests and syndicate results.
KnowledgeTree Explorer CP is a cross-platform version of the popular desktop tool that allows drag and drop functionality to the repository. With cross-platform capabilities, users can enjoy this feature from Linux and Mac desktops. An alpha period for KnowledgeTree Explorer CP will give customers the opportunity to test and comment on the offering.
“We continue to enhance KnowledgeTree so that it works the way enterprises do while meeting their evolving business needs. With more than half of our existing customers deploying on Windows Server – IIS 6 and 7 support and the Microsoft Office Add-in have become important features as KnowledgeTree grows its business,” said Evan Person, 
director of product management, KnowledgeTree.
KnowledgeTree offers commercial on-premise Plus and Premium subscriptions as well as a software as a service offering, KnowledgeTreeLive. The company’s free community edition, which released version 3.7 on November 16, has been downloaded over 700,000 times from SourceForge, the world's largest open-source development website.

ECM Provider KnowledgeTree® Releases Version 3.7 of Its Document Management Software

Roger Wyatt, President and CEO of Tynken Interactive announces Signal, a breakthrough in technology that allows teachers to post class notes, homework, schedules and a myriad of other content to their web pages by simply sending an email.
All users need to do is type a code in the subject line, and the system directs the contents of the email to the appropriate section of their web page.
“What is really great about this is that it turns the system on its head. What I kept hearing is that the majority of teachers don't have the time or desire to be web designers, and that they are therefore stuck either doing nothing or spending time learning new software” said Wyatt. “Now all they have to do is send an email, and the system does it for them. This saves a significant amount of time, and makes better, faster classroom communication very easy. First we completely changed the way teachers interact with their web applications. Now we are bringing about a second revolution – allowing them to post to their sites using only email”
“I had been talking with teachers about some of their issues. One of the main ones was not having the time to learn software to maintain a teacher web page. In fact, only 10% of the teachers in any school create a teacher page when given the opportunity. They all said the same thing – “I don't have the time to learn a new system”. Now they don't have to. This new system is unbelievably powerful. It is set it up to allow posting of just about anything – scores, schedules, menus, etc – in addition to class notes, homework, and the other class information” said Wyatt.
“And there is no need for training – they just send an email for the instructions and the system emails them the user guide – all 1 page of it. So the technology coordinators don't need to spend any time training the teachers in using the application – there's no training required. And there are built-in safeguards. For example, if the teacher forgets to put a due date on the homework assignment, the system will not post it, but send an email asking for the due date before posting.”
This breakthrough was an extension of the work that Tynken had been doing on their groundbreaking content management system that takes communication in general at educational institutions to a new level. Named Frequency, the new platform had been years in development, and came out of the gate looking vastly different from other CMS.
“The last revolutionary development in user interface was 5 or more years ago with tabbed navigation. We knew there was a better way for users to get things done. Our interface is so intuitive, you won't believe how easy it is to put information on the web” says Wyatt. “Tabs are now very old-school, and it is about time”. Incorporated into Frequency is Wavelength, a platform for teachers, parents and students to share information and gauge learning progress. The tools available include class notes, homework  assignments, class library, digital lockers, electronic homework submission, personal student calendars, sticky-note messaging, discussion boards and chat sessions.
“Knowledge is power, for sure, and communication is the key to obtaining and retaining that knowledge” says Wyatt. “We wanted to develop a web platform that is so easy to use that the focus is on what is being communicated, not how”. As a result, Frequency is getting rave reviews from customers. David Deweese, Technology Director for Marlboro County Schools in South Carolina said “Frequency is great; it makes a lot of sense. We've found other systems to be too restrictive; you can do so much more with 
Frequency. And the best part? It is easy to use. If you know Word, Excel or Powerpoint, you can use Frequency. It is intuitive”.
Tynken Interactive is currently focusing on serving private and public schools in the Southeastern United States. For more information visit www.tynken.com

Breakthrough in Technology Changes Classroom Communication Forever

I've often wondered why new content management system developers do not first look at how to import from the various popular systems on the market in order to make transitions easier between systems. As an example, let's say you are creating a new CMS that is primarily aimed at the blogging market. Would it not seem like an intelligent first step to figure out how you can make importing from popular platforms a first priority?
Take a recent endeavour where a colleague of mine was attempting to migrate from his WordPress based website to Joomla! in order to make use of some different options. Try as he may, he could not find a reasonably easy way to move his content from one to the other.
Some may argue that WordPress and Joomla! are two platforms designed for separate purposes but that's not necessarily true. Both are content management platforms (whether naysayers agree or not, WP is definitely powerful enough to be classified as a CMS). Yet moving content between the two is frustrating and requires third party unsupported applications and even then, is not foolproof.
Joomla! isn't the only culprit either. Don't assume that we're out to get the Joomla! folks, they've done a great job on their system and it shows in it's wide spread adoption but, like everything, it has it's flaws. Look at most content management platforms today and you'll see importing is normally not an easy feat.
Why is that?
Shouldn't it be a first step in attempting to gain wide spread adoption? Wouldn't it make sense to work on enabling people to quickly and efficiently move their content to your new platform in order to take advantage of new or unique features?
The argument that it's “too difficult” or “time consuming” to develop an importer doesn't fly with me either and to be honest, seems like an excuse to simply not implement something that has an obvious need. While it's true that there are a number of different formats that are used to store data, there has to be a happy medium somewhere.
So we raise the question.. why is this so often excluded?
In this day and age, making it easy for a customer to adopt your system should be a primary first target followed by making it easy to use. Making it easy to mport data just seems like a logical first step.

Commentary: Why is there such a lack of importing tools for CMS?

In an interesting development for those who work with or test Drupal and it's modules, Drupal.org is now offering installation profiles for use.
Installation profiles can now be automatically packaged with Drupal core and all of their required dependencies. When you download the distribution, you just unpack it into a web root directory, visit install.php, and you're done.
You can read more about this <a href="http://drupal.org/node/647374">here on Drupal.org</a>

Drupal installation profiles now available on Drupal.org

The <a href="http://news.typo3.org/news/article/typo3-version-43-released/">Typo3</a> team have announced the 4.3 release of their popular enterprise content management system. Typo3 has been downloaded 4.1 million times to date which makes it an incredibly popular choice for those looking for a reputable and highly adaptable content management system for the enterprise.
A brief look at the features:
<ul>
<li>Using “drag &amp; drop”, content elements can be moved or deleted, lightbox-based editing takes place directly on the page, and the entire page no longer needs to be reloaded when you use AJaX-technology to save changes.</li>
<li>The two extensions “Extbase” and “Fluid” smooth the way for a carefree migration to TYPO3 version 5.</li>
<li>“Salted MD5 Hashes” for password storage makes unauthorised decryption nearly impossible. At the same time this function can be used transparently in custom extensions. Sensitive data can be transferred over a secure channel using RSA authentication even if the website does not support HTTPS. Furthermore, authentication of frontend and backend users is now optionally possible over OpenID.</li>
<li>A Flash uploader allows simultaneous uploading of multiple files.</li>
<li>Automatic code completion and an integrated documentation with intelligent as-you-type suggestions have been added to the TypoScript Editor, t3editor.</li>
<li> Backend developers can now also use conditions in TSconfig.</li>
<li>plus many more.</li>
</ul>
Full details can be found on the <a href="http://news.typo3.org/news/article/typo3-version-43-released/">Typo3 website.</a>

Typo3 CMS sees new release

VYRE Ltd, an award winning content management provider, today announced the release of VYRE Unify: version 4.5.
VYRE Unify 4.5 is a new major version release of VYRE’s content management platform. This release delivers the latest Portlet Standards 2.0, WebDAV support, a drag and drop Adobe Air upload tool and a wide range of performance improvements, including additional caching and improved LDAP support.
What is new in version 4.5
Portlet 2.0 
VYRE Unify 4.5 now implements the Java Portlet 2.0 specification (JSR-286). This allows users to run portlets built to the Portlet 2.0 specification.
The JSR 286 standard brings to the Java portlets all the key inter-portlet communication capabilities introduced by Web Services for Remote Portlets 2.0 (WSRP 2.0.)
Example inter-portlet communication includes:
<ul>
<li> Events — Enable portlets to communicate with each other through sending and receiving events.</li>
<li> Shared render parameters — Enable portlets to specify which render parameters they can share with other portlets.</li>
<li> Resource serving — Enables portlets to serve resources within the portlet context.</li>
</ul>
In addition, JSR 286 defines the portlet filters, with which portlets can, on the fly, transform the content of portlet requests and responses.
Performance enhancements
Version 4.5 includes a wide range of performance improvements, achieved through the addition of a number of caching layers at various points in the product.
The creation and use of a new custom XML generation engine in place of templates, as well as the caching of sections of generated XML has improved the overall speed of generating XML. This in turn results in faster page load times.
VYRE Unify 4.5 introduces the concept of “Script bundles” and “CSS bundles”, which also improve performance, allowing a number of files of the same type to be deployed as a combined file. This will result in fewer requests to the server per page loaded.
Adobe Air uploader
VYRE Unify version 4.5 includes a new Adobe Air upload application. The uploader allows users to bulk upload files from a local machine to a file repository managed by a VYRE Unify instance. The uploader includes support for drag and drop, file selection, and assigning metadata to each file before upload.
This improves the turnaround time for users uploading large numbers of files to a VYRE Unify file store, providing a simple an intuitive desktop user interface.
Resource comparison
Version 4.5 provides a feature for comparing files with previous versions of themselves; these include CSS, scripts, XSL, and template files. This allows website managers to see at a glance what changes have been made to the site.
WebDAV support
VYRE Unify 4.5 introduces WebDAV support. This allows users to manipulate files stored in the system from a desktop computer that also supports WebDAV.
Improved LDAP support
VYRE’s latest version release provides improved LDAP support for large user databases, allowing system administrators to more easily manage synchronisation between LDAP stores and VYRE Unify user accounts.
Third party library updates
VYRE Unify 4.5 includes several third party library updates improving support for third party developers, who wish to write Portlets or other applications that interact with VYRE Unify.
More Portlets available “out of the box”
VYRE Unify 4.5 contains a number of Portlets, which are now available “out of the box”.
Learn more about Vyre on their website: <a href="http://www.vyre.com">www.vyre.com</a>

VYRE Unify: Version 4.5 supports latest Portlet Standard 2.0

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ImpressPages team is happy to announce and present new generation and open-source content management system ImpressPages CMS.
It’s already beta and stable version is soon to come.
Content widgets are the new way to manage the content. Now it is available in open source, ready to download, simple to install and free for everyone. No more. Yes, no more hard way to develop your website.
We, ImpressPages team, believe that WYSIWYG is more than appreciated by web administrators. It means that administrator should browse and manage the same styled content (text, images, etc.) as every website user. “What You See” while editing MUST BE “What You Get”. Moreover, most of the tasks must be performed by system automatically (picking up the fonts and text size, positioning and resizing images and others).
ImpressPages CMS is a new generation content management system. It is rich for developer, friendly for user and free for everyone. It's time to change the way we manage the content. Now content management is:
<ul>
<li>simpler,</li>
<li>less time-consuming (does the same tasks 2-4 times faster),</li>
<li>more efficient (system limits the ability to mess up the style, photo size, etc.),</li>
<li>less stressful (now it's nice and easy).</li>
</ul>
<h3>KEY FEATURES</h3>
<ul>
<li>Most functions are performed automatically (image resize, image placement, applying fonts, working with white-spaces, form construction, video streaming, etc.);</li>
<li>User friendly (administrator browses the webpage in the same way users do; content is managed in place: every block, every note, every text);</li>
<li>SEO friendly (options available per page or per group manner);</li>
<li>Multilingual (every user can add/delete any language);</li>
<li>Easy to develop (documentation, examples, nice and clean object-oriented PHP code, out-of-the-box system core and default template);</li>
<li>Open source (that means it's free for everyone).</li>
</ul>
Demo page, download, forum, newsletter, and documentation in our homepage – <a href="http://www.impresspages.org">www.impresspages.org</a>.

ImpressPages CMS 1.0.2 beta

SEO Samba, the premier organic search &amp; web marketing platform, will introduce SEO Toaster, its new free and open-source integrated Web marketing software application that no “do it yourself” entrepreneur should be without at this year’s annual PubCon.
SEO Toaster represents a serious alternative to Yahoo Stores for small e-commerce websites or WordPress when used as a corporate or affiliate CMS.  SEO Samba will showcase SEO Toaster at its exhibitor booth # 201 on November 11 and 12, and introduce it officially tonight as a sponsor of the Kick Off Networking Blast between 5.30 PM and 7.30 PM (PST).
SEO Toaster is a content management system (CMS) with an unique architecture that grows with your business, and makes piloting SEO execution and marketing for multiple websites from a central automated web marketing location possible. SEO Toaster makes it easier than ever for the small business owner to do the following:
<ul>
<li> Set-up their Web presence fast with an SEO CMS “right out of the box” solution:  no plug-in or complex set-up required</li>
<li> Embed all latest SEO techniques automatically right into their website from the get-go to achieve high rankings with Google and other search engines: No blog to read, or SEO expert fees to pay</li>
<li> Access a library of ready-to-use themes to jump-start your presence online</li>
<li> Have your regular <a href="http://www.design2work.net/">web designer</a> build, customize themes for your new or existing website is inexpensive thanks to the use of standard technologies and just 4 HTML and 2 CSS required templates</li>
<li> Add and edit their web pages without ever leaving their website thanks to front-end inline editing and pre-configured widgets such as featured areas, related pages, image gallery, comment system and more Sell products online with pre-built payment buttons for Paypal, 2checkout</li>
<li> Customize and integrate open source shopping cart and other applications</li>
<li> Build one, two, three and more money-making websites with SEO Toaster for free, then with a subscription to SEO Samba just a click away, centralize management of all your websites marketing and compound its effectiveness with access to powerful link building, Google News submission, email marketing, landing page optimization, Google Webmaster Tool and Web analytics modules, all of which are there to easily assist you in obtaining first-page rankings cost-effectively for multiple websites.</li>
</ul>
“We designed and introduced SEO Samba in December 2008 with the express purpose of automating many of the time consuming and manual search optimization processes,” said SEO Samba CEO, Michel Leconte. “Early adopters, such as B2B, franchises, affiliates, services and small e-commerce websites, have already seen the benefits of using SEO Samba, including building a Web presence that is cost-effective and producing thousands of top rankings in Google and other leading search engines. Case studies with actual live clients’ website rankings featured on our website at <a href="http://www.seosamba.com/" target="_blank">http://www.seosamba.com</a> undeniably back our claims up.”
Leconte added: “We created SEO Toaster, for the millions of small business owners, affiliate marketers, and e-tailers who suffer from the lack of search engines rankings visibility, cost, expertise and time investment necessary to bring WordPress and the plug-in “can fix it all ” (albeit late and often not reliably) patchwork mentality, or Yahoo store and their very limited proprietary web marketing and SEO functionalities”
In comparison, SEO Toaster enables the entrepreneur, e-tailer, or local small business owner or marketer to quickly establish their Web marketing presence with a single overarching objective:
Acquire top websites rankings, generate leads and sales.
David Culot is SEO Samba CTO and the leading force behind the easy-to-use, and easy-to-design CMS software. Culot comments; “SEO Toaster use an easy, front-end CMS, where you log-in and simply surf your live website and edit content right onto the page itself, and building, importing or customizing a website theme takes as little as 30 minutes for a web designer.”  Unique features include automated re-directs; onsite optimized linking, and link sculpting using Java script, and everything is ready and easy-to-use out of the box.
SEO Toaster is also the first cloud CMS and offers a foundation to scale successful web businesses with a one-click subscription to SEO Samba. Leconte explains:
“When you reach the point where you want to take your website to the next level of visibility, can’t afford the time to pilot each of your websites individually, or have already standardized your network of franchise or affiliate websites on SEO Toaster, push one button, and all your websites come together under an unified interface. Your entire portfolio of websites is now ready to receive and execute your orders such as modifying all pages URL’s, creating optimized links across your websites, landing page experiments, Google news ready articles and press releases…” These are advanced unseen functionalities that no CMS, whether open source such as Joomla, or Drupal, nor proprietary CMS and web marketing software provides.
Learn more at <a href="http://www.seotoaster.com">SEO Toaster</a>

SEO Toaster, the new free and open-source integrated Web marketing software application

<a href="http://www.bluenog.com">Bluenog</a>, an enterprise software and solutions company, has announced the appointment of Joe Valley as chief executive officer. He succeeds Suresh Kuppusamy, Bluenog’s co-founder, who will resume his post as chief technology officer.
Prior to his current post, Mr. Valley served as chairman and CEO of NCT, Inc., a networking connectivity services provider, which he sold to Black Box Corporation (BBOX:NASDAQ) in 2008.
Mr. Valley also served as CEO of Seranin Software Corporation, a privately held company based in Dallas; president and COO for QueryObject Systems Corporation, an Amex-traded global business intelligence software company; CEO of MIS USA, the first company to introduce collaborative analytical processing and one of the most successful IPOs on the German market; and CEO of Momentum Software Corporation, a middleware company, which he successfully sold to Level 8 Systems.
Joe’s deep experience in the enterprise software market, outstanding leadership qualities and focus on building profitable companies will enable us to expand and extend our Bluenog ICE™ product suite,” said Sastry Taruvai, co-founder and chief information officer. “We are excited to have Joe leading the Bluenog team towards its next phase of growth and success.”
The co-founders have built a great product and a great team,” said Mr. Valley. “Now with the tremendous acceptance Bluenog ICE has received in the higher education market, we are poised to take the company into the burgeoning healthcare market as well.”
Bluenog ICE 4.5, the latest version of Bluenog’s Integrated Collaborative Environment, was launched at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in June, 2009. ICE pre-integrates open source software, combining BI, portal, CMS and collaboration. Clients include New York University Langone Medical Center, Columbia University and MultiPlan.

Bluenog Appoints Joe Valley Chief Executive Officer

<a href="http://www.wordpress.org">WordPress</a> has won the top prize in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards that are put on every year by Packt Publishing from the UK.
This year, it has been granted the title “Best Overall Open Source CMS”
WordPress now has some additional credibility in the CMS market instead of just being considered a blog platfom.
From the announcement:
<blockquote>
We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. WordPress has won this Award for the first time in the past four years, earning itself a place in the Hall of  Fame category for the Award next year.
</blockquote>
More info at <a href="http://www.Packtpub.com/award">packtpub.com/award</a>

WordPress wins top prize in 2009 Open Source CMS Awards

<a href="http://www.drupal.org">Drupal</a> has won the Hall of Fame award in the 2009 Packt Pub CMS Awards.
From the announcement:
We are pleased to announce that Drupal has won the inaugural Hall of Fame Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. With this award, Drupal has won two categories this year, the other one being Best Open Source PHP CMS.
Here's the distribution of the prize fund for this category:
Drupal: $4,000
Joomla!: $2,000
More details at <a href="http://www.Packtpub.com/award">Packtpub.com/award</a>

Drupal wins Hall of Fame award in 2009 CMS Awards

Congratulations are in order for the <a href="http://www.impresscms.org">ImpressCMS</a> team as they are the winners of this years <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/award">Most Promising Open Source CMS Award</a>.
From the announcement:
We are pleased to announce that ImpressCMS has won the Most Promising Open Source CMS Category in the 2009 Open Source CMS Award.
While ImpressCMS took first place in this category, Pixie and Pligg weren’t far behind and settled for a tie in the first runner up spot.
ImpressCMS has featured in the top three in this category for the second time in a row, and has lived up to its reputation this year by winning the top spot.
Pixie and Pligg, on the other hand, featured in this category for the first time and managed to impress a lot of judges with their quality and support.
ImpressCMS has been awarded a prize of $2000 with runners up <a href="http://www.getpixie.co.uk">Pixie</a> and <a href="http://www.pligg.com">Pligg</a> getting $1000 each. Congratulations to all of the winners!

ImpressCMS wins Most Promising Open Source CMS Award!

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