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<p>Not all ASP.NET platforms are designed equal.</p>
<p>There are four key differentiators that set them apart, in ways that fundamentally change how the end-user can interact with the CMS in question.</p>
<p>Here’s an overview of those four points, adopted from the works and opinions of <a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/web-cms">Ingeniux</a>, an enterprise-grade ASP.NET MVC-based platform.</p>
<h2>1. Architecture: Decoupled vs. Tightly Coupled</h2>
<p>If you are looking for flexibility in how you build your front-end, or where you leverage your content management capabilities, then you want a CMS that has a decoupled architecture.</p>
<p>In a decoupled architecture the application for managing content is separate from the application delivering content.</p>
<p>In this case, the CMS does not dictate the stack, or set of technologies required to deliver the content and website, allowing for a more flexible content delivery model. In a decoupled architecture model, content can be delivered anywhere and in any format.</p>
<p>In contrast, in a tightly coupled architecture web content, customer data, analytics data, website presentation, and content delivery take place in a single database and application framework. In other words, content management and content delivery are the same application.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/company/blog/aspnet-web-cms-architecture-decoupled-vs-tightly-coupled">Read more about ASP.NET architectural differences</a>.</p>
<h2>2. Development Model: MVC vs. Web Forms</h2>
<p>Let’s talk about how your developers code your front-end experience by examining the two typical approaches in ASP.NET: Web Forms and MVC.</p>
<p>ASP.NET Web Forms is the traditional development model for ASP.NET. Microsoft created Web Forms to help developers more familiar with client server development (e.g. WinForms) quickly migrate to building web pages through a visual RAD interface.</p>
<p>The problem with Web Forms is that it supports a tightly coupled architecture, one where the interface is integrated with the application functionality (code behind).</p>
<p>This means the application code and the interface are not easily reusable. With Web Forms you are also locked in to the controls available for the CMS platform, dependent on their quality, upgrade cycle, and HTML output standards or you must spend a lot of time creating your own customizations that then require maintenance.</p>
<p>MVC (model view controller) provides a different architectural pattern for development. MVC is the more modern approach to ASP.NET development, and is the future of ASP.NET with full support from Microsoft.</p>
<p>With MVC there is a clear separation of presentation from application logic, enabling the reuse of both. With MVC, a request is first sent to the Controller which then decides which Model (application logic/validations) and UI (View) to put together to create the appropriate front-end interface.</p>
<p>Another difference between Web Forms and MVC is that you can use Microsoft Web Pages (Razor) in MVC. Razor is a lightweight view engine and Microsoft recommends you use it. With Web Forms, your only template option is via an aspx page.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/company/blog/aspnet-web-cms-architecture-decoupled-vs-tightly-coupled">Read more about MVC vs Web Forms</a>.</p>
<h2>3. Structured Content vs. Blob Content</h2>
<p>In a world where new channels and devices are emerging all the time, the ability to reuse content is absolutely critical.</p>
<p>Content reuse takes a variety of forms. It could be the updating of content on multiple websites or mobile devices, supporting multilingual requirements, or it could involve content for both digital and print.</p>
<p>The idea of creating and managing separate versions of content for each channel/device is nothing short of a waste of time and effort, and most brands are realising that.</p>
<p>To reuse content it must be structured. Also known as intelligent content, structured content simply means content is stored in a way that defines and describes it.</p>
<p>The opposite end to structured content is Blob content, otherwise known as binary large object content.</p>
<p>Many CMS platforms continue to store content in Blob format. Essentially, you have a large WYSIWYG editing environment where you write the entire content of your page, including images, multimedia and maybe some documents, and it’s all stored as a Blob in the database.</p>
<p>But there are problems with this method. How do you know what this content is? How do you pull it apart to display it differently for mobile versus the website? How do you automatically resize images for mobile? The answer to all of the above is frustratingly simple; you can’t.</p>
<p>In addition, logic may be applied to structured content at the application layer. Content can be rendered dynamically based audience segments, visitor behavior, devices, business rules, and other factors. In this case, structured content supports personalization across multiple channels.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/company/blog/aspnet-web-cms-structured-content-vs-blob-content">Read more about structured content vs blob content</a>.</p>
<h2>4. Database: NoSQL vs. SQL Server</h2>
<p>Nearly all ASP.NET CMS platforms use Microsoft SQL Server for a database engine. In some cases, they might use Oracle, or MySQL. All of these are relational database platforms that store web content, customer data and analytics data using a standard model and schema. In a relational database content is typically stored as Blobs.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, in an agile decoupled content management and deployment model, a relational database presents challenges. Content needs to be managed in a more structured (or intelligent) manner than a Blob provides. What’s required is a flexible content or data model, offering a richer content structure, and that’s where NoSQL can help.</p>
<p>NoSQL databases – or better described as “not only SQL” – support agile content management and deployment because they are schema free, meaning content can have any structure and that structure can change over time. In NoSQL, content is stored as documents or JSON objects that have richer metadata and use search-based indexing allowing content to be easily queried and retrieved based on the metadata.</p>
<p>There are many advantages to a NoSQL database for content management. They are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Designed to manage content and provide a much more intelligent content model for storage and reuse</li>
<li>Schema-free so content definitions can change without database upgrades or “joins,”</li>
<li>Less expensive and easier to administrate.</li>
<li>Provide automatic “sharding” of information so they are easier to cluster, scale, and geographically distribute.</li>
<li>Work very well in cloud-based deployments.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/company/blog/aspnet-web-cms-database-nosql-vs-sql-server">Read more about NoSQL vs SQL Databases</a>.</p>
<h2>Ingeniux &amp; Its ASP.NET Positioning</h2>
<p>After looking into Ingeniux as a SaaS solution, now is a good time to explore its ASP.NET positioning.</p>
<p>ASP.NET is an open-source server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages.</p>
<p>As for ASP.NET MVC – which is what Ingeniux leans upon – that’s the framework developed by Microsoft, which implements the model–view–controller (MVC) pattern.</p>
<h2>A Main Focus on ASP.Net MVC &amp; Razor</h2>
<p>Ingeniux has a main focus is on ASP.NET MVC and Razor. In fact, it’s 100% MVC.</p>
<p>Most CMS applications have not made the move to MVC, whereas with most of the ones that have, not all of the features will work.</p>
<p>According to the Ingeniux team, they provide a, “totally unique ASP.NET Footprint &gt; MVC, Decoupled, Service-oriented delivery and multi-site publishing, NoSQL Db, Structured content model, and so forth.”</p>
<p>To find out more about Ingeniux, <a href="http://www.ingeniux.com">visit their website</a>.</p>
<p>Furthermore, you can explore more of <a href="/products/ingeniux/">Ingeniux via our CMS Directory.</a></p>
<p>Stay tuned for our last round of coverage for this featured week with Ingeniux.</p>
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Not All ASP.NET Platforms Are Equal (With 4 Examples)

mike-johnston

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<p>NoSQL is a disruptive new “big data” database technology that was built by social media giant Facebook and other big Internet companies such as Google, LinkedIn and Amazon. Now, it’s coming to enterprise and media websites and changing how content is managed and delivered on the web.</p>
<p>Traditionally, web pages have been stored within relational databases made by companies like Oracle and Microsoft. In the last 20 years the way that content has been stored and delivered has not really changed. But the web has changed completely.</p>
<p>Mobile forever changed the web. Apps, the cloud, personalization, and the overall growth of the web have rewritten the rules of how organizations need to manage their digital content and customer experience data.</p>
<p>Now the same NoSQL technology that powers the world’s biggest websites is disrupting the Web content management industry and changing how enterprisecompanies manage their websites and customer data.</p>
<h2>Ingeniux: The First CMS Built on a NOSQL Database</h2>
<p>The company at the forefront of the “Big Content” revolution is <a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/">I</a>ngeniux. Ingeniux is a web content management company with office in Seattle, Paris, and New York.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/">Ingeniux CMS</a> is the first the web content management solution built on a NoSQL database. With NoSQL Ingeniux is able to provide a Web CMS solution that supports the scalability and performance of large social media sites with big data capabilities to deliver smarter customer experiences.</p>
<p>The move to NoSQL by Ingeniux makes sense. NoSQL actually means “not only SQL.” It combines the capabilities of a traditional relational database with the distributed architecture of the cloud and big data. The end result is higher performance, greater scalability, and lower costs for managing and delivering websites and personalized customer experiences.</p>
<p>Ingeniux is not alone in its success focusing on NoSQL. Enterprise NoSQL database vendor MarkLogic became a unicorn (a billion dollar company) by shifting its database to NoSQL. Other NoSQL vendors such as Mongo DB, Couchbase, and DataStax have also experienced skyrocketing growth. But Ingeniux is the first to take NoSQL to the multi-billion dollar content management market.</p>
<p>Ingeniux is quickly gaining market share with its <a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/company/blog/why-nosql-is-the-future-of-web-content-management">NoSQL-based Web CMS platform.</a> Ingeniux CMS is used by Janus Capital, CareFusion, the US Army, AIG, and thousands of other organizations to manage websites and online services. In 2015 Ingeniux was named a Trendsetting product by KMWorld magazine and named to the prestigious EContent 100 list.</p>
<p>Whether Ingeniux can be the next unicorn in the web content management industry has yet to be seen. But clearly the web has changed and NoSQL is the right solution at the right time. If NoSQL changes web content management the way it changed business intelligence and big data, fasten your seatbelts, we are in for a wild ride.</p>
<p>To find out more about Ingeniux, <a href="http://www.ingeniux.com/">visit their website</a>.</p>
<p>Also, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/ingeniux/">Ingeniux via our CMS Directory</a>, and stay tuned for more featured week coverage.</p>
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How NoSQL Is Disrupting Web Content Management

<p>This year, the battle to win Best Small to Midsize Business CMS was a hard-fought one with a ton of amazing contenders vying for the top spot. Today, we're going to announce who came out on top in this year's awards.</p>
<p>A CMS that is geared towards Small to Midsize Businesses must be able to cover a wide range of functionality and, ideally, integrate more than one component. Why? It's simple. Businesses already have a ton of overhead on average and any product that can integrate multiple layers of functionality while reducing the reliance on additional products is going to get a leg up on the competition. Businesses don't want to have to manage licensing and fees for Marketing Suites, CRM platforms, Ecommerce Solutions, Hosting, etc, etc. They want a solution that can offer as much functionality as possible with as little a learning curve as possible.</p>
<p>This year, more than last, we can see this choice reflected in the nominees that were part of the award run.</p>
<p>The nominees, as a refresher, were:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/products/adobe-business-catalyst/">Adobe Business Catalyst</a></li>
<li><a href="/products/ingeniux/"> Ingeniux </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/"> DNN Evoq Content </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/percussion/"> Percussion </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/sitefinity/"> Sitefinity </a></li>
</ul>
<p>While it certainly was a hard fought battle but only one can be named the winner and the People's Choice for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS this year is…</p>
<h3><img style="max-width:150px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/best-small-to-midsize-business-cms150x0.png" /></h3>
<h3>DNN Evoq Content!</h3>
<p>DNN Evoq™ Content, formerly known as DotNetNuke® Professional Edition, is a business solution that helps bring your website to life with captivating content and engaging interactions. Users can add and edit content through a standard browser with no IT support.</p>
<p>Whether you’re in Marketing, Editorial or the C-Suite, Evoq™ Content provides a simple CMS and workflow tools suited to non-technical users.</p>
<p>Learn more about <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">DNN Evoq Content</a></p>
<p>Congratulations to the DNN Evoq Content team on their win! Stay tuned to find out who walks away with the Critics Choice Award (selected by our panel of judges) coming soon.</p>


2013 People's Choice Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS

<p>If you've been waiting to cast your vote for your favorites in the People's Choice Awards, now is the time to do so.</p><p>Voting has officially opened and you may now <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">cast your vote</a>! So head on over to our <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">awards page</a> and submit your favorites.</p><p>If you are in the running, we have created a handy badge you can use to spur interest...</p><p>Simply download the graphic (shown below) and link it to <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">https://www.cmscritic.com/critics-choice-cms-awards/</a>.</p><p>For those who missed it, here are the nominees in each category:</p><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Open Source CMS</a></h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-peoples-choice-for-best-open-source-cms-nominees">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="https://modx.com/">MODx</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.dnnsoftware.com/">DNN Platform</a></li><li><a href="/products/liferay">Liferay</a></li><li><a href="/products/processwire/">Processwire</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://e107.org/">e107</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Free CMS</a></h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-peoples-choice-for-best-free-cms-nominees/">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="https://processwire.com/">Processwire</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://tiki.org/HomePage">Tiki</a></li><li><a href="/products/concrete-cms">Concrete5</a></li><li><a href="/products/wordpress/">WordPress</a></li><li><a href="/products/umbraco/">Umbraco</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Small to Midsize Business CMS</a></h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-people-s-choice-for-best-small-to-midsize-business-cms-nominees/">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li>Adobe Business Catalyst</li><li><a href="/products/ingeniux/">Ingeniux</a></li><li><a href="/products/kentico/">Kentico</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.percussion.com/">Percussion</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.progress.com/sitefinity-cms">Sitefinity</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Enterprise CMS</a></h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-peoples-choice-for-best-enterprise-cms-nominees/">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.adobe.com/solutions/web-experience-management.html">Adobe Experience Manager</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.hannonhill.com/products/cascade-cms/index.html">Cascade Server</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.optimizely.com/">EpiServer</a></li><li><a href="/products/liferay/">Liferay</a></li><li><a href="/products/sitecore/">Sitecore</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best eCommerce Solution </a> (New for 2013!)</h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-people-s-choice-for-best-ecommerce-solution-nominees/">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li>3dcart</li><li>Aspxcommerce</li><li><a href="/products/bigcommerce/">BigCommerce</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://business.adobe.com/products/magento/magento-commerce.html">Magento</a></li><li><a href="/products/shopify/">Shopify</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Website Builder</a></h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-people-s-choice-for-best-website-builder-nominees/">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li>Adobe Business Catalyst</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jimdo.com/">Jimdo</a></li><li><a href="/products/squarespace/">Squarespace</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.ucoz.com/">UCoz</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.webydo.com/">Webydo</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Forum Solution </a> (New for 2013!)</h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-peoples-choice-for-best-forum-solution-nominees">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://vanillaforums.org/">Vanilla Forums</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://nodebb.org/">NodeBB</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.simplemachines.org/">Simple Machines Forum</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.vbulletin.com/">VBulletin</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.invisionpower.com/">Invision Power Board (IPBoard)</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Social Networking Solution</a></h3><p>2013 Nominees ( <a href="/announcing-the-people-s-choice-for-best-social-networking-solution-nominees/">read the announcement </a>):</p><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-engage">Evoq Social</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.phpfox.com/">PHPFox</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.oxwall.com/">Oxwall</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.socialcore.com">SocialCore</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://socialengine.com/">Social Engine</a></li></ol><h3><a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Best Hosted/Cloud CMS </a> (New for 2013!)</h3><ol><li><a target="_blank" href="http://acquia.com/products-services/acquia-cloud">Acquia Cloud</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://agilitycms.com/">Agility CMS</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.paperthin.com/products/commonspot-cms.cfm">CommonSpot</a></li><li>Gutensite</li></ol><p>Best of luck to all who are in the running!</p>

It's Official! Voting is Now Open for the People's Choice Awards!

<p>This year, the Best Small to Midsize Business CMS category was quite active with far more nominations than we expected from a variety of great products that are on the market today.</p>
<p>We are very happy to announce this year's nominees for the 2013 People's Choice award for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS.</p>
<p>Don't forget to check back on September 1, 2013 to begin voting on the <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">awards page</a>.</p>
<h3>Adobe Business Catalyst</h3>
<p>Business Catalyst (BC) is an all-in-one business website and online marketing solution, built for web designers. Using our unified platform and without back-end coding, you can build everything from amazing websites to powerful online stores, beautiful brochure-ware sites to lead generation mini-sites.</p>
<p><a href="/products/adobe-business-catalyst/">Learn more.</a></p>
<h3>Ingeniux</h3>
<p>Ingeniux is the only web experience management platform architected for the cloud. Featuring unparalleled scalability, lower total cost of ownership, and innovative content management software, Ingeniux empowers organizations to manage world-class websites and vibrant online communities across desktop web, mobile, and tablet devices.</p>
<p><a href="/products/ingeniux/">Learn more.</a></p>
<h3>Evoq</h3>
<p>Evoq Content, formerly known as DotNetNuke Professional Edition, is a business solution that helps bring your website to life with captivating content and engaging interactions. Users can add and edit content through a standard browser with no IT support.</p>
<p><a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">Learn more.</a></p>
<h3>Percussion CM1</h3>
<p>Percussion makes it easy and affordable to design and maintain an engaging and modern website. Drive change quickly to the web to increase leads and conversion rates.</p>
<p><a href="/products/percussion/">Learn more.</a></p>
<h3>Sitefinity</h3>
<p>Sitefinity by Telerik is an ASP.NET web content management platform engineered to make managing your website a more positive, empowering and usable experience. Sitefinity is the first and only CMS to enable enterprises to take full advantage of all three mobile development strategies— Responsive Web Design, mobile websites, and mobile apps, easily and effectively—and all from one CMS user interface.</p>
<p><a href="/products/sitefinity/">Learn more.</a></p>
<p>Best of luck to all who were nominated! Be sure to check back on September 1, 2013 to begin the voting process.</p>


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