The November 17, 2008 print edition of InformationWeek has an excellent article regarding the inroads Open Source Software is making into the enterprise.  Drupal and Alfresco are featured as the CMSs that are making serious inroads in the enterprise arena.  As a matter of fact, the Drupal logo is the centerpiece of the print editon's cover graphic.

The link below is to an extract of the CMS portion of the article. To get comprehensive view of the article as a whole, try and get a look a the print edition if you can.

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The XOOPS Project, world’s leading Open Source CMS (Content Management System), has released recently the newest version of its award winning software – XOOPS 2.3.1.

The Project Leader, Mr. Jiang Taiwen, stated that this release is significant for two reasons: (1) it is merging the two existent XOOPS branches of 2.0 and 2.2 and (2) it is building a bridge towards the next generation of XOOPS – version 3.0.

The major improvements are addition of Extended Profile and Private Messages modules, and standardizing on one Extended DHTML editor as the default across all XOOPS modules. The administrators will also enjoy the addition of EXM Admin GUI.

There are always two perspectives to a “Content Management System” – the developer’s side, and the user’s side. And XOOPS 2.3 is breaking some more new grounds in both areas for the XOOPS community.

Together with Leadsure, Joomlatools is pleased to announce the UK's first Joomla Bootcamp. The Bootcamp will be held on the Thursday 11th of December at the Crosby Auditorium in London. This IBM location is well-known for being used in the film set for the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies", as the headquarters for the media mogul Eliott Carver.

Topics covered include exploration of the new Joomla framework, best practices and tips in developing and deploying sites, building effective SEO into your Joomla site, making sense of the Joomla extension universe, and designing accessible and beautiful sites.

For Immediate Release

The ImpressCMS Project (http://www.impresscms.org), after an intense period of development and testing, has released ImpressCMS version 1.1 Final!

This release offers a glimpse of what to expect from this new project - the list of new features is truly impressive!

What ImpressCMS 1.1 Offers

Some of the features introduced in this version of ImpressCMS have been on the community's wish list for a long time -

• Built-in content creator and manager
• WYSIWYG editor available throughout the site without having to hack the core or modules
• Increased security options for encrypting user passwords
• Built-in support for RTL (right to left) languages
• Built-in UTF-8
• Password strength meter
• CAPTCHA built-in and used for system comments and registration forms
• Integration of OpenID as an authentication method for user logins
• and many more features...

Getting the Latest Version

ImpressCMS v1.1 is available for download from the Project's SourceForge repository and is provided as a complete installation package and as an upgrade package, for users coming from an earlier version of ImpressCMS or XOOPS.

Konductor is now accepting 500 submissions to join the pre-release of their new content management system. It includes Dreamweaver integration for use during the design process, and an AIR based user application for the actual content management. You can find more information below:

• http://www.konductor.net/blog/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej2obn24mdE

You can learn more about the Konductor pre-release from this post on their blog.

eZ Systems and eZ Partner Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. will join forces to found eZ Systems Japan this November in Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo. The primary purpose of this new office is to promote eZ Systems’ Open Source Content Management System (CMS) eZ Publish in Japan.

"eZ is not new to the Japanese market, as we have been building a partner network and working with significant customers in Japan for the last two years. We are now experiencing accelerated growth in the market and, naturally, the next step is to get direct representation in the market to support further growth. We are thus very excited about this new office," explains eZ CEO Aleksander Farstad.

eZ Systems Japan will focus on the following:

• Being the base for eZ Publish marketing activities in Japan
• Providing development and support specialized for the Japanese market
• Providing expert consulting services
• Delivering training to eZ Partners in Japan

The grand opening of eZ Systems Japan will take place on November 5, 2008.

Bitrix Site Manager may seem unassuming, but underneath this CMS lays a fantastic algorithm that drives this CMS' performance over almost all other existing CMS applications out there. It's most definitely the most cost effective Content Management system today.

Introduction:

Having worked extensively with open source CMS applications like Joomla, Mambo and Drupal, we've come to realize one universal fact. Microsoft does not like them. Ergo - Internet Explorer does not like them. Which eventually means that a majority of browser users find it difficult to work with user controlled content over the web, if the CMS installed happens to be a Joomla or a Drupal.

So for any online business, what is the true value of dollars spent on a CMS? Is a Free CMS really FREE? Should you ‘just go for whatever is available free or ‘Buy what makes sense'?

As owners of online businesses turn to using CMS applications for their needs, Bitrix's Revolutionary Site Manager revokes the age old theory that only content based businesses need to invest in a CMS. Now anyone can enhance the efficiency and usability of your website. And it's as simple as a 1, 2 and 3.

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The 2008 Winter CMS Expo is on Thursday, December 4th and Friday, December 5th. Pre-Conference Sessions are on Wednesday, December 3rd. Whether you're just starting out or you're at the leading edge, CMS Expo has a stellar line-up of Joomla experts coming to the Mile-High City just for you: Samantha Bovat, Steve Burge, Tom Canavan, Mike Carson, Victor Drover, Tom Elliott, Jen McKibben, Andrew Neale, Barrie North, Steve Pignataro, Azrul Rahim, Chris Rault and Bill Tomczak. You just won't find a better place for a meeting of the minds than at CMS Expo.

You're invited to Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel on December 4th and 5th for the Winter CMS Expo. In the spotlight at the CMS Expo will be Joomla, one of the fastest-growing Open Source CMS solutions around. With millions of installations completed in less than three years since its launch onto the OS scene, Joomla continues to dominate in most arenas, including small- to mid-sized business, non-profits, education and even major municipal and government sectors.

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