Sense/Net, the open-source ECM and portal building specialist, has implemented a prototype of the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) open standard in its Sense/Net 6.0 product.

The new version of Sense/Net 6.0 sees the Content Repository featuring a CMIS-compliant interface, while the portal will have a CMIS client portlet.

CMIS, developed to allow greater interoperability between CMS systems, databases and repositories, will mean a far easier job for web developers working with disparate systems, according to Tamas Biro, co-founder of Sense/Net.

“Interoperability is critical for all IT projects at the moment, particularly as heightened M&A piles more and more pressure on tech teams to sort out integration issues,” said Biro. “CMIS removes the boundaries between content sources and management systems and gives developers more freedom to pick and choose technologies.”

Sense/Net is offering a CMIS-enabled demo version of Sense/Net 6.0 at http://cmis.sensenet.hu. Source code for Sense/Net 6 and the CMIS prototype is available from http://www.sensenet.hu/download

“We want people to download, test and report back on their findings on this ‘community edition’ of Sense/Net 6.0,” Biro added. “For the first time, content management on .NET is freed from the constraints of SharePoint to compete on its own merits. We’re sure this will be a move that is reflected across the industry.”

I'm always interested in stories of how content management systems are being used in government.  Government Technology has a lengthy article on how government portals are evolving into Web 2.0 sites.  They put special focus on sites hosted by state governments.

The latest iteration of the Virginia.gov home page is a testament to the technological progress of the past 15 years. It's a veritable playground for Web 2.0 connoisseurs: Links to podcasts, live help chat, really simple syndication (RSS) feeds and YouTube videos are featured prominently in an on-screen menu. It also offers alerts, traffic updates, weather conditions and a Flash menu of most popular online services, which include everything from fishing licenses to a dangerous dog registry.

Virginia's site looks to be custom made and a mash up of static/dynamic content.  Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

Alexandria, VA - October 22, 2008-Bitrix introduces new editions for managing large sites.

The Bitrix Site Manager Premium and Ultimate editions are powerful enterprise class solutions for portals with high traffic or content volume. These 2 separate editions bring the benefit of robust and proven technology frameworks to allow content optimization while ensuring the speed and continuity of the enterprise portal.

Tavis sent an email to CMSReport.com asking me to take a look at WebGUI.  WebGUI is an open source content management system licensed under the GPL v2.

Hello, I wanted to send a quick note and see what it would take to setup a new CMS Focus category for WebGUI. (www.webgui.org) The community is extremely active and there is definitely plenty of buzz about new releases, the community, and the organizations who decide to adopt it.

WebGUI also powers cmsmatrix.org...

Thanks!

Tavis 

Let me first admit the obvious.  Up to this point, WebGUI has been offf my personal radar.  Taking a look at WebGUI's site, listed features, and community...I may need to correct the oversight.

eWeek: Yahoo's CTO offers a bold, promising glimpse of the future of the portal as a social network ... just as Microsoft prepares to move in.

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Kentico has just
released a free, instant web site solution for .NET User Groups based on
Kentico CMS for ASP.NET allowing them to manage meeting information and registrations,
send newsletters, conduct surveys, share files and write articles and blogs.
Applied Innovations offers a free hosting for Kentico powered .NET User Group
sites. More details at Kentico.com

The Walloon Business Federation (UWE) is the official voice of industrial, commercial and service sector businesses in Wallonia, Belgium. In a move to improve communication and services to its 6000 member businesses, the Federation recently launched its new Plone portal.

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A new version of mojoPortal has been released, version 2.2.4.6. Lots of changes and new features in this release to be excited about! Some of the highlights for mojoPortal 2.2.4.6.

• Newsletter
• Google Maps plugin
• Ability to monitor and ban users, as well as spambots, by their IP address
• Language updates
• Contains updated version of FCKeditor (v2.5.1) and ExtJs (2.0) toolkit
• Various performance and theming improvements

For additional information, please read the original announcement at mojoPortal.com.