the future of web content management at bucknell
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The Future of Web Content Management at Bucknell
Why are we “getting rid” of EasyWeb?
FileNet stopped developing the product 3 years ago
Support for product ends December 31, 2005
FileNet’s new CMS is not a good fit for Bucknell
The new products look great!
They support “drag & drop”The workflow notifications are
customizable and relevantThe user interfaces have improvedIn fairness to EasyWeb, had FileNet
continued to develop their product, it would probably be greatly improved
How are we selecting a new CMS?
Extensive research of the CMS industryDeveloped criteria for new CMS based on
current experienceConducted online demos of product that
made first cutSent out RFPs to six companiesWill be holding on campus demos with
finalists
Researching for a CMS
CMSWatch.com Contacted other
universities Websites of vendors Technology trade
journals
There are hundreds of products out there
Finding the right fit is crucial
No product will be perfect
Criteria for selecting a new CMS
Because this is our second CMS search, we’re in a unique situation: we know what we are getting into this time around.
We know what questions to ask, and we know how to understand the answers.
Online Demos
We’ve watched demos of over a dozen products
We’ve seen a wide range of products, from simple graphical interfaces, to complex folder structures
The good news: even the worst product we’ve seen is better than what we have now
CMS features to look forward to:
Inline image editing
CMS Features
Graphical interface that gives you the freedom to reuse content and fine-tune page layouts
CMS Features
Contribute content through Microsoft Word
CMS Features
Improved “tasks/in box”
CMS Features
Preview content inline
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Revised our RFP from the first CMS search
Asked over 70 questionsA team of 11 people reviewed the RFP
responsesNarrow the list to the top 3 contenders for
on-campus demos
When will all of this happen?
Currently evaluating products
Plan to have public demos of “finalists” after Thanksgiving break (week of Nov. 28th)
Intend to select new product by end of year
Plan to begin using it by summer of 2006
What Will This Mean for Departments?
Will EasyWeb users have to learn a new CMS?
Yes Will any current work be
lost? No!! Will departments have to
migrate their sites? No!! (Web Development
team will do that for you)
What else does this mean for you?
Will the new system really be easier?Yes! From everything we’ve seen in the
demos, they appear to be dramatically easier
Will there be less screens to click on?Yes!!Will it be faster?Yes, from the demos we’ve seen so far
Sneak Preview – Companies on our short list
SCT Luminous: http://www.sct.com/Ingeniux: http://www.ingeniux.com/Perussion: Rhythmyx
http://www.percussion.com/Serena: Collage: http://www.serena.com/Hannon Hill: CascadeServer
http://www.hannonhill.com/Ektron: CMS400.net
http://www.ektron.com
Thank you.
We appreciate your interest.
Roberta Sims
University Webmaster
Web Development Team
Information Services and Resources
Bucknell University
November 2005
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