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