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Death by RFP: Don’t let it happen to you

A few months ago, a very large public university published an open RFP to re-platform its entire network of websites onto a new CMS. The RFP was posted in its state’s procurement website and an open source CMS community forum as an invitation to everyone and anyone. The name of the institution doesn’t matter, but [...]

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The ease of use myth

When looking for a new CMS, most end users agree on one thing – It must be easy to use. Easy to use. We hear those three words a lot during the CMS selection process. It seems like a reasonable expectation, but it may just be the requirement that undermines your entire project. The problem [...]

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CMS vendor match game – we have a winner!

When the Gilbane Content Management conference came to Boston last week, we tossed out a challenge.  I gathered positioning statements from 10 vendors who were exhibiting at  Gilbane. I scrubbed the company names, leaving the guessing game to the CMS Myth readers as to who they belonged to. The challenge sought the first person to identify [...]

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Let’s play the CMS vendor match game!

During our web content management selection work, invariably we get asked, “How many CMS systems exist in the world?” It’s a very Zen-like question, kind of like asking, “How many stars are up in the sky?” The honest answer to both questions is: many, and each one is a little different from the other. But [...]

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You’ll never believe what’s included with CMS these days

I know the CMS feature wars have gone CXM nuclear, but I was shocked at what popped up in my Google Alert last week for “web content management.” As the alert clearly indicates (why bother clicking through), the AP has an exclusive report saying that elcom is bundling the lost JFK assassination tapes with its [...]

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Gilbane Boston 2011 Right Around the Corner

If you haven’t yet made the decision to attend the upcoming 2011 Gilbane Boston content management  conference, there’s still time left to get on board. (Use code CMSMYTH for a $200  discount on registration; the Myth is a media sponsor again this year.) Pre-conference workshops are happening on Tuesday, November 29, while the conference proper occurs Nov. [...]

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CMS panel crashes and burns at Inbound Marketing Summit

The mythbusters have a quorum here at the Inbound Marketing Summit in Boston, talking analytics and sitting in on some of the packed sessions. Spoiler alert: Digital marketing is a hot topic. We of course attended the CMS panel featuring vendors Sitecore, Ektron, Percussion and Brideline. All smart folks and good companies we know pretty [...]

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CMS MythBuster Report @DevCon2011

I recently attended the DevCon5 conference in New York City. Although billed as an HTML5 Developers and Designers conference, it had very little to do with HTML5 specifically. Instead, there were a number of useful and informative sessions on a variety of new technologies transforming the intersection of web and mobile. While there I divided [...]

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Welcome Two New CMS MythBusters

It’s not every day we hand out CMS MythBuster capes around here (never mind let folks in on the secret handshake). But we’re thrilled to introduce two new contributors to The CMS Myth blog, each of whom has a strong background in the intersection of digital strategy and web content management – something the world [...]

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CMS MythBuster Lands at EduWeb 2011

As often as we can, we like to get out and about and dispense some solid web wisdom. This week, it’s Jeff Cram’s turn. You can find him (there’s still time) if you’re at the EduWeb 2011 Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Catch Jeff’s talk on The Digital Strategy Report Card: Is Your .EDU Passing [...]

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