Report Finds Primary Challenge Is Content Reuse

December 15, 2004 Blog No Comments

If you’re interested in XML publishing, check out XML in the Content Lifecycle Foundation Report Creating, Managing, Publishing, Syndicating, and Protecting Content with XML, a 57-page report from ZapThink. Key findings include: The market for XML content lifecycle solutions is expected to grow from $1.8 billion in 2003 to over $11.6 billion by 2008 Producers of content in the enterprise spend over 60% of their time locating, formatting, and structuring content and just 40% of their time actually creating it By 2008, about 60% of all content lifecycle products will …

Statistics Of Interest To Content Management Professionals

December 8, 2004 Blog No Comments

John Mancini’s recent column, Random Stats and Focused Thinking, is chocked full of useful facts derived from the pages of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. In the article, Mancini challenges readers to consider: how many organizations are large enough to be governed by Sarbanes-Oxley, but may not know they are required to comply (176,400) how many county, municipal, town, school district and special government entities will be spending an estimated $64 billion on IT services by 2009 (87,525) how many healthcare providers are required to have plans in …

Intranet Roadmap: A Great Idea From Step Two Designs

December 1, 2004 Blog No Comments

The folks at Step Two Designs have released an excellent resource for those involved in the planning, creation, maintenance, and implementation of corporate intranets. It’s called the Intranet Roadmap and includes a brief, quick-read 54-page guide to developing an intranet strategy, designing a framework, developing content, managing change, evaluating technology and tools, and selecting techniques that will address your organizational issues. It’s one of the best resources available for intranet professionals to date! While the topics included in the guide are quite impressive, the four-color wall chart brings everything together, …