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What others say about The XML & Component Content Management Report 2008

"The CMS Watch report on XML & Component Content Management (CCM) finally provides an authoritative voice on this increasingly-important segment of content management. The authors do an excellent job of clarifying what defines this technology. After reading Chapters 3 and 4, you should be able understand the basic issues and talk CCM like a pro!"
-- Rahel Bailie, President, Intentional Design Inc.

"What's a component? Why would you need to manage one? If you do content management and don't know the answers, you had better look at this report. If Components and Component Content Management are not is in your present, they will be in your future."
-- Bob Boiko, Senior Lecturer, University of Washington iSchool

"This report is indispensable for anyone considering a component content management system. Every page is full of pragmatic best practice wisdom and just oozes an 'I've been there, and you can trust what I say' feel."
-- Robert J. Glushko, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, School of Information

"If you want to understand CCM, get this report. If you want to do CCM, definitely get this report."
-- Bob Boiko, Senior Lecturer, University of Washington iSchool

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The The XML & Component Content Management Report 2008 will help your team make informed XML authoring and component content management technology strategy and buying decisions.

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The XML & Component Content Management Report 2008 provides an overview of leading CCM products as well as XML editing tools, including detailed comparative evaluations of 14 CCM vendors and five XML editing products.

A lower-cost "XML Editor Edition" only reviews the editing tools (see pricing and ordering, below).

How it will help you

The report can help your team:

• Save time in the selection process
• Create an effective vendor shortlist
• Avoid selecting the wrong product
• Budget more accurately
• Avoid painful setbacks

Who needs this report?

Check out this report if you are considering to undertake any of the following projects:

• Complex content re-use
• Extensive content translation
• Technical Documentation and other DITA projects
• Structuring common office documents
• Multichannel publishing
• Structured authoring with XML editors
• Managing information components at an enterprise level

What's inside

Researched by the same CMS Watch team that has been providing buyers with unbiased advice for more than 7 years, the 363-page report offers an analytically and visually rich primer with:

• custom diagrams and product screen shots
• comparative product evaluation charts, and a
• glossary

And of course: detailed evaluations, including major tools from Astoria, Empolis, EMC, SiberLogic, Vasont, XyEnterprise, and others.

The report is ideal for organizations looking to develop a component content management strategy, or who are considering selecting a product and need unbiased technical assessments, or who simply need a clearly-written guide to this complex landscape.

To buy this report

CMS Watch offers two tiers of licenses: "team-use" for up to 12 users within your organization, or a site license, which allows you to place the report on your Intranet.

Product Price Buy XML and Component Content Management - Enterprise Edition Team Use (up to 12 people in your firm) $1,450.00 Site License (corporate intranet) $2,475.00 XML and Component Content Management - XML Editor Edition Team Use (up to 12 people in your firm) $850.00 Site License (corporate intranet) $1,450.00

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