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A comparison of seven open source CMS systems.

Businesses currently face the daily challenge of managing content efficiently.

These businesses are being flooded with information from web Content Management

Systems (CMS) that present an all-too-simple picture. Instead, content

management systems should solve the problem of turning content into information

and information into knowledge.

Content Management Systems are not just a product or a technology. CMS is

defined as a generic term which refers to a wide range of processes that

underpin the “next-generation” of medium to large-scale websites. Content

management is a process which deals with the creation, storage, modification,

retrieval and display of data or content.

This report evaluates seven open source CMS products. The comparison is based

on eight categories as seen from a business perspective. These categories are;

applications, data repository, deployment, integration, revision control, user

interface, user management and workflow. Each category is scored from 0 to 10

points and the overall score is determined based on the average of all

categories.

The comparison clearly shows how most CMS products require further development

prior to being used within a commercial environment. The few

CMS products which are ready for commercial deployment contain an inherent

design flaw. This flaw refers to the inefficient management of large-scale user

databases.

Businesses are currently seeking alternative methods to improve their services

and Open Source Software (OSS) is one such method. This will

require OSS authors to consider the implications of running their software

within commercial environments and accommodate business requirements. A CMS

product which follows these rules will be commercially sustainable.

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