Sun Microsystems and FatWire Software today announced that a free five-user license of FatWire Spark pCM is available immediately for download for Sun One Portal Server 6 customers. Spark pCM offers a full-featured, integrated content management solution for the Sun One Portal Server. Customers will now be able to easily create, deploy and manage rich, focused content incorporating multiple data types and deliver in a personalized manner via a portal.
In related news, Sun announced the Sun One Collaborative Business Platform that highlights collaborative content management as a key customer requirement, including FatWire Spark pCM.
The Sun One Portal Server and FatWire's Spark pCM offering provides users with complete content management functionality, including portlet interfaces for content creation and production, as well as system administration. The integrated offering provides a seamless experience for users and is the first content management system that delivers out-of-the-box integration with Sun One Portal Server. Sun will work with other content management partners to offer similar levels of integration. The offering provides customers access to a range of content management features, including:
- Friendly business user interface
- Pre-built portlets
- Tools for administrators and developers
- To-do list
- Workflow with approve / reject
- Check in / check out
- Rollback
- Search
- Metadata tagging
"As organizations increasingly turn to portals for gains in productivity and efficiency, a key requirement for success in these initiatives is J2EE technology-based dynamic content management functionality that scales with their business needs," said John Fanelli, senior director, Network Identity, Portal and Communications Products, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The Sun One Portal Server featuring Spark pCM provides our customers with a secure, enhanced portal solution, while allowing them to deploy customized portals and content quickly and efficiently."
"The Sun One Portal Server is a market-leading J2EE portal platform. With superior dynamic content management from FatWire it provides a portal solution second to none," said Jim Holleran, senior vice president, Strategic Alliances, FatWire Software. "As this alliance demonstrates, Sun is leading the charge for portal vendors to offer their clients the tools they need to grow their businesses."
Spark pCM will be available immediately for download for Sun One Portal Server and will be co-packaged in second half 2003 for customers worldwide. Like all FatWire software, Spark pCM is built with 100-percent Java technologies. It can be quickly and seamlessly upgraded to FatWire's 25-user Spark pCM product or to UpdateEngine 6.0, FatWire's enterprise content management platform, with no need to migrate content or retrain users.