Stellent announced today the release of Stellent Content Management 7.0. With the new version, Stellent provides the only solution supporting each aspect of content management -- document management, Web content management, collaboration, records management and digital asset management -- within a single, common product architecture.
"As content management continues to evolve from a stand-alone application into an infrastructure that integrates with other key business applications, systems based on one uniform, coherent platform will provide companies with the most cost-effective alternative for easily managing and accessing information across the enterprise," said Mark Gilbert, vice president and research director for Gartner.
And, in a September 10, 2003 brief titled, "Will You Choose the Right Content Management Product?" Forrester Research states that content management buyers highlight a range of content management requirements including document management, Web content management and collaboration. A top requirement for these platforms is repository integration. Furthermore, according to the brief, before being sold on a broad suite of functionality, content management buyers should look for consistent and unified repositories, workflow engines, interfaces, and OS and application server support across these product suites.
Stellent Content Server now supports all of Stellent's application modules -- document management, Web content management, records management, collaboration and digital asset management applications -- from a single server and features a new common, graphical user interface (GUI) and common application programming interfaces (APIs). This seamless architecture lowers the total cost of ownership and furthers the product's ease-of-use and flexibility. In addition, version 7.0 includes new, built-in records management capabilities and enhanced document management and imaging functionality.
"With version 7.0, Stellent is the only provider meeting customer requirements for a comprehensive set of content management functionalities in a single architecture with a single user interface," said Dan Ryan, executive vice president of marketing and business development for Stellent. "This release furthers our leadership position, providing customers with the next level of flexibility, ease-of-use, rapid deployment and low total cost of ownership for both line-of-business and enterprise content management deployments."
Version 7.0 leverages Stellent's core content management platform to offer built-in records management functionality that enables users to manage disposition and retention schedules for electronic and physical records. In addition, Stellent Content Management 7.0 will comply with the U.S. DoD 5015.2 standard, which defines the basic requirements that must be met by records management application products acquired by the Department of Defense and its components based on operational, legislative and legal needs.
"Version 7.0 rounds out our Universal Content Management platform with an optional, DoD 5015.2-compliant records management application based on Stellent's content management technology," Ryan said. "By developing our own application versus integrating with a third-party records management product, our customers benefit from an interface and repository that is consistent with the rest of our content management suite. In addition, we plan to offer integrated support for the United Kingdom's Public Records Office (PRO) standard by early next year."
Stellent Content Management 7.0 includes a new, optional, high-volume repository that supports large volumes of content for imaging and digital asset management applications. Version 7.0 also offers workflow support for business processes to enable users to route forms, scanned documents and images through workflows. This functionality is designed to support business applications such as insurance claims processing and call center operations.
Stellent Content Management 7.0 offers the following additional key features and core services enhancements that particularly benefit system administrators and enable companies to more easily scale the solution across their various business units:
- Simplified workflow interface -- makes it easier for business and non-technical users to participate in workflow processes.
- Schema management -- allows users to more easily manage relationships between metadata fields and connect to other data sources.
- Image conversion -- allows end users to re-size and transform images to different formats without needing to use heavy publishing tools.
- Directory rollover -- supports multiple security directories, enabling Stellent Content Management to search for user profiles and other security-related information across multiple directories based on priority settings.
- Enhanced enterprise management -- enables automatic application replication and lights out installation.
- Expanded XML functionality -- integration with Corel XMetaL enables users preferring to work in XML to create content using XML authoring tools and store it in Stellent Content Management.
- Simplified pricing model -- priced per number of servers and number of contributors, with additional pricing for each of the five content management application modules; no charge for content consumers or workflow participants.
Stellent Content Management provides a single product architecture that offers Web content management, document management, collaboration, records management and digital asset management functionalities. The system enables customers to rapidly deploy line-of-business Web sites, such as employee portals and partner extranets, as well as enterprise-wide solutions that standardize content management for use by multiple sites and applications throughout an organization. The Stellent Content Management system offers the widest array of content contribution and content delivery mechanisms on the market, enabling any user to contribute any kind of content into the system for conversion, management and delivery to any kind of Web site or application. It also integrates with existing security systems and provides business personalization, content integration, distribution and categorization features.
Stellent is a global provider of content management solutions. The company's Stellent Content Management system enables customers to rapidly deploy line-of-business Web sites, such as employee portals and partner extranets, as well as enterprise-wide solutions that standardize content management for use by multiple sites and applications throughout an organization.