Percussion intros Content Management System

WOBURN, USA: Percussion Software, a provider of Web Content Management (WCM) software, solutions and services aimed at improving online business results today introduced its latest release, Percussion Content Management System 6.6.

CM System 6.6 goes beyond the traditional process-driven “author and publish” paradigm and helps users quickly harvest and publish the most powerful content.

The increased pace with which interactions and information flows has placed greater value on an organization’s ability to quickly identify and move on opportunities or react to issues. CM System, formerly named Rhythmyx, recognizes and supports the demands of the new content reality by helping users evaluate and harvest the most powerful content, make changes and publish as business dictates.

Whether the priority is to quickly test a campaign, tap into user-community sentiment, or readily repurpose the most powerful content, Percussion CM System 6.6 makes it possible to manage the content tsunami of an information intense business.

“Businesses, institutions and agencies that are equipped to handle more dynamic input and use of the most powerful content will have greater success,” said Scott Durgin, EVP, Products & Strategy.

“The game is changing as the rate of information flow from blogs, comments, polls, and news increases. This implies that new windows of opportunity will emerge within moments, and will reward content-rich organizations that are prepared to act in minutes and not days. The Percussion CM System 6.6 release supports organizations that need to move at market speed,” he added.

Brief description of new and enhanced features

Change on Demand for the Marketer:

The combination of features enables a faster approach when updating a site or testing campaigns. It combines:

* Contextual “Linkback”: When viewing a page from a browser or within the WebAnalytics solution, clicking the Linkback button will take the user immediately to the desired page, where edits can be made.

* Enhanced in-context editor: The user may then rapidly add and remove page elements in bulk, change page designs (templates), move page elements and visually compare to prior versions of the page, all from a single, purpose-built interface.

* Publish Now: Once changes have been completed, the user can bypass workflow and staging and instantly publish to the live site.

Publish for Market Speed:

Enhanced publishing features include:

* Improved Speed: In addition to the Publish Now feature, the CM System 6.6 publishing speed has improved by 37 percent, allowing organizations to get to market quicker when conducting a full or incremental publish.

Simpler, Faster Search: CM System 6.6 includes a new search function using the Lucene open source search engine. Lucene delivers:

* Speed: Lucene provides a highly scalable solution that can spawn or collapse capacity based on user demand and the growth of content in the CM System.

* Simplicity: The setup and administration of search and indexing functions is fast, simple and seamless to CM System administrators.

CM System 6.6 is available for immediate delivery to new customers, and available as an upgrade for existing customers.