Overview of the CMS space

• Cost of solution
  • Over $250K (Vignette, Documentum, divine, Interwoven)
  • Over $50K (Stellent, Microsoft CM Server)
  • $10K (Ektron)
  • Under $10K (Userland, AtomZ)
  • Open Source (Midgard, OpenCMS, RedHat CCM (ACS), Zope)

• Type of solution
  • OUT OF THE BOX solutions, where you just customize the interfaces and data structures
  • EXTENSIBLE TOOLS, where you can program supporting functionality (e.g., PHP, ZOPE, Cold Fusion, .NET)
  • INTEGRATED systems, that also offer Community, Commerce, and Collaboration tools

• Location of solution
  • ASP-hosted solutions (AtomZ, CrownPeak, and thousands of ASPs provide minimal/proprietary CMS)
  • Tools that run at an ISP hosting center
  • Tools that run on in-house intranet/Internet web servers