eXo has released Web Content Management (WCM) 2.0, which is available under the open source Affero Gnu Public License (AGPL) and is bundled with GateIn 3.0 and Tomcat 6.0 to run out of the box.
The eXo WCM is designed for IT organisations that seek to integrate web content with their existing enterprise Java systems and comes with extensions and tools that are familiar to Java programmers, the company claims.
eXo said that the WCM provides Web 2.0 capabilities required to create, publish and manage web content and runs with GateIn, a new portal framework created by eXo and Red Hat, enabling users to have content management inside a portal. It allows users to integrate applications in the portal and manage all the content from the same user interface.
According to eXo, the new WCM is based on eXo JCR, an open source implementation of the Java Content Repository specification. It allows users to create approve and deploy content as part of an overall Java web application, with search, favorites, tagging, voting, cover flows, timelines, versioning and locking enabled for content users.
In addition, the new offering allows users to change the content repository structure and use their own metadata and offers enhancements for adding document management and workflow. The package also includes a preview of a new authoring publication extension for more contextual and dynamic content life cycles.
Benjamin Mestrallet, founder and CEO of eXo, said: "With eXo WCM, Java enterprises have a complete portal and content management system in a single software package, eliminating the need to cobble together solutions from different vendors.
"Anyone can start using eXo WCM on its own today. But for those enterprises looking for an elegant, integrated way to modernise their Java applications, eXo WCM is a hint of what’s to come with the eXo Platform."
