Interwoven boosts web management capabilities

Enterprise content management specialist Interwoven has launched the latest version of its TeamSite web content management product, designed to enhance usability for business users and improve workflow creation.

TeamSite 6.7.1, announced at the firm's annual European user conference in London, boasts full support for Linux and enhancements to its FormsPublisher feature that allow users to add and change content more quickly, according to the firm.

Improvements to the product's single sign-on capabilities, meanwhile, enable easier integration with third-party SSO systems, said Interwoven.

A new visual Workflow Builder will allow business users to drag and drop elements onto an interface to easily create and configure complex workflows, which should help to automate the business processes underlying web publishing.

European general manager of Interwoven Erik Hansen said that by improving speed of deployment the product is able to address one of the main concerns of customers.

"The enhancements to the product are centred on faster time to market and reduced total cost of ownership," added global marketing vice-president Kevin Hayden. "The new Workflow Builder reduces process time, allowing content to be deployed faster – a lot of customers want to get it out in 24 hours not 24 days. "

Sue Clarke of analyst firm Butler Group said that the workflow capabilities in web content management systems have historically been pre-built and overly simplistic.

"The Workflow Builder is the important feature here because there is more demand from firms now to be able to take information from [a variety of enterprise sources] and publish it on the site," she explained. "Therefore there is a need for more complex workflow capabilities [enabled here]."

In other news, IBM has announced the acquisition of enterprise content management vendor and Interwoven rival FileNet. The deal will see FileNet's operations integrated into IBM's Information Management Software business, according to the firm.

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