Blogs - July 2009

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Below are the blog entries for July 2009.

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New Client Case Study: Sarah Lawrence College

By Morgan Griffith

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 12:15pm

The content management market is both broad and complex. As a result, vendors are constantly trying to differentiate themselves and highlight key features that make their solutions different from the competition. For those researching a CMS solution though, it's often difficult to distinguish some of the finer points between vendors and their respective systems. Factors such as vendor rapport, system ease-of-use, and benefits afforded are often overlooked and/or difficult to identify. It's because of these factors that we value our customer case studies so highly.

Case studies give prospective organizations looking for a CMS a better understanding of how other organizations are truly using and benefiting from the use of a content management system. Furthermore, they often spark ideas for our current Cascade Server users about how they could potentially leverage their CMS system's power more effectively.This week, we've released a new case study focused on one of our client institutions, Sarah Lawrence College.

Like many institutions of higher education, Sarah Lawrence has conducted extensive research aimed at finding a content management solution that meets the diverse needs of their organization. In addition, the College also focused on finding a vendor that truly understands the content management needs of institutions of higher education, and is committed to meeting and exceeding these needs via top-notch customer service.

After initially beginning an implementation with Serena Collage, several factors led the Web Team at Sarah Lawrence to decide on making a switch to the Cascade Server CMS system. Check out our Sarah Lawrence College case study to learn more about their migration from a legacy CMS system and how the College is currently using Cascade Server to effectively manage its web presence.

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• Resources

Important Updates - 2009 User's Conference

By Uran Piedra

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 at 2:15pm

The 2009 Cascade Server User's Conference is right around the corner, and we're working hard to make sure it will be a huge success. In our effort to do so, we'd like to inform you of a few important updates regarding this year's conference.

First, we've made some of the session descriptions available on our site.  View more detailed information for select sessions to find out exactly what those intriguing titles mean and what will be covered at the conference this year.

Second, we have completely sold out of double room occupancy for the conference at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center.  We still have single rooms and day rate registration options available, but they are going fast, so register now to secure your spot!

Finally, registration for the conference will close at the end of this month.  This year we've made some major improvements based on attendee feedback from last year's conference (think larger space and more comfortable seating)! We've also packed our two-day conference with even more sessions than ever before, focused entirely on you, our users.

If you have any questions regarding the conference, please don't hesitate to contact me.

We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta on September 28-29.

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• Events

Key Site Enhancements Highlight Release of Cascade 6.2 Out Next Week

By Morgan Griffith

Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 11:00am

After a month of testing the Cascade Server 6.2 Beta and incorporating more fixes and functionality, Hannon Hill will release the final version of Cascade Server 6.2 next week. As we mentioned in our blog about the 6.2 Beta release, most of the new features in the 6.2 feature release expand the functionality of Sites, debuted with Cascade Server 6.0.

Adding Sites as a new administrative feature with the release of 6.0 gave our users a more intuitive and organized way to segment out and manage content particular to a specific website. For many of our clients with decentralized web content management processes, especially those in higher education, Sites have made it easier to effectively manage multiple websites within Cascade Server.

With the release of Cascade Server 6.2, we've added even more functionality to the Site content model. Notable features in this release that enhance Cascade's current Site functionality include template sharing and the ability to link across Sites.

In addition to these two major product enhancements, the Cascade 6.2 release also features substantial improvements to the Velocity engine, available via Script Formats in the system, and added logic when copying folders and creating folders via Asset Factories to ensure links are resolved and point to the newly copied content.

For full details on new features and improvements to be included in 6.2, please check out the Release Notes from the Cascade Server 6.2 Beta Release, and don't forget to give us feedback on the Success Community!

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• Product Upgrades