DaliCMS - Because you want to picture your Web 2.0 collaboration

DaliCMS is a recent Content Management System built on Java EE 5 and Web 2.0 from day one which enables it to fully leverage the recent mashup technology breakthrough (mainly AJAX and RSS). It is also meant to provide as-you-grow features from either LodgON (the makers of DaliCMS) or any third-party. The GlassFish application server serves as the foundation to DaliCMS.

As explained in the GlassFish questionnaire, the DaliCMS engineers started working with GlassFish as soon as the initial code was released at JavaOne 2005. Having an Open Source and community-driven product has allowed developers to be extremely proactive in all their developments and bug fixing. The other part of the equation in any customer facing application is end-user interactivity, so LodgON has partnered with companies in the graphical and marketing sector to collaborate with them to deliver high-quality websites.

Make sure to read Johan Vos' (DaliCMS' leader) experience in this detailled GlassFish questionnaire.

Posted at 02:14AM Jan 29, 2007 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in ContentManagement  |  Comments[1]

DocDoku: Turn-key Content Management experience with GlassFish

Rich Java client and state-of-the-art server-side Java EE 5 are two key technologies used by DocDoku to provide online document sharing, versioning, and task management using workflow technology.

Technically speaking, this service started out as a stand-alone rich Java Swing application deployed with Java Web Start technology focusing on slick and intuitive user experience and interacting with custom server code. It soon appeared to Florent Garin, the key DocDoku architect and a Product Life-cycle Management expert, that the team was effectively rebuilding a mini appserver on its own, while polished open source application servers already offered such features (resource management, component models, etc.).  The end-resulting architecture combines rich Java client with the Java EE5 server-side architecture.

The team chose the GlassFish application server over JBoss as explained in this questionnaire and felt that the web administration console and the NetBeans tooling integration were the main two benefits they got from doing so. Stability has been another benefit, with their production GlassFish instance requiring zero restarts since going live in September 2006.

DocDoku's service is clearly aimed at small and medium business with price points ranging from free to €99 per month for 20 users but it has also seen adoption in larger enterprises.

More info on this story? Check out these additional resources:

• DocDoku's full response to the GlassFish adoption questionnaire.
  
• Get the latest DocDoku service from their company website.

Posted at 03:00AM Jan 18, 2007 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in ContentManagement  |  Comments[1]