Janueary 12, 2005 — Kontentsu has developed a connector that seamlessly integrates BEA WebLogic with Astoria Software's content-management system.
The Astoria SPI Connector installs on WebLogic and monitors a cabinet in the Astoria CMS. Document objects dropped into the cabinet, and their custom (system) metadata, appear automatically in WebLogic as virtual objects. WebLogic workflow uses these virtual objects to execute business logic in a portal.
December 3, 2004 — Kontentsu' annual Christmas Open House in Ottawa, featuring lots of good cheer, and presentations on content management.
September 7, 2004 — Kontentsu today released an inexpensive turnkey XML content-management solution called CMS In A Box, complete with single source and translation workflow. Typical CMS projects take six to eight months, with customization costing two to four times the cost of the software (see Sidebar). Using best practices, CMS In A Box can be implemented in three months at a fraction of the cost, and very low risk. CMS In A Box manages translation workflow for more than 20 languages, with initial output in PDF for print and HTML for web and CD-ROM. Other outputs are planned.
July 6, 2004 — Kontentsu has developed seamless support for extended Central European languages in FrameMaker XML 7.1. These languages are added to FrameMaker through a DLL. The DLL also supports automated switching and display of templates in all languages.
March 29, 2004 — Kontentsu announced today the release of a Unified Metadata Model (UMM) for content for service and operator manuals, and for training in service, operator and sales. The UMM allows seamless navigation between content in the three related domains.
December 5, 2003 — Kontentsu' annual Christmas Open House in Ottawa, featuring lots of good cheer, and presentations on content management, e-Learning, and global services, in partnership with Arbortext, Eedo Knowledgeware Corp, Siberlogic.
September 2003 — Kontentsu announces a new division, Kontentsu Global Services, to provide computerization and capital projects for Nigeria.
August 2003 — Kontentsu, in partnership with EEDO Knowledgeware Corp and Concordia University, is a recipient of a contribution from CANARIE Inc to research ways of linking digital libraries on broadband networks.
May 2003 — Kontentsu is a Gold sponsor of the 2003 Arbortext User Group International, held in San Antonio, Texas.
March, 2003 — Kontentsu held an open house in Milwaukee for select customers, with a focus on knowledge sharing.
December, 2002 — Kontentsu held its first annual open house, showing a variety of content management solutions, including Orenge from empolis.
September, 2002 — Kontentsu is moving to new premises on Elgin St, effective November 1. The new office is twice as large, in anticipation of expansion.
August, 2002 — Kontentsu has released a new version of its website. The new version features improved navigation with drop-down menus, and content that better represents the broad range of its services.
Technically, the website is structured. It is created from XML and transformed to XHTML. Pages can be validated. Style sheets can be validated. Screen layout is controlled entirely through CSS. This page, for example, does not use tables to define columns (use View | Page Source in your browser to verify this).
August, 2002 — Kontentsu recently completed the development of a metadata model for a global client. The model will be used to retrieve content from a repository, and assemble it into information products, using Topic Maps.
The model is extensible, allowing it to meet new enterprise needs.