What Content Management Systems Ring the Chimes of US Government Procurement Teams?
September 28, 2016
The answer to this question does not require a consultant in content management or, as the insiders term it, CMS. Navigate to Digital Gov’s run down. The list is, like many things about the US government, “unofficial.” You can look up an agency like the Economic Research Service and learn that the whiz kids at ERS rely upon Umbraco, an open source CMS which works with Microsoft software. It should. Umbraco lists Microsoft as a customer. What this says about SharePoint I will leave to you, gentle reader.
There are some interesting systems in use; for example:
- EpiServer from former Microsoft Sweden folks
- DotNetNuke for the Department of Defense. The name of the product may have resonated with someone at the DoD.
- RedDot, a German software product which is now an OpenText property
- WebZerve, product of xpdient Inc.
- InMagic Presto, which I thought was a law firm centric system. InMagic is now owned by a Canadian firm.
The list is a sure fire guide for those who want to sell CMS consulting services to government agencies. Any notion of standardization or buying US software seems to be out of fashion.
Stephen E Arnold, September 28, 2016
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