"The Benefits of Using Web Content Management Systems"

Gregory L. Koch II

Gregory L. Koch II earned his Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication from New Mexico Tech in May of 2009 and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Information Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. His interests include visual design, Internet and web communications, and single sourcing, server and network management. Greg has developed several web applications using Web Content Management Systems and recently served as Lead Web Developer and Designer for New Mexico Tech’s website redesign project. 

Contents

Abstract and Introduction

Background

Web Content Management Survey

Results and Discussion

Implications

Conclusions

Work Cited

Appendix A: Survey Questions

Appendix B: Survey Data

Works Cited

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Brinkkemper, Sjaak, Jurriaan Souer, Inge van de Weerd, and Johan Versendaal. 2005. Situational Requirements Engineering for the Development of Content Management System-based Web Applications. The Netherlands: Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University.

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Eschenfelder, Kristin R. “How do government agencies review and approve text content for publication on their websites? A framework to compare Web content management practices.” Library & Information Science Research 26 (2004): 463–481.

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Halkidi, Maria, Benjamin Nguyen, Iraklis Varlamis, and Michalis Vazirgiannis. “THESUS, a Closer View on Web Content Management Enhanced with Link Semantics.” IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 16.6 (2004): 685-700.

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Shreves, Ric. “Open Source CMS market Share.”  Water & Stone. July 28, 2008.