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AquiferCMS


  
 
Product

  
 Product name: AquiferCMS

  
 Version / release: 2.5

  
 Introduction year: 2001

  
 Product type: Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS)

  
 Vendor name: Liquid Development

  
 Phone number: 877-806-1274

  
 Vendor website: http://www.liquiddev.com
  
 Product website: http://www.aquifercms.com
  
 Vendor contact: Brian Feldman

  
 Employees: 6 to 25 employees

  
 Partners: undisclosed

  
 Revenues: undisclosed

  
 Origin vendor: USA

  
 Number of installs: 101-500

  
 References: Association of Professional Design Firms (www.apdf.org),
Houston Zoo (http://www.houstonzoo.org),
Locke Liddell & Sapp
(www.lockeliddell.com),
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Chicago Regional Site (
www.starwoodchicago.com)

  
 Product description: AquiferCMS is a robust, out-of-the-box content management system that allows business users to manage all aspects of a website without the assistance of the IT department or contractors. AquiferCMS allows your business drivers to dictate your web-presence, not your budget.

  
 Vendor description: Liquid Development is an experienced provider of integrated e-business and software systems focused on creating value through the use of information technology. By leveraging the latest technologies, we are able to create operational efficiencies and competitive advantages for all types of companies. Faced with the challenge of evolving in today's lightning-fast business environment, our clients trust our expertise in devising and implementing mission-critical solutions on time and within budget.

  
 Sales methods: Online, Implementation partners, Resellers, Sales force
  
 Installed base: Manufacturing and engineering, Financial services, banking, insurance, real estate and legal, Professional services, Church and foundations, Telecommunications, energy and utilities, Manufacturing, IT companies (software, hardware and services), Consumer packaged goods, Printing, publishing, media and entertainment, Retail, trade and wholesale, Oil, gas, mining, natural resources, Business and/or IT consulting, legal employment and miscellaneous services, Marketing, communication, media, pr, creative and web agencies, Other
  
 
Editing

  
 Tool status: Homemade

  
 Clean-up: yes
  
 Preview: yes
  
 Uploading images: yes
  
 Resizing images: yes
  
 Uploading files: yes
  
 Form editor: no
  
 Form validation: no
  
 Spell checker: yes
  
 Thesaurus: yes
  
 User dictionaries: no
  
 Editing type: Whole page

  
 WYSIWYG or HTML: WYSIWYG

  
 Edit features: Tables, Bullets, Copy/paste, Alignment
  
 Content transformation: Copy/paste

  
 Formats: HTML, XHTML, XML
  
 Insert links: Internal links, External links
  
 Lay-out: CSS, XSLT
  
 Technology: JavaScript, DHTML
  
 
Content Management

  
 Tool status: Homemade

  
 Automatic metadata: yes
  
 Classification: no
  
 Content expiration notice: yes
  
 Content search and retrieval: yes
  
 Content vs. presentation: yes
  
 Context sensitive navigation: yes
  
 Digital asset management: no
  
 Digital rights management: no
  
 Flexible templates: yes
  
 JavaScript navigation: yes
  
 Link checker: no
  
 Localisation: no
  
 Metadata search and retrieval: no
  
 Multi server publishing: yes
  
 Multiple domain names: yes
  
 Page formats: yes
  
 Personalisation: yes
  
 Portal integration: yes
  
 Previous and next page: yes
  
 Publishing reports: no
  
 Sitemap generation: yes
  
 Staging server: no
  
 Start and end date: yes
  
 Syndication: no
  
 Template development: yes
  
 Template gallery: no
  
 Template layout: no
  
 Template regions: yes
  
 Track content changes: yes
  
 Granularity: Documents, Pages, Paragraphs
  
 Template output: HTML

  
 
Document Management

  
 Tool status: Not available

  
 Check in/ check out: no
  
 Virtual maps: no
  
 Files (dossiers): no
  
 Printing: no
  
 Viewer: no
  
 Modifying: no
  
 Paper digitalisation: no
  
 Imaging: no
  
 Document security: no
  
 Automatic metadata: no
  
 Collaboration: no
  
 Classification: no
  
 
Email Management

  
 Tool status: Not available

  
 Archiving attachments: no
  
 Reading email: no
  
 Storing email: no
  
 Retrieving email: no
  
 Print email: no
  
 Send email: no
  
 Send to subscribers: no
  
 Integration email application: no
  
 
Information Retrieval

  
 Tool status: Homemade

  
 Searching content: yes
  
 Full text search: yes
  
 Booleans: yes
  
 Wild cards: yes
  
 Range operators: yes
  
 Refine search result: no
  
 Searching metadata: yes
  
 Marking of search keys: no
  
 Language recognition: no
  
 Indexing: yes
  
 Spidering: no
  
 Fuzzy search: yes
  
 Semantic search: yes
  
 Sorting search result: no
  
 Storing search result: no
  
 Relational taxonomy: no
  
 
Records Management

  
 Tool status: Not available

  
 Classification: no
  
 Permanent archive: no
  
 Destroying archive: no
  
 Authenticity: no
  
 Protocol of clearance: no
  
 Registration archive terms: no
  
 Registration destroy terms: no
  
 Batch destroying: no
  
 Ad-hoc destroying: no
  
 
Workflow Management

  
 Tool status: Homemade

  
 Workflow: yes
  
 Configurable workflow: yes
  
 Unlimited workflow: yes
  
 User management: yes
  
 Ad-hoc modification: yes
  
 Roles: yes
  
 Roles configuration: yes
  
 Workflow filters: yes
  
 Document security: yes
  
 Security levels: yes
  
 Authorisation: yes
  
 Status change: yes
  
 Electronic signature: no
  
 Encryption: no
  
 Version control: yes
  
 History: yes
  
 Roll-back: yes
  
 To-do: yes
  
 Email triggers: yes
  
 Password encryption: no
  
 Session cookies: no
  
 Audit trail: no
  
 Login logout audit: no
  
 Extensible triggers: no
  
 Network directory: Active Directory, Other
  
 
Investment

  
 License cost (euro): 25,001 to 50,000

  
 License type: Proprietary

  
 Open source license: None

  
 URL download: http://www.aquifercms.com
  
 Total cost of ownership (TCO): small/medium 30-45K, medium/large 45-60K, enterprise 60-150K

  
 Typical installation time: 4 hours

  
 Implementation time: Software is ready to use out-of-the-box. Typical project takes 4-12 weeks depending on design time and time to create content.

  
 ASP: yes
  
 Price rent/lease: 500/month and up

  
 License model: CPU, Domain, Other
  
 
Standards

  
 Open standards: CSS, HTTP, SMTP
  
 De facto standards: WinZip, .pdf
  
 XML standards: None

  
 Metadata standards: None

  
 Interface standards: None

  
 Technical standards: None

  
 
Technology

  
 Adaptable user interface: yes
  
 Back-up: yes
  
 Restore: yes
  
 Browser based: yes
  
 Caching: no
  
 Import: yes
  
 Export: yes
  
 Load balancing: yes
  
 Native XML: yes
  
 URL white paper: http://www.aquifercms.com
  
 Application server: MS. NET

  
 Architecture: Client/server, Component based, N-tier, Object oriented, Relational
  
 Browsers: IE 5.5, IE 6.x
  
 Databases: MS SQL Server

  
 Framework: MS .NET

  
 Platform: Windows 2000, Windows NT
  
 Programming language: VB

  
 Scripting language: ASP, COM+, Visual Basic
  
 Web server: ISS

  
 
Support

  
 API: yes
  
 Datamodel: yes
  
 URL demo: http://www.aquifercms.com
  
 URL documentation: http://www.aquifercms.com
  
 Fixes and updates: yes
  
 Helpdesk: yes
  
 Helpdesk hours: M-F

  
 Context sensitive on line help: no
  
 Self explaining error messages: yes
  
 SDK: yes
  
 SLA: yes
  
 Support people: Less than 5 employees

  
 User group: no
  
 URL developer group: http://www.aquifercms.com
  
 URL user group: http://www.aquifercms.com
  
 Demo: Demo

  
 Documentation: Users, Service people, Developers, Other
  
 Update frequency: Once a year

  
 Language: English

  
 On line help: Users, Service people, Developers, Other
  
 Source code: Available

  
 Training classes: Users, Service people, Developers, Other
  
 
Components

  
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