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Leading Web application technology, Plone, continues to thrive
Plone, the leading Open Source Content Management System (CMS), and part of ifPeople's preferred Web technology platform, has continued to gain momentum over the last few months with its adoption by major IT service vendor Computer Associates, the publication of a complete developer's guide, and the realization of the community's second annual conference in Vienna.
Plone
Rated one of the most popular Open Source projects by developers, Plone has achieved amazing successes and growth. Built on a robust platform and with its special attention to usability and Web standards, it has become a product of choice for many developers and companies. Recently the Open Source project has received a number of boosts and continues to achieve new successes.Computer Associates Supports Plone
CA is a sponsor of the Plone Foundation. In addition, CA uses Plone as part of its technology solutions. Plone is a component of CA's BrightStor® Document Manager solution. Plone provides a very fast method to set up a document-serving website. CA is enhancing Plone to make Plone-based solutions easily integrate with enhanced security, backup, data storage and life cycle functions.For more information:
http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Collateral.asp?CID=59310
Plone Conference
This year the second annual Plone conference took place in Vienna, Austria, starting September 20. The conference focused primarily on the people that make Plone what it isthe developers and contributors to the finished product. In addition to this focus, material was also included to benefit those in business and politics who have adopted Plone within their organizations. The conference included a tutorial track and a track dedicated to history, use-cases, and demonstrations of what Plone can do. The conference featured releases of new products to enhance the system, as well as work on Zope and Python, the dependent technologies. For more see:http://plone.org/events/conferences/2
New Plone Guide
With the success of Plone, more documentation to make it more accessible and useful to a broader community has been necessary. The Definitive Guide to Plone provides the reader with a reference manual on this technology and an update for the 2.0 version of Plone, which includes many enhancements. This unique guide to Plone covers everything from installing Plone (on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux) to writing code for the system. As part of the Apress library of Python programming and content management tools, The Definitive Guide to Plone isauthored by a member of Plone's coredevelopment team, Andy McKay. He emphasizes the customization of Plone and shows how to fully integrate Plone into an existing website and application. Andy McKay is a principal of Agmweb Consulting, and an active contributor to a variety of Python-based open source projects. McKay maintains ZopeZen.org, a web site dedicated to Zope-based applications and Zope extensions.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590593294/104-4000756-9587141?v=glance