The I-ON Communications’ products can manage all the contents that are and to be considered as enterprise’s valuable assets. Usually, contents are divided into 2 representative categories

1.       Divided per Content storage/management ? standard/non-standard content

2.       Divided per content specification/usage ? Business content/entertainment content  

In the first category, the standardized content divided per content storage/management does not cause a problem. Content sorting, content name, the content of document, writer, date of creation and etc are managed in the standardized form (usually, it is managed through the DBMS).

The content where its representing metadata, or the attributes are endowed in order to be managed are called the ‘standard’ contents and its representative examples are organization’s document forms, business guideline book, business statement, client database, sales record and etc.

Non-standard contents are in forms of personal documents (PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, Word), email, fax, multimedia data and etc where the grouping status under the management criteria or attributes (or metadata) are not defined yet.

Our flagship product, ICS4, can be differentiated as the representative standard content management software. It manages the whole process of content creation (direct input/ DB migration/ information search and input based on automated rule agent) and modification, in exception of multimedia files.

Also, we recently developed I-ON Enterprise Content Management system which is approaching the end of its development phase, this product aims to manage the non-standard content that is not managed by ICS4.

It manages mobile contents that are operated through the various platforms and, models the process of mobile contents, images, binary documents, multimedia assets. It has main functions of EDMS, Image EDM software for management of enterprise documents, Digital Asset Management software for the multimedia asset management, Knowledge Management software for the enterprise’s standard/non-standard knowledge management. And already developed and commercialized solutions of content search and deploy are combined for complete ECM product line.

About 70 Worldwide e-business enterprises are using our I-ON Content Server software for the construction and management of website, intranet, educational portals and etc

One of representative domestic educational publishing company is also using the I-ON Content Server for work process of QuarkExpress or word files for publication, for planning of the structured management of enterprise’ assets and reduction of costs.

Also, the best global electronic manufacturer and service provider, S is using as well I-ON Content Server for the development of new house portal business where the next generation of digital devices is utilized and its multimedia assets management is needed.

Until now, our company provides the IT consultation service related to the content integration and construction. The consultation’s period, method, agenda and total output depend on the enterprise’s industry and scale.

If you send us the below information prior to the technology consultation, we can provide you more precise processing methods, period, expected investment and costs.

The below items are only part of consultation request, if you want to complete the original form, send us your company name, contact person, division and email through the email (helena_kim@i-on.net).

This type of question is often asked and difficult to be answered, but we recommend analyzing of these following factors first.

You can not let someone to be charge of your valuable business content based on only technology and logic. Does the provider has been certified from the market and does it have experiences in introducing the CMS?

Does the provider has enough of know how and its product has been verified with the quality standard?

Does the product provide the technological possibility, installation method, project management’s process and method, product related systematic Patch and Upgrade of content unification and construction through project experiences?

If your company’s content management and usage policy is different than other companies, does the CMS provider can supply elements components (engine, application source and framework) that are customized with its technology background?

In the Enterprise Architecture, CMS has to be compatible and to interact with other enterprises’ applications and interfaces. Do all the functionalities of CMS support API?     

Does your enterprise content require the additional product that support the function of wired or various wireless devices and customized engine level? Does the function of ‘per device presentation’ is offered as basic function, and not as additional option through experiences?

Does the product has been developed and managed though enough of engineers and its technology supporting organization?

Other than above mentioned general factors, a careful examination is essential for the proper business asset management. If you require for additional checkup points indicated by the international consulting companies or organizations (Gartner, Meta Group, IDC, IBM, BCS) before installing the CMS, you can send the request to the technical support (dshin@i-on.net).

Even enterprise website manager, webmaster and site managers can not properly define the difference in between homepage or site builder software application and CMS.

Before 2000, during the early e-business era, in order to build individual, departments of university, or club’s homepage, few basic functionalities such as homepage initial screen composition and management, message board, members’ management and poll were needed, and the user was named as the wizard. Through series of processes, for creating and easily managing the web-based application is known as the homepage builder or website.

These homepage(or site) builders are the solution created in response to the market demand for simpler, and less expensive method of homepage creation and management during the popularizing and generalizing internet period.  

After 2000, the internet became the most representative way of marketing for enterprises, products and services, whereas ‘efficient management’ of website is more important than the ‘making’ the website. In addition, within the ‘efficient management’ of website, the demand for enterprise’s ERP, EP or the information share of contents or interface created from knowledge management system are becoming generalized.

At this period, the CRM, know as ‘customized information service to individual customer’ technologies, are required to be associated with the website management. The information that is provided through the web became the enterprise’s asset that needs to be managed and recycled instead of single use.

In USA or Europe, where the e-business is generalized, the simple website builder tool has already reached its decline stage.

No, not necessarily.

It is true that CMS is an important middleware which manages all the ‘contents’ that are served through internet website, intranet and various web technologies.

However, in enterprise’s website, intranet, knowledge information storage, there exist ‘contents’ that could be value-added and that need to be managed. As well as, you need to consider the opinions of all the users, clients, and members of enterprise who are using the ‘contents’ in order to provide information issues, user method and turning it into assets. 

By analyzing and managing the opinions and demands of directly concerned ‘contents’ users, you can provide plan and provide quality ‘contents’ and services to its users. They are the main consumers of content and as well as the producers of content, and in order to track down and manage their needs and opinions, the board of users, management of members, online survey-poll, users’ FAQ and its answers, web-log analysis and additional technical components are required.

Feedback from clients (or producers) in regard to ‘contents’, that are provided by enterprise or organization, can become specialized through the above mentioned technical components and CMS is considered the middle ware that interacts in between the technical components and services.