Day Software
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Day Software was an enterprise content management
software company headquartered in Basel
, Switzerland
and Boston, Massachusetts. Day Software was founded in 1993 in Basel, Switzerland.
Day creates content management
infrastructure software in the Day CRX product line and enterprise content management applications in the Day Communiqué product line. Its most important product is Day Communiqué WCM, a Web content management system
that is used for public-facing websites and intranets of large corporations such as McDonald's and Daimler.
Day is engaged in the content repository API for Java
standardization process and contributes to open source
software projects such as Apache Jackrabbit
and Apache Sling
.
Day Software was acquired by Adobe Systems
on 28th July, 2010 for $240 Million USD.
based on CRX for the content repository and Apache Sling
as a web framework.
(JSR-170). It is based on the open source reference implementation Apache Jackrabbit
and serves as the foundation of all other products by Day Software.
. Examples for content management systems supported are Microsoft SharePoint
and Documentum
.Uses JSR 283 and JSR 170 to display.
system based on CRX for the content repository and Apache Sling
as a web framework. It integrates with Day Communiqué WCM to allow re-use of images, documents, audio and video files from the DAM in the web site.
that can be used as a stand-alone product with optional integration into Day Communiqué WCM and a Calendar and Blog component that extend the feature set of Day Communiqué WCM. The Advanced Collaboration product also uses CRX as a content repository and Apache Sling
as a web framework.
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
software company headquartered in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and Boston, Massachusetts. Day Software was founded in 1993 in Basel, Switzerland.
Day creates content management
Content management
Content management, or CM, is the set of processes and technologies that support the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. In recent times this information is typically referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content...
infrastructure software in the Day CRX product line and enterprise content management applications in the Day Communiqué product line. Its most important product is Day Communiqué WCM, a Web content management system
Web content management system
A web content management system is a software system that provides website authoring, collaboration, and administration tools designed to allow users with little knowledge of web programming languages or markup languages to create and manage website content with relative ease...
that is used for public-facing websites and intranets of large corporations such as McDonald's and Daimler.
Day is engaged in the content repository API for Java
Content repository API for Java
Content Repository API for Java is a specification for a Java platform application programming interface to access content repositories in a uniform manner. The content repositories are used in content management systems to keep the content data and also the metadata used in content management...
standardization process and contributes to open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
software projects such as Apache Jackrabbit
Apache Jackrabbit
Apache Jackrabbit is an open source content repository for the Java platform. The Jackrabbit project was started on August 28, 2004, when Day Software licensed an initial implementation of the Java Content Repository API . Jackrabbit was also used as the reference implementation of JSR-170,...
and Apache Sling
Apache Sling
Apache Sling is an open source Web framework for the Java platform designed to create content-centric applications on top of a JSR-170-compliant content repository such as Apache Jackrabbit. Apache Sling allows developers to deploy their application components as OSGi bundles or as scripts and...
.
Day Software was acquired by Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
on 28th July, 2010 for $240 Million USD.
Day Communiqué WCM
Day Communiqué (CQ5) WCM is a web content management systemWeb content management system
A web content management system is a software system that provides website authoring, collaboration, and administration tools designed to allow users with little knowledge of web programming languages or markup languages to create and manage website content with relative ease...
based on CRX for the content repository and Apache Sling
Apache Sling
Apache Sling is an open source Web framework for the Java platform designed to create content-centric applications on top of a JSR-170-compliant content repository such as Apache Jackrabbit. Apache Sling allows developers to deploy their application components as OSGi bundles or as scripts and...
as a web framework.
Day Content Repository Extreme
Day Content Repository Extreme (Day CRX) is a content repository that implements the content repository API for JavaContent repository API for Java
Content Repository API for Java is a specification for a Java platform application programming interface to access content repositories in a uniform manner. The content repositories are used in content management systems to keep the content data and also the metadata used in content management...
(JSR-170). It is based on the open source reference implementation Apache Jackrabbit
Apache Jackrabbit
Apache Jackrabbit is an open source content repository for the Java platform. The Jackrabbit project was started on August 28, 2004, when Day Software licensed an initial implementation of the Java Content Repository API . Jackrabbit was also used as the reference implementation of JSR-170,...
and serves as the foundation of all other products by Day Software.
Day JCR Connectors
With the JCR connectors Day provides a set of software components that allow software developers to access content repositories and content management systems that are not JSR-170 compliant using the content repository API for JavaContent repository API for Java
Content Repository API for Java is a specification for a Java platform application programming interface to access content repositories in a uniform manner. The content repositories are used in content management systems to keep the content data and also the metadata used in content management...
. Examples for content management systems supported are Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint is typically associated with web content management and document management systems, but it is actually a much broader platform of web technologies, capable of being configured into a wide...
and Documentum
Documentum
Documentum is an enterprise content management platform, now delivered by EMC Corporation, as well as the name of the software company that originally developed the technology. EMC acquired Documentum for $1.7 billion in December, 2003...
.Uses JSR 283 and JSR 170 to display.
Day Communiqué DAM
Day Communiqué DAM is digital asset managementDigital asset management
Digital asset management consists of management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets...
system based on CRX for the content repository and Apache Sling
Apache Sling
Apache Sling is an open source Web framework for the Java platform designed to create content-centric applications on top of a JSR-170-compliant content repository such as Apache Jackrabbit. Apache Sling allows developers to deploy their application components as OSGi bundles or as scripts and...
as a web framework. It integrates with Day Communiqué WCM to allow re-use of images, documents, audio and video files from the DAM in the web site.
Day Communiqué Advanced Collaboration
Day Communiqué Advanced Collaboration contains a WikiWiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
that can be used as a stand-alone product with optional integration into Day Communiqué WCM and a Calendar and Blog component that extend the feature set of Day Communiqué WCM. The Advanced Collaboration product also uses CRX as a content repository and Apache Sling
Apache Sling
Apache Sling is an open source Web framework for the Java platform designed to create content-centric applications on top of a JSR-170-compliant content repository such as Apache Jackrabbit. Apache Sling allows developers to deploy their application components as OSGi bundles or as scripts and...
as a web framework.
History
Product History of Day Communiqué.| Date | Product |
|---|---|
| ? | Day CQ 4.0 |
| 2006 | Day CQ 4.1 |
| 2008 | Day CQ 4.2 |
| 2009 | Day CQ 5.2 |
| 2010 | Day CQ 5.3 |
| 2011 | Day CQ 5.4 |