Open source vendor Hippo launches Hippo CMS version 7 with new core technological features

San Francisco, CA and Amsterdam, the Netherlands - January 26, 2009 -Hippo, a leading vendor of open source Enterprise Content Management and Portal technology, has launched version 7.0 of its Content Management System, Hippo CMS.   Hippo CMS 7.0 is an enterprise-class open source software product designed for businesses that have a large quantity of files, documents and web content that needs to be captured, stored, preserved and delivered internally and externally.  

Version 7.0 features a completely new technological core based on Apache Jackrabbit, introducing full JSR 170 compliancy. The GUI technology moved to Apache Wicket enabling a modern AJAX GUI with drag drop and auto-save functionality. Version 7.0 is highly extensible, allowing organizations to choose from a wide variety of plug-ins in order to address their precise needs for managing and utilizing their enterprise content. This flexible architecture also allows developers to easily add custom functionality if no suitable plug-in is available.  

The Hippo architecture introduced in the previous version (6.0), with strong separation of concerns and its content driven repository, has been further improved, introducing a high performance faceted repository based on Apache Lucene and Apache Jackrabbit. The faceted repository introduces 'drop and start' dynamic categorization of content; allowing organizations to significantly speed up implementation resulting in a dramatically improved ROI compared to traditional CMS.  

Key features of the current release include:

• A faceted repository allowing users to label their content in multiple ways to make it easier to order, find and use
• Java Content Repository (JSR-170) support to access content repositories in a standardized manner
• Support for JavaServer Pages (JSP), JavaServer Faces (JSF), Cocoon, Portlets and easy template editing to make the software extensible for developers
• Extensibility through plug-in architecture and configurations to allow users to extend and modify the CMS as their content management needs change
• Node granularity, making data more manageable
• Indexing external repositories making it easier for content to be pulled from various / incompatible sources and indexed centrally
• More 'tools' in CMS: http://forge.onehippo.org/  

  Arjé Cahn, CTO of Hippo, said "Hippo CMS 7.0 is designed to help organizations that need to manage a lot of data. It provides them with an intuitive, flexible and enterprise-class content management system that will meet the unique content management needs of their business, with no data lock-in or excessive costs. The new product was designed with ease of implementation and extensibility in mind."   In the coming months, Hippo will further expand on the new concept of secure facets based on this new repository; allowing for non-hierarchical security and knowledge-driven workflow. Hippo CMS 7.0 is open source software that is free to download at http://www.onehippo.org.  

About HIPPO Hippo helps companies manage and access information, protect sensitive data, share knowledge, optimize collaboration and reduce operational costs through its Content Management and Portal technologies.  With the combination of enterprise-class support and open source technology, Hippo provides its users with the best of both worlds: the flexibility, innovation and robustness of open source software combined with the stability, reach, and service quality of an established vendor.   Hippo is actively involved in several key standard-setting efforts such as JSR 283, 286 and 301. Nine members of the Hippo team are committers/members for The Apache Software Foundation.   The company was founded in 1999 and today has a global base of over 150 customers across the education, publishing, manufacturing, and financial services industries, as well as several government agencies.  Hippo has over 50 employees located in its European headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and North American headquarters in San Francisco, California.  

For more information visit: http://www.onehippo.com