Introduction to Inmagic Content Server

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Introduction to Inmagic Content Server

• Information Specialists Ltd, 2003
• Authorised Inmagic reseller

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Key components of Inmagic CS - (DB/TextWorks
meets SQL Server)

• Incorporates the Inmagic DB/TextWorks
• core textbase technology.
• Uses a Microsoft SQL Server data store.
• Uses a Windows client and a web browser.
• interface the user interface is largely
• unchanged.
• Uses open standards and technologies,
• such as XML.

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Key Benefits

• An industry standard database.
• Terabyte scalability
• Enterprise data management (e.g. transaction
  rollback).
• Load/performance scalability (e.g. clustering)
• And - all the advantages of Inmagics textbase
  engine . . .

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The Inmagic Textbase Engine

• Allows the database to conform to the content.
• Simplifies database design and maintenance by
  end-users.
• Uses adaptive field technology to accommodate
  full text, and unlimited field entries.
• Enables keyword and term indexing on all fields,
  and real-time updating of indexes.
• Provides index browsing functionality.
• Enables powerful searching on any field and
  across fields proximity, range, Boolean,
  keywords, terms, phrases.
• Provides sorting options that support the
  requirements of text management and
  classification systems.

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Inmagic Core Competencies

• The Inmagic textbase engine enables non-technical
  content managers to
• Rapidly deploy database applications customised
  to meet the needs of individual business units.
• Provide value added categorisation and
  classification of content.
• Deliver dynamic database-driven publishing to the
  Web or intranet.
• Provide high speed precision searching.

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The Content Management Infrastructure

• The one size fits all enterprise content
  management approach will not meet the needs of
  all content managers. Inmagic CS is a content
  capable infrastructure that
• Includes capabilities for self management at the
  local level, enabling solutions that IT and ECM
  groups would not easily be able to implement.
• Integrates with other ECM and portal products.
• Provides Web services technologies like XML and
  SOAP to ensure that content does not remain in
  departmental silos.

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Inmagic Content Server for Windows

• Easily design, modify and maintain databases
  customised to business unit requirements.
• Scripting capabilities.
• Drag and drop forms designer.
• Full data entry capabilities.

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Content Server for Web

• Database driven publishing.
• Add, edit and delete content from the browser.
• XML support for reading and writing content.
• SOAP interface.
• Data manipulation by third party tools.
• Customisation to local Web site design.

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Gatherer for Content Server

• A spider that crawls specified in-house servers
  and Web sites.
• Extracts content from most common file types
  HTML, Text. MS Office, PDF and Visio.
• Content loads into specified Inmagic CS database.

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Content Management Applications

• Management of internal and external information
  sources including documents, images, archives,
  libraries and newsfeeds.
• Government - ministerials, contracts, reports,
  records.
• Law Firms opinions, precedents, decisions,
  caselaw, litigation documents.
• Universities learning resources, course
  material, research collections.
• Local Government - agenda, minutes,
  correspondence.
• Corporates - business intelligence, news-feeds,
  directories.

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Migration paths for current clients

• The DB/Text product line will continue in its
  current architecture. However some DB/TextWorks
  clients will want to migrate to Inmagic CS to
  expand their information and content management
  solutions more widely within the enterprise.
• Existing database applications will run on
  Inmagic CS.
• Migration is straightforward.
• Windows and Web interfaces are nearly identical
  to DB/TextWorks and DB/Text WebPublisher PRO, so
  users will not need additional training.

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About Inmagicwww.inmagic.com

• Located in Boston, Mass
• 20 years old
• Privately owned
• 50,000 licences in 7,000 organisations in over 50
  countries

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About Information Specialists Ltdwww.infospecs.co
.nz

• Founded in 1985, Infospecs has supported Inmagic
  software since 1987.
• Offices in Auckland and Wellington.
• More than 300 sites in New Zealand.
• Technology partnership with the Simpl Group of
  consultants, specialising in software development
  and integration using Microsoft toolsets.

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