SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 17, 2005 -- The latest semi-annual release of "The CMS Report" finds that although enterprises large and small struggle with managing content on multiple websites, not all CMS products can facilitate multi-site management. Meanwhile, the diversity of internal use- cases stretches the capabilities of even the most robust CMS tools.

The report was released today by CMS Watch (http://www.cmswatch.com), an independent analyst firm that evaluates Enterprise Content Management strategies and technologies for prospective solutions buyers.

Key findings of the report include:

* Enterprises are struggling to manage content across multiple public and protected websites. Vendors are slowly responding with multi-site management tools for distributed administration, localization, and development -- but no single supplier has the ideal solution for a diverse enterprise.

* European CMS vendors have rebounded from a multi-year slump. With this report, CMS Watch begins coverage of Germany-based CoreMedia.

* Major open-source CMS products continue to mature and expand. CMS Watch has begun coverage of Plone and OpenCms, in addition to its evaluations of Zope and Midgard.

"Enterprises of all sizes are trying to balance central control with distributed site management," explains principal report author and CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne. "Unfortunately, there are few industry-wide standards for multi-site management, so vendors and customers are making it up as they go along," Byrne adds.

The Report is designed to help enterprises make informed CMS buying decisions. The 8th Edition provides updated analysis and 5-12 page comparative product surveys of 31 Web content management offerings as well as short descriptions of more than 20 other packages across 7 product categories.

About CMS Watch

CMS Watch(tm)(http://www.cmswatch.com) is an analyst firm that provides an independent source of buyer's advice on content management and enterprise search technologies. Our buyer's guides cover web content management, records management, and enterprise search offerings. These reports help sort out the complex landscape of potential solutions so that project teams can minimize the time and effort to identify and evaluate technologies suited to their particular requirements. To retain its independence as a vendor-neutral analyst firm, CMS Watch works solely for solutions buyers and never for the vendors it covers.

Kristie Hughes
Marketing Director of CMS Watch
+1-202-459-8931
khughes@cmswatch.com.