Day releases big upgrade to CQ5 WCM product

Day released a new version of its CQ5 CMS product this week with a new interface and a new approach to deployment. Kevin Cochrane, who is the CMO at Day, says Day has always been a product built with open source components, taking a package of Apache components and making them what he calls "enterprise ready." Day has ECM, WCM and DAM capabilities, but the latest upgrade concentrates on the web content management piece. Cochrane says the other pieces will receive makeovers next year.

The chief upgrade in this release according to Corchrane is that they aimed to completely revamp the user experience. "We're moving away from an ease of adoption paradigm to a fun-to-use one. We want people to want to use the system and play with the system," he says. To that end, Day looked at what it takes to get work done and went so far as to analyze, and attempt to reduce the number of clicks. He says the idea was to put more power in the hands of the business users.

The interface is built using Ajax, so there is lots of drag and drop ability and quick auto refresh, giving users a desktop feel in a web-based application.

For more information:
- see the Day press release [1]