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Actually I can give more then five reasons for using Content Management Systems.  That is what this blog posting is about.  I could have simply titled this posting "Content Management Systems vs Old Media Broadcasting."  Instead, I wanted to link this post to an article online that I read about on my GReader.

Basically a Content Management System or CMS is the means to organizing one's system.  In most cases it has to do with web designing.  Though organization does not stop on websites.  A business entire organization can be need of an organization restructuring.  This is called Service-oriented architecture (SOA).  Why would a business need to have an orientation on their web designing or any part of their business?

First of all, doing things with technology can be very complex these days, but computers and the like are very much needed.  The big thing is how does a business communicate with their customers in real time and allow it to be very easy for them.  Under both SOA and CMS any size businesses can do this without any major complexity if any complexity at all.

For a business to make is simple for its customers, the business must make it simple for themselves.  In order for business personal and the customers to communicate back forth in real time and in an easy to manage system, two things must be noted:  social media and social networking.

 

Social Media in Plain English

 

 

Social Networking in Plain English

 

 

There are numerous ways to communicate things online and get responses to them.  True one can email, but that can be a pain in the butt over time.  A business might also want to have the comments others have given to be seen by everyone.  That is why so many online services have Frequent Ask Question(FAQ) page on their website.

By having other people comments for all to read might be able answer questions that others may ask.  That is why social networking is so vital.  Please watch these videos on some of these social media and networking formats:

 

Blogs in Plain English

 

Online Photo Sharing in Plain English|Podcasting in Plain English|

Social Bookmarking in Plain English|Video: RSS in Plain English|Web Search Strategies in Plain English|Wikis in Plain English

 

 

There many other videos one can watch online regarding all the types of media formats anyone can use.  If a business or a individual does not use a structured organized system, using these systems would be right out impossible.  Even systems like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc., uses a form of SOA/CMS to have so many accounts running at the same time or different times.

 

The purpose of any organization is to save valuable time.  If a business waist time from its customers, then it is a very good chance they will not see them ever again.  That cannot happen in a business.  If those former customers have any friends, sure enough they will tell them all of what happened.  Using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds or web feeds is one way to allow your customers to get updates without wasting their time doing so. 

 

RSS Explained

 

 

Google Reader in Plain English

 

 

There is another way for a family or group to share information and that is by "Wikis."  This is very fascinating to me because I have never heard of this other then from Wikipedia.com.  I found out about Wikis in my research of this blog posting.  How simple for a family or group that might be in any state or country to be able to edit a "To Do List" online before the event or vacation that is being worked on takes place.  Here are some Wikis sites online:  pbwiki, wetpaint, and wikispaces.

All that has been said, what does SOA have anything to do with CMS, social networking, or social media?  Without SOA, no business cannot have these things I just presented.  If one has a mess desk, they do not have all that much room to work on.  SOA allows the business to organize their structure.  Please watch this video for more information:

 

What is Service Oriented Architecture? SOA

 

 

There are different way and different means for each business to organize itself.  There are sizes of businesses.  Each businesses sell different things to all kinds of people.  So one way will not always work for others.  That means that each business will have a different SOA format then another.  Please watch these Videos for what to avoid with SOA:

 

5 things to avoid with SOA - part 1

 

 

part 2|part 3|part 4

 

It is very true that these things may not work for everyone. For the businesses that can use these social structures, it will make a big difference.  All that I ask for these businesses is to do their homework and find all the information on this subject.  I do hope that this blog post has helped.  Social Networking and Social Media are that big.  It has done great things on many fronts of life.  I did all that I could to present this information with balance and all the facts that I could get online on the date of this posting.

 

References

Service-oriented architecture

1. Steven Spewak and Steven C Hill, Enterprise Architecture Planning: Developing a Blueprint for Data, Applications, and Technology.
2. Jorge Cardoso and Amit P Sheth, “Semantic Web Services, Processes and Applications,” in Foreword, SEMANTIC WEB AND BEYOND: Computing for Human Experience (Springer, 2006), pp. xxi.
3. Thomas Erl, Service-oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design (Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall PTR, 2005).
4. Michael Bell, “Service-Oriented Modeling: Service Analysis, Design, and Architecture,” in Introduction to Service-Oriented Modeling (Wiley & Sons, 2008), pp. 3.
5. Eric Newcomer and Greg Lomow, Understanding SOA with Web Services (Addison Wesley, 2005).

Wikis

1. Bo Leuf and Leuf, Bo, The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web ([[Addison-Wesley]], 2001).
2. “wiki,” in [[Encyclopædia Britannica]], vol. 1 ([[London]]: [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]], 2007), http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1192819/wiki.
3. Anja Ebersbach, Wiki: Web Collaboration ([[Springer Science Business Media]], 2008).
4. Don Tapscott and Tapscott, Don, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Portfolio Hardcover, 2008).
5. Stewart Mader and Mader, Stewart, Wikipatterns ([[John Wiley & Sons]], 2007).

 

Blessed Be to Isis and you,

 

 

Real Name:  Brandon Bowers

 

 

 

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