Namtech ICT Solutions is focusing on the most common use of a CMS: to manage web content. In some circles, these systems are therefore called web management systems (WMS), which we can implement.

Content management systems can be much broader than this. CMS can work in the following ways ranging from a simple website to more complex solutions. Some of them could include:

• Product catalog
• Document Management System/Document Tracking
• Corporate Intranet
• Real Estate portals
• Job Postings
• E-Commerce Applications

Some of the salient features that all CMS provide:

• Easy handling of users according to roles: e.g. admin role, editor role, viewer role etc.
• Easy update of website content using backend forms.
• So now if you own a business and looking to have an online presence, you might be going for an option of Content Management System.
• Once you have made a decision, you might be requiring the services of Namtech ICT Solutions for assisting you in selecting the appropriate CMS for your business needs.
• Once a page has been created, it is saved into a central repository in the CMS. This stores all the content of the site, along with the other supporting details.

This central repository allows a range of useful features to be provided by the CMS:

• Keeping track of all the versions of a page, and who changed what and when.
• Ensuring that each user can only change the section of the site they are responsible for.
• Integration with existing information sources and IT systems.

Most importantly, the CMS provides a range of workflow capabilities. These are best explained by giving an example:
When an author creates the page, it is automatically sent to their manager for approval, and then to the central web team for their editorial review. It is finally sent to the legal team for their sign-off, before being automatically published to the site.
At each step, the CMS manages the status of the page, notifying the people involved, and escalating jobs where required.
In this way, the workflow capabilities allow more authors to be involved in the management of the site, while maintaining strict control over the quality, accuracy and consistency of the information.

We specialize in setting up:

• Fax servers
• Unix Servers
• CMS

What is Open Source?

Open source usually refers to software that is released with source code under a license that ensures that derivative works will also be available as source code, protects certain rights of the original authors, and prohibits restrictions on how the software can be used or who can use it.

Open Source vs. Commercial Software

The most important difference between software created by the open source communities and commercial software sold by vendors is that open source software is published under licenses that ensure that the source code is available to everyone to inspect, change, download, and explore as they wish. This is the essential meaning of open source: the source code–the language in which the software is written and the key to understanding how the software works–can be obtained and improved by anyone with the right skills.

More precise definitions extend this basic concept by adding provisions concerning derivative works, the rights to use the software for any purpose, the rights of the original author, and prohibitions against discrimination.

How Open Source Software Is Developed

For those new to the idea of open source or unfamiliar with the way software gets developed, here’s how it works most of the time:

1. One or more developers–meaning people who have the skills to create software–get an idea about creating software to solve a problem.
2. The developers start writing code to create a solution. This is frequently called “scratching an itch.”
3. The developers put this code where other developers can find out about it, download it, and play with it. There are many locations, such as SourceForge.com, where people post their projects.
4. Usually the source code is published under one of several popular open source licenses that ensure that the source code and any derivative works remain open source.
5. Through an informal process of sharing ideas, fiddling with each other’s code, and trial and error, the software gets better and better, sometimes changing direction to solve new problems as new people discover the software.
6. At some point, the software gets finished or doesn’t. It becomes popular, stays obscure, or fades away. Programs like Linux and Apache have had thousands of contributors.
7. As time goes on, developers come and go, and projects become active or dormant.

A huge amount of amazing software has been created through this loose process. While much of open source development has focused on creating tools for software developers, an increasing amount of effort is being put into creating programs to solve less technical problems.