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SmartMedia Editorial System

A Publishing and Content Management Application Built by Stepnet
Stepnet Ingénierie

SmartMedia editorial system, developed by Stepnet Ingénierie, is a publishing and content management application built with Nuxeo Platform, with a rich and user-oriented interface. With SmartMedia, Stepnet gives Marketing and Communication Directors an editorial platform dedicated to multi-channel communication through the entire value chain, from content production to paper or digital dissemination.

Multi-Channel Publishing for Corporate Communications

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SmartMedia addresses the needs of the corporate communications group, including communications managers, editors in chief, enterprise writers and photographers, in a press-like environment. SmartMedia is used to manage production of an internal magazine in a large organization's communications department. Communications agencies can also use SmartMedia to add value to their global offering for advertisers.

Built with the underlying Nuxeo Platform, SmartMedia uses Nuxeo's modules for Document Management and Digital Asset Management, with a shared content repository. Components of the application include:

  • a document manager, connected to a print rendering server (QuarkXPress Server and soon Adobe InDesign Server), which processes native desktop publishing files
  • the Document Management interface is used essentially as a back office application, to organize data, and manage users, groups and permissions
  • the end user handles documents via a rich web application developed with Flex technologies.

The Flex-based user interface, developed using Nuxeo’s Flex API, provides a user-friendly and intuitive approach to the application, making it easy to use for non-technical people.

Roadmap for SmartMedia

SmartMedia is at the intersection of the expertise of Stepnet and Nuxeo -- it relies on the power and agility of the underlying Nuxeo Platform, while providing a rich and user-oriented interface designed specifically for magazine publishing.

 -- Youri Ginieys, Product Manager at Stepnet

The next step for SmartMedia is to add the ability to reach any media channel directly from the user interface, so that a single content input enables print as well as digital output. Nuxeo Platform already offers the APIs that make this possible.

There will also be a desktop client, enabling an offline mode, with special features for structured authoring within the collaborative workflow.

SmartMedia is leveraged by a technology alliance between Nuxeo and Stepnet Ingénierie, a solution provider for enterprise communications based in France.

For more information, contact Stepnet.

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