Six Apart Releases MT Enterprise 1.5
Last week Six Apart announced the availability of Movable Type Enterprise (MTE) 1.5. The Enterprise release builds on the foundation laid by the standard edition by allowing for easy administration of thousands of users and integration with common enterprise software platforms. New to this release:
- Account provisioning including the ability to define preset designs and settings for fast and administration-less creation of new blogs.
- Role and group management that builds on its LDAP authentication for more sophisticated and distributed user management
- Support for Microsoft SQL Server
These are much-needed and vital features for the management and operation of large-scale use of weblogs such as a corporation or even a university.
The transition from being a personal blogging tool and the darlings of the blogosphere has been challenging for the company. Public opinion from the very vocal blogosphere and open source community has been largely been again the company's efforts to turn a profit and embrace this new audience for its tool. While the company still has a ways to go and its success not guaranteed, this release demonstrates that strides its making and its commitment to seeing the transition through.
Some excellent analysis and reviews can be found here:
- Movable Type Enterprise 1.5 Launched [Read/Write Web]
- Blogging the Enterprise with Six Apart [CMSWire]
We have years of experience working with Movable Type including the Enterprise edition. Contact us for more information Movable Type Enterprise and our enterprise services such as MT JumpStart.
