Enterprise Solution

All the power of MT4 now available in Enterprise strength

Join some of the biggest and most successful companies in the world in using the Movable Type Enterprise Solution (MTES). Built upon Movable Type 4, MTES features advanced content management, collaboration, project management, and the most scalable platform in business blogging. Integrate MTES with your existing directory servers using LDAP or Active Directory and in supporting enterprise databases like Oracle and the Microsoft SQL Server.

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Overview

Blogs offer an easy and effective way to connect employees and partners, initiate group conversations, and share information across departments. Designed to work with the Movable Type 4 blogging platform, the Movable Type Enterprise Solution safely integrates with your existing technology and policies, while benefiting you and your employees.

The Enterprise Solution allows Movable Type to work seamlessly with your existing enterprise systems, ensuring a quicker time to market, lower total cost of ownership, and easier implementation for your IT department.

Benefits of MT Enterprise Solution include:

  • LDAP Directory Support
    Connect Movable Type to a variety of LDAP-compliant directory servers such as Active Directory, OpenLDAP, iPlanet and more.
  • Group Management
    Combine MT role management with LDAP to easily administer and maintain blogs across an organization.
  • Support for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
    Support for Oracle 10g or later and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Features

MTES seamlessly integrates with MT4's features:
  • Easy-to-use, extensible interface
  • Powerful content management
  • Built-in asset and file management
  • Integration with platforms like MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite

  • LDAP User and Group Management

    Administrators can manage user accounts solely in LDAP without the need to additionally create and manage those accounts in Movable Type. New users will automatically inherit the privileges granted to their group(s) making group blog user management effortless. User permissions on the various blogs will continue to be managed within Movable Type.

  • User Account Synchronization

    Administrators have the ability to edit user profiles within their LDAP directory and then have those changes automatically synchronize within Movable Type. Administrators can also manage a user's access to Movable Type from directly within LDAP.

  • Automatic Blog Provisioning

    Administrators can specify that a new personal blog be automatically created for every new user that signs on to Movable Type. Combined with Movable Type's powerful LDAP integration tools, this makes for painless new user account and blog provisioning.

  • Advanced Support

    Movable Type Enterprise Solution offers the level of service and support that corporations demand. Not just technical support, but also a community of professionals who work with Movable Type daily, and can help with your implementation.

  • Priority Technical Support

    Our customers rave about the support that's available through the Movable Type help ticket system. Real answers in plain English (Or in plain French, Japanese, Spanish, German or Dutch) are just a few clicks away, any time you need assistance.

  • Industry-leading Documentation

    Movable Type's User Manual is professionally written, with simple task-oriented descriptions of common goals logically arranged and easily searchable. The Knowledge Base is professionally edited by our own Technical Services staff and is available to all Movable Type users for free. The best part: these are "living documents" powered by Movable Type itself--allowing the entire community to contribute their ideas and additions at any time.

  • The Professional Network Community

    Support for Movable Type starts with Six Apart, and extends to the entire Six Apart Professional Network. This organization is a worldwide community comprised of thousands of experienced developers, designers, systems integrators, consultants and experts. They're available to help you work with blogs, and to share their insight, knowledge and tips.

Requirements

The standard requirements for Movable Type are extended by the Movable Type Enterprise Solution.

Additionally Supported Databases

  • Oracle 10g or later
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Movable Type Enterprise Solution may be compatible with other versions of these databases, but only the versions listed above are officially supported.

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