IBM Workplace Web Content Management

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IBM Workplace Web Content Management is a content management software product by IBM intended to assist in website design and maintenance. It is also known by the acronym IWWCM, often pronounced as "eye-wickem".

IWWCM is available in two different editions, one being a Java-portlet-based system and the other based on Lotus Domino.

The Java edition is part of IBM's WebSphere family of products and is integrated with WebSphere Portal Server. The default data repository is a Cloudscape database; however, IWWCM can be configured to use several other data sources, including IBM's DB2 database. IWWCM Java Edition comes with three types of portlets:

The authoring portlet is where all configuration, development and administration of a website implementing IWWCM is performed. This portlet allows creation, editing, workflowing and deletion of content as well as the structures that support that content, such as workflow stages, authoring templates, presentation templates etc.

The local and remote rendering portlets are for displaying the content to readers. The local rendering portlet can only render from a local IWWCM system, whereas the remote renderer can display content from a remote server. IWWCM content can also be rendered through a Java servlet, meaning that its content can be displayed outside a portal.

IWWCM was originally known as Aptrix, created by an independent software company called Presence Online. After IBM bought that company in 2003^[1], Aptrix was renamed IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management (abbreviated LWWCM or ILWWCM). In the industry this is often pronounced as "ill-wickem". The Lotus brand was later dropped.