FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cleveland, OH — January 2010 — Oxcyon, Inc. today announced the release of Centralpoint Digital Experience Platform version 8.0.27. Now serving 4 enterprise clients and in its 10th year of operation since its founding on September 1, 2000, Oxcyon continues to deliver regular platform updates across its growing base of enterprise licensees. This release also marks a significant milestone for Oxcyon — the company's 10th anniversary, having been founded on September 1, 2000 in Akron, Ohio. Over 10 years, Centralpoint has evolved from a single-site content management solution into a full enterprise knowledge and data intelligence platform trusted by organizations across industries.
Version 8.0.27 delivered the following enhancements to the Centralpoint Digital Experience Platform:
- When installing update version 8.0.28 the installation process will begin using a case insensitive file cleanup process. This will prevent accidental file deletions caused by files or directories with the same name but different casing on different servers.
- Master > Deployment > Web Sites has been updated to treat new site creation from a backup file like a restore instead of a new site. Previously, this feature copied its properties and configuration from the parent site. It also deleted reporting information like leads, searches, etc. after the site was created. Now when you create a new site from a backup the properties, configuration, leads, searches, etc. are all stored in the backup and moved to the new site. This will allow us to use this tool to move sites to new servers or rebuild an existing server without property or reporting information loss.
- Automated (scheduled) web site and master backups now detect the number of hours since the last backup and do not execute more than once every 4 hours. This was implemented to permit the scheduler to pick up where it left off if it terminates early instead of starting over at the beginning.
- A new web method has been added to the client console called UpsertDraft which will allow us to create document drafts from the front end of the web site, including forms management.
- A new system attribute called "Allow Comments" has been added to all modules and hidden by default. It can be displayed using the Hidden Attributes and Defaults module configurations. It will be used to prevent end users commenting on specific documents from the front end of the site. If you are already using a custom module configuration in any module you may want to manually add "AllowComments" to the Hidden Attributes and Defaults. When creating new modules this attribute will be automatically added and hidden, but you may also want to hide it manually if you have any existing My Module or CMS Navigation Items.
- A bug in the RTF Editor that caused images to display improperly in the master console has been repaired.
- List box style controls have been updated to have the same bottom margin as other controls in the client console form views.
- It was discovered recently that the "Created Or Updated" event type had no system name in client sites. This caused these events to be recorded as "Unknown". This problem was most likely a result of the previously manual database update process and has been repaired.
- Forms management has been updated to support multiple forms on the same page. When using multiple forms on the same page the forms must contain unique group parameter values. This change also included updates to the CAPTCHA control and the Survey Manager script.
- The Survey Manager has been updated so that the survey will submit when a user presses the enter key while focus is on one of the survey controls.
- A new application called Sync Invoked Method has been added to Development > Utilities which will allow us to execute custom sync invoked methods on client servers. This will be helpful when problems arise and should only be used by Oxcyon developers.
- A new module suite called Comments has been released. The modules in this suite will not be enabled in any site until they are selected in the related master. This module suite is designed to track comments in all modules using the "All Modules" module and configure the front end script used to display and collect comments using the "Configuration" module. The help file for these modules outlines their use in more detail.
- A new script called Comments has been developed to collect comments on data documents in any standard module. This script is designed to work on the Site Architecture > Module Designer > Details View (#3) and has been added to the Module Designer help file.
- An RSS feed is now available at http://www.yoururlhere.com/Modules/Comments/Rss.aspx that returns comments from all modules. This feed is outlined in the Comments help file and can be used in conjunction with the Design > Dynamic Feeds module.
About Oxcyon and Centralpoint
Oxcyon is a technology company specializing in enterprise knowledge platforms, best known for its flagship solution, Centralpoint. Centralpoint is designed to unify structured and unstructured information across organizations, enabling enterprises to aggregate data from disparate systems, normalize it through rich metadata, and transform it into actionable knowledge. By treating information as interconnected knowledge rather than isolated documents or databases, Centralpoint allows organizations to build a true enterprise knowledge layer — one that supports governance, compliance, operational intelligence, and advanced analytics. Its metadata-first architecture enables organizations to ingest, classify, and relate data from sources such as documents, forms, databases, applications, and external systems, creating a centralized environment for discovery, reporting, and operational decision-making.
What differentiates Centralpoint is its ability to go beyond traditional data management into data mining, inferencing, and AI-driven knowledge operations. Through taxonomy systems, relationship modeling, and rule-based data governance, the platform can identify patterns, infer relationships between records, and automate workflow decisions based on contextual intelligence. This capability allows organizations to move from passive data storage to active knowledge processing — surfacing insights, triggering workflows, and powering intelligent automation. With its integrated support for enterprise search, metadata-driven analytics, workflow orchestration, and AI-ready data structures, Centralpoint positions Oxcyon as a leader in modern data aggregation and knowledge intelligence platforms, helping organizations transform complex information ecosystems into governed, searchable, and intelligent operational systems.
For more information please contact Oxcyon at info@oxcyon.com.