eZ Publish is an Enterprise Open-Source Content Management System/Framew=
ork (CMS/F) at its core. It is highly extendable so with ext=
ensions it provides "WCMS" capabil=
ities. In its default Enterprise offering as of version 5, "eZ Publish Plat=
form", eZ Publish is extended to provide full set of Customer Experience Ma=
nagement (CXM) capabilities.
What is new in eZ=
Publish 5.1
Version 5 represents a big step forward for eZ Publish, as it introdcuce=
s a whole new architecture. As is often the case with architecture, most of=
it is under the hood in this release, and there is no new user interfaces =
(UI) yet.
5.x kernel is:
Content Repository accessible via Public API & REST API v2 (full read & w=
rite support)
Work in progress DemoBundle on top of eZ's Symfony2 stack (re=
ad only)
5.x kernel is not:
Fully functional on its own, it's combined with 4.x ("lega=
cy kernel") in a "Dual-kernel" setup (see developer section for more) to be able to provide all fe=
atures you would expect
This is all true for both 5.0 AND 5.1, however only 5.1 sho=
uld be considered ready for production as it is more Scalable, more Stable =
and more Feature Rich. Specifically the 5.x kernel now support DFS clu=
stering, Persistence data cache and front-end has received some* of the mos=
t missing features the ecosystem expects from a front end eZ Publish web st=
ack.