Appropriate information in time has developed to a main business resource and requires the same professional management as conventional means of production. However, the huge supplies as well as the customary decentralized storage are aggravating the effective handling of information. Content management approaches to unify the administration of relevant information. There are developing a vast number of software products which aim to apply this concept. However, a clear definition of content management does not exist and thus, the market offers a variety of solutions. This master thesis analyzes content management systems which represent different aspects of content management, such as Web content management, collaboration in Intranets or management of multimedia. As a basis, general comparison criterions are developed, which orientate to the content life cycle. Examples of application areas for each system conclude the comparison.

Analysis of already created portals, which appeal to national research and development works presentation, are made. Lacks and advantages of existing portals are overlooked and considered for prototype development. National research and development portal functions are described and solution is presented. Product was built as a specific content management system (CMS). The range of CMS products offers more than 10 different functions, but not all of them are necessity. The most useful functions are chosen and produced for this product. The need of architecture sketch occurs, when creating CMS or running a CMS-like website. Separation from structure, contents and representation issue is described and solutions are provided.