The inspired community of programmers are constantly churning out amazing new (and did I mention free?) functionality in the form of Drupal modules. One module we’re trying out on our new Web site is called Calais.

Calais, a project initiated by Thomson Reuters and our Web developer, Phase 2 Technology, semantically tags all of our news stories in order to suggest related stories that might be of interest to our readers. To the right of most stories you will see a list of “suggested content” – these links are automatically generated by Calais based on complex algorithms that scan each article and extract related topics, people, places, and subjects.

We’re still tweaking the module for maximum results, but so far we’ve been quite impressed. With over 10,000 articles on Healthcare IT News, it’s great to have related content suggested to our readers.

In the end it’s not just the price, and it’s not just the functionaly that attracted us to Drupal. It’s the community. A living, breathing network of international programmers, designers, marketers, hard-core geeks, and Internet enthusiasts dedicated to open-source software and the continuing evolution of a project they love.