8 Dimensions for CMS Technical Evaluation November 3, 2009
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management, Documentum, ECM, EMC.Tags: CMS, ECM, WCM
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There are many places you can go to find information on the racking and stacking of CMS systems. Everyone has their preference and there is no shortage of experts who will evaluate your situation and conclude their favorite is the best for the job. Over the years I have developed a serious disdain for a common behavior among CMS buyers. All too often selections are made solely on the recommendations of the hired guns or by procurement weasels without genuine ownership of the technology. The end result is almost always a battered account manager, a frustrated implementation team and an exasperated user community running to the internet looking for a panacea they can buy without IT approval. The built in plausible deniability may save the career of a mediocre manager or two but the interests of the users are better served by taking the time to understand technological dimensions of content management. (more…)
Endeca Strengthens Position with SAP and Informatica October 30, 2009
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management.Tags: BI, Endeca, Informatica, SAP
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This week, privately held search application company Endeca announced they were taking the next step in their relationship with SAP by integrating their dashboard technology with SAP Business Objects. This will further promote use of their data visualtion technology within the Business Intelligence space. In February, 2008 the VC arm of SAP invested $15 m USD into Endeca and I wonder if this is one of the results. Endeca also announced an OEM arrangement with Infomatica to include that company’s data exchange technology in the Endeca offering. Clearly Endeca is making headway against similar search competitors like Autonomy who more recently have bought their way into the CM space by acquiring Interwoven. With strong aliances in the both the content and structured data integration and BI world Endeca is a company to watch for acquisition or further expansion into various areas of the content management market.
Kapow and StrikeIron – Affordable SOA October 28, 2009
Posted by Lee Dallas in SaaS, Technology.Tags: Kapow, Kapow Technologies, SaaS, StrikeIron, Web Data Services
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A couple of weeks ago Kapow Technologies and StrikeIron announced a new partnership to deliver web data services in a pay-as-you-go model. The promises of service oriented architecture are well known and broadly adopted, especially among large enterprise and government IT departments. I was able to sit in on a demo on the offering and thought it worthy of further discussion. An enormous amount of data remains locked behind legacy applications and retrofitting them to support RSS or other web services is often complicated , expensive and difficult to cost justify in these challenging economic times. Kapow’s solution offers a way to rapidly service enable applications that otherwise might never be accessible to modern tooling. (more…)
Is eDiscovery Creating a Pandora’s Box? October 13, 2009
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Content Management, Records Management.Tags: compliance, eDiscovery, email archiving
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Strange things happen when you put an attorney together with a self proclaimed computer nerd, especially when that computer nerd finds himself working in eDiscovery. I’m not sure when this scenario started formulating in my head. I was expecting those around me in the legal field to punch holes in this but instead I got possible validation with case law. Even stranger still, I heard there may already be an existing case pending.
My scenario stems from the general corporate monitoring of email and ends in a lawsuit worth $100 of millions. The case has nothing to do with product liability and everything to do with wrongful death. It’s simply a case of murder. And again, this is a work of fiction.
Rumors of Autonomy and Microsoft. Say What? September 30, 2009
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Content Management, ECM.Tags: Autonomy, dell, Google, HP, Microsoft, Open Text
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A friend sent me a link to a Reuters article speculating the acquisition of Autonomy by Microsoft. At first glance one says, “Not so fast, what about FAST!” But hey, “not so fast?”
Autonomy is an interesting combination of survivors of the internet boom. Not following the Computer Associates model like Open Text appears to be doing by buying competing companies. This year both acquired WCM vendors, Autonomy acquired Interwoven and Open Text acquired Vignette, but Open Text already had one in Red Dot. That’s why I’m a little confused with the Microsoft rumor.
Are You Surprised By OpenText? September 23, 2009
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management, ECM.Tags: acquisition, EMC, Open Text, RedDot, vignette
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There is a great post on CMSWire that summarizes Open Text’s (OTEX) approach to integrating RedDot and Vignette. I especially liked Jon Marks descriptions of the various paths they may take. We weighed in on this topic after the acquisition but as I read over the recent announcements I see OT’s integration strategy is simple – do nothing. I wonder – does this surprise anybody? The strategy makes complete sense when you consider the core reasons for acquistions and how they drive the roadmap.
With Omniture Adobe Can See You Now September 16, 2009
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management.Tags: acquisition, adobe, ECM, Omniture
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A random thought – Out the blue it seems Adobe acquires web analytics firm Omniture. Lots of speculation on CMSWatch on why it may be. Some have speculated they really want to get their hands on a SaaS platform but the company itself claims that it wants to bring the art of design together with the science of analytics. I like the concept but here is another idea out of left field. (more…)
Sharing Super Powers September 15, 2009
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Consulting, Content Management.2 comments
A bright light was finally illuminated on some odd questions and conversations I had been hearing lately. These questions were about how administrators and super users could have super privileges and not have the ability to do everything at the same time. Sort of like giving Lois Lane kryptonite to make sure that she can get Clark Kent to take out the garbage. Today I heard the story of Terry Childs.
First the Earth Cooled – Then I Met Documentum September 9, 2009
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management.Tags: Documentum, ECM
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You can tell you are getting old when you feel compelled to point out to the kids what used to be where the Wal-Mart is now. They really don’t care but the sense of history is comforting as everything around us changes. Pie sent me on a trip down memory lane when he posted the tale of how he got his start in ECM. Seems like it was ages ago when I started – because it was. (more…)
BMOC Thought of The Day (2Long4Twitter) September 8, 2009
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management.Tags: ECM, Humor, Technology
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Every press release and product website claims their company is “A leading provider of … ” yada yada yada. They can’t ALL be the leading provider. Just once I’d like to see some honesty. Something like:
”We are a fly-by-night also-ran praying for someone to buy us out before payroll comes due”
Or maybe a marketing a tag line like
Blah-di-Blah Technology “Replacing Problems Since 2002″
