Burntsand the Latest Acquisition by Open Text April 27, 2010
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Content Management, Documentum, Open Text, SharePoint.Tags: Documentum, Open Text, SharePoint
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Yesterday Open Text announced that it was acquiring Burntsand for $11M CAD. Considering Burntsand has reported a profit only once in the past nine years (in 2007), this is another “interesting play” for Open Text. But does it really mean anything.
BMOC at AIIM Expo 2010 April 19, 2010
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management.Tags: aiim, aiim10, Documentum, ECM, EMC, WCM
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On Tuesday afternoon I’ll be speaking on Mobile Content Management at AIIM Expo. Mobile content management to me is a “coming of age” story but debate continues as to whether or not this is a category that can eventually stand on its own. Can it be a peer to the other members of the family (WCM, DAM,etc.) ? My opinion is that a similar dismissal of WCM as “just a delivery channel” in the beginning constrained innovation. We’ll discuss this and other lessons from the early days of various ECM categories. In keeping with the coming of age idea and to make the topic more fun I’ll be comparing this time for the market to the awkwardness of being a teenager. If you miss the session be sure to look for me roaming the show or hanging around the EMC booth. Hope to see you there!
Commoner’s Guide to the Cloud April 1, 2010
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Content Management, Humor, cloud.1 comment so far
Recently I’m sure you’ve noticed a lot of conversations about clouds around the water cooler. They go a little something like this:
“The cloud allows computers to share resources to run applications.”
“Oh, like mainframe computing?”
“No, it takes advantage of several computers to run the application.”
“Oh, like network computing?”
“No, it uses those computers on the internet.”
Mandelbrot and BPM March 31, 2010
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management.Tags: BPM, ECM
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I love this post on Unpredictable Work posted by Keith Swenson, VP for R&D at Fujitsu America. I read it three times. Keith’s post is actually an abridged email thread between himself and Jean-Jaques Dubray. To summarize and GREATLY oversimplify - one thinks some work can’t be predicted, the other thinks it can. One thinks process and activity modeling is of value, the other thinks states and transitions are what matters. Ironically - the synthesis for their opposing viewpoints may be represented by the banner image on Mr. Swneson’s own blog. (more…)
Do You Know Your SharePoint? March 25, 2010
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Content Management, SharePoint.Tags: Content Governance, SharePoint
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Like it or not SharePoint has become part of almost every enterprise. The ease in which collaboration can be performed and with which sites can be deployed makes it very user friendly. The free entry level product supports adoption too. Interestingly IT lets it grow without the arguments for controls they placed on products like Groove and eRoom. Some are ignoring the warning signs. Anyone remember Lotus Notes?
The buzzword being thrown about in IT these days is governance. Governance is a series of controls placed around a process to ensure its overall effectiveness in an organization. While highly regulated process may be mandated, good governance rules need to be in every process. But do you need to be worried? Don’t ask me you, should know. Well ok, let me ask you a few questions.
Rules Rule in Case Management March 19, 2010
Posted by Lee Dallas in Case Management, Content Management, Documentum, ECM, EMC.Tags: Corticon, Documentum, EMC, xCP
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On his blog , Dan Ciruli from the xCP team at EMC asked a few interesting questions about the role of a business analyst in case management system development. He has the formidable challenge putting the next generation of tools together for the suite and it is an important question to ask. He suggests that with case management, ad hoc is more often than not a standard operating procedure. This implies that traditional approaches to process improvement (and the tooling we have today) may not be the best choice. (more…)
Straight Talk in User Groups March 17, 2010
Posted by Lee Dallas in Consulting, Content Management, Documentum, EMC, SharePoint.2 comments
It’s that time of year again and everyone is deciding which conferences to attend. I enjoy speaking at user groups propably more than any other venue. I always make a point afterward to read the feedback to see if there is anything to improve upon. About a year ago I was priviledged to speak at all of the fall EMC Content Management and Archiving groups on the East coast (NE Boston and NYC, Mid-Atlantic in Philly and SE in Atlanta). I had a blast. From that particular series there was one review out of the stack was particularly negative.
I have come to terms with the fact that as lovable as I am not everyone will like me. Sometimes there is a personality or history issue that is impossible to overcome no matter how hard you try. Despite the positive responses I always dig into the negative becasue when receiving criticism I have learned to be objective first and ask the question ”are they right?” (more…)
The Problem With “E” in ECM – Part II – How SharePoint Is Capturing ECM March 2, 2010
Posted by Lee Dallas in Content Management, Documentum, ECM, EMC, SharePoint.Tags: ECM, SharePoint
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This is the second installment of “The Problem With ‘E’ in ECM” – Follow this link to read the first post.
When you look at the impact SharePoint has made in the content management arena the metrics are truly astounding. So much so that we now talk about SharePoint as a market unto itself. ISV’s and integrators clamor for attention for their extensions and enablers. Every major ECM vendor has been forced to adjust their marketing strategy around it.
Just where did this multi-billion dollar market come from? This cannot simply be net new business. It is too large, appeared too fast and is too pervasive not to have already been there in some form. I would like to suggest that the market has been there all along just waiting for the right product to come along. SharePoint is capturing the heart of the ECM market. (more…)
McLaren, Engineering CCAs the Right Way February 23, 2010
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Content Management.Tags: autocad, CCA, ceva, Documentum, ECM, enterprise engineer, filenet, McLaren Software, microstation
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On a regular basis I get asked about Composite Content Applications, the concept formerly known as CEVAs, and it’s validity to the industry. As I started looking back into my history for reference points, I would check back to companies that would rise up from some conversation or another. Then one day another old name came to mind, McLaren Software. I first heard about them when I joined Documentum back in 1998 and meet several of their team in Pleasanton building the first release of their original CADLink integration product. So I thought I’d take a look and see what they were doing now.
Will Iron Mountain be the First Content Cloud? February 22, 2010
Posted by Marko Sillanpää in Content Management, ECM, Records Management, SaaS, cloud.Tags: cloud, content cloud, content managment, ECM, eDiscovery, Iron Mountain, Mimosa, Records Management, SaaS
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Mimosa Systems acquisition by Iron Mountain was an interesting surprise. Interesting in that it brings the oldest records management company into the forefront of the latest in eDiscovery. Iron Mountain was started in 1950 when an abandoned iron mine in Kentucky was used to store bank records and is now located in over 39 countries. Mimosa Systems was started in 2005 focusing on eDiscovery. But what does this acquisition mean?
