Almost a year ago, I posted an article about the challenge of keeping up with all of the various competitors in the Enterprise Content Management landscape. Having been in the ECM industry for 18 years, people expect you to know “every” vendor. The problem is you can easily discover a dozen new vendors with a... Continue Reading →
Does Clark Howard Hate Trees?
I admit it. The title of this blog is a completely transparent attempt at grandstanding but no less so than the source for my rant. I do not know if Clark Howard hates trees. That is however a logical conclusion one might reach given the advice I heard him give to millions recently. Howard, in case you... Continue Reading →
ISV – A Canary in the Coal Mine of Enterprise Software
Recent acquisitions such as the OpenText/ICG deal and my role working with channel partners has led me to think a great deal about independent software vendors and their relationship to the enterprise products they surround. I have come the conclusion that in many respects the health of the ISV ecosystem can be a strong indicator... Continue Reading →
Could ECM Have Prevented the Sony Hack?
There were hundreds of data breaches last year but Sony Pictures won the prize for the most publicity received by a hack. Mostly that publicity came about because Dennis Rodman’s friends got to watch The Interview before any of us. Like the President of the United States said, we can’t tolerate that. We must prevent... Continue Reading →
The Future of ECM – 2015 Edition
I have been asked the question several times over the last few weeks what I think the future of ECM looks like. Jeroen VanRotterdam (CTO, VP of Engineering EMC IIG) is in the middle of his own series about the future of documentum management (Part 1) and I encourage you to take a look. He begins looking... Continue Reading →
Two Guys and A Computer
Oddly I can't go a month without someone asking me about an ECM competitor that I've never ever heard of before. I know I won't ever know them all but it just surprises me how many vendors are out there. It's like when you put two guys together with a truck and they think they're a... Continue Reading →
There Can Be Only One (Repository)?
For years I have believed in the Highlander principal (from the movie of the same name) for enterprise content management (ECM), There Can Be Only One. I lived and breathed that mantra back at the millennial. The belief was that only one repository was what was needed for an ECM platform. That was right then... Continue Reading →
A Look Back at ECM Trends 2014
My favorite post of the year to write is the ECM trends but before that a look back on last year's post. In addition to a rambling diatribe on Big Content, I made a few very short observations on trends in 2014. Everyone is moving to cloud and this no longer trend worthy news Yes there... Continue Reading →
Informative Graphics is acquired by Open Text
(updated below) The announcement that Open Text bought Informative Graphics came to me as bit of a surprise. Not because it didn't make sense but because it took so long for someone to pick them up. Well it was a little odd that it was OpenText considering they purchased Spicer back in 2008. Informative Graphics,... Continue Reading →
The Need for Content Curation
I am really honored that Lee and Marko asked me to join them when they decided to grow this blog. Here is my first blog post for the Big Men On Content: Most content libraries start great. You pick a repository, populate it with some initial content, include decent metadata, establish ways for people to... Continue Reading →
You must be logged in to post a comment.