With the new year we are beginning a new phase in the history of Big Men On Content. Before we make the transition I’d like to reflect on the last seven years. Marko Sillanpää and I joined Armedia the same day in 2007. Over the next few months we spent many hours arguing across the... Continue Reading →
End of a Seven Year Run?
A few months back BMOC passed its seven year mark. It’s hard to think how much things have changed in those seven years and also how much it has not. But one thing is for sure is that the last year and a half has been the hardest for BMOC. It’s not hard to find... Continue Reading →
Dropbox Seals Its Fate as a Feature
This week Dropbox sealed its fate by selling its soul (in he form of its user base) to Microsoft in an integration deal that sounds like a great thing. Seamless access from Office to share and store in Dropbox. Virginia Backaitis at CMSWire calls this a "clear, but probably not as a strategic(as for MSFT), win... Continue Reading →
Scan-and-Store Gets No Respect
It’s a conversation I get to have on a regular basis. Lots of ECM practitioners see “scan-and-store” solutions as the low end of the ECM solution stack. All you have to do is to look at how much paper is floating around an organization to see the opposite is true. According to IDC, page volume... Continue Reading →
Let’s Get Mobile, Maybe
I can't be happier than I that mobile has become not only a part of corporate ECM conversations but also part of many IT manager's ECM objectives. I’ve been watching the mobile space since 1996, when I got to play with the Nokia 9000. From the once giant Finnish mobile phone company. Mobility is in my... Continue Reading →
ECM is a Relay Not A Marathon
Laurence Hart responded to a conversation with a few people on his blog about strategic direction as it relates to Documentum. I don't typically respond to such critiques but in this case I make an exception. Mainly because I think the market implications are interesting to talk about. I wont deal with every point in this... Continue Reading →
Social Content is on the Record as being Record Content
Organizations have been quick to adopt social channels as a new communication mechanism. But the records aspect of these channels is often ignored. Control over instant messaging (AOL Instant Messenger) was ignored by trading companies fourteen years ago until word got out. But oddly, the problem is still happening today. As new social channels are... Continue Reading →
NEVER EVER talk back to the Flight Attendant
I've basically created the rule that beyond the good morning or evening, I don't talk to or make eye contact with a flight attendant if I'm in coach, ESPECIALLY if they look to be in a bad mood. Last night's flight home pounded that story home. I knew things were going to be bad, when... Continue Reading →
Pervasive or Complex Tech Problems – Where Should You Focus
For me at least the file sync and share market expansion has validated an observation I made several years ago that solving for the pervasive over the complex is what today’s market demands. Sync and share addresses a simple proposition. Everyone wants to access all of their content from any device wherever they are. While... Continue Reading →
When Process Replaces Product (or Why I Hate My HoA)
I dislike my home owners association. I am not alone. Everybody dislikes their HoA except the VERY few Hitlerian psychos that enjoy the power trip. As individuals they are (mostly) wonderful people. Their mission, which is to maintain minimum standards that protect collective property values is a good one. I should want that and I do.... Continue Reading →
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