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. Burntsand is one of those Systems Integrators that you hear about in this space every so often. ... Continue Reading →
Rules Rule in Case Management
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... Continue Reading →
Straight Talk in User Groups
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... Continue Reading →
The Problem With “E” in ECM – Part II – How SharePoint Is Capturing ECM
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... Continue Reading →
EMC Shifts to Web Experience Management with Fatwire
EMC Documentum is announcing a new reseller relationship with Fatwire that will fundamentally change the way it competes in the web content management market. For those that are familiar with Documentum's history in the web content management space this announcement will cause mixed reactions. Many forget that Documentum was actually one of the very first... Continue Reading →
The Problem With “E” in ECM – Part I
In the late 90's it seemed everything was getting E'd.(pronounced like seed) Putting an "E" in front of everything made it better. eBusiness is better than Business right? I was making fun of this trend in a meeting at a major air line (that starts with D) and said - "you know - what we really... Continue Reading →
SAP to Sell EMC-Documentum, Finally!
This week was EMC's 1st Sales Kickoff for CM&A in five years. It was a great week with some interesting news. While one bit of news got a lion's share of the attention it was our announcement with SAP that really grabbed mine. SAP has been around since the 70’s and with all that history you... Continue Reading →
2010 Content Management Assumptions from Marko Sillanpaa
As the year comes to an end it’s time to look at the future. While many are looking to major predictions for next year, I thought I’d focus on the most obvious ones. These are the top five ECM assumptions that loom ahead in are day-to-day work lives 2010 #1 SharePoint and Traditional ECM Won’t... Continue Reading →
2010 Content Management Predictions from Lee Dallas
My dream job is being a pundit on a cable news network. Dress nice, spout opinions all day and no accountability. (not unlike an executive consultant) As it is though I have to work for a living and the closest I can get to that is making predictions about the content management market place for... Continue Reading →
Witnessing the Birth of a CEVA Ecosystem
Those of you that have read my articles before know I’m big on CEVA’s. I think Content Enabled Vertical Applications (or if you now prefer Composite Content Applications) are the future for enterprise content management. I believe that ECM would gain stronger visibility and penetration in the enterprise by allowing and supporting the development of... Continue Reading →
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