Earlier this week David Le Strat teased some of the hands on xCP 2 opportunities available at EMC World next week in Vegas. The product is still a few months away but I was part of a small group last week that got to spend three days with the current build. Before you embark on... Continue Reading →
Thanks For DevCon2012
I wanted to say a quick thank you to all of the partners and EMC folk that joined us for DevCon in McLean last week. The speakers (@jvanrotterdam, @danciruli, @mmohen, David Humby ) were all superb, discussions were intense and there is just no substitute for getting together, putting a face to the voices on... Continue Reading →
What the Greenplum Deal Means to Documentum
There is a question that is sure to come up in Documentum circles - What does the Greenplum deal mean to Documentum. My completely personal and unofficial opinion not to be associated with the company in any way is - nothing. Nothing any time soon anyway. Don't get me wrong - I think this is a huge move for EMC. Not... Continue Reading →
What is a case?
I read a great post yesterday by Alan Pelz-Sharpe "The Case for Case Management - and Business Intelligence." One phrase however leapt off the page that I think is critical for those of us with ECM backgrounds. Alan says. Essentially Case Management means applying rules (either automatically or manually) to documents to ensure that they... Continue Reading →
From Content to Cases
Check out my guest post on the case management vs. content management debate on the Fierce Content Management site. Another post on this topic comning soon title: "Just what is a case anyway?"
The Problem With “E” in ECM – Part III – Why “C” is the new “E”
This is the third and final post in the Problem With "E" in ECM Series. In the first I outlined why "E" representing enterprise has lost its meaning and usefulness when discussing content management in all its flavors. In the second installment I discussed how SharePoint has captured the ECM market as we knew it. In the... 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 →

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