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 →
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 →
BMOC Turns Two
This month Big Men On Content celebrated its second birthday. There are a great many things I could highlight but I'll just point out a few. I wrote an post in February of 2008 wondering if my opinion of Sharepoint would change if it were on Oracle. This has proven to be the most viewed... Continue Reading →
8 Dimensions for CMS Technical Evaluation
There are many places you can go to find information on the racking and stacking of CMS systems. Everyone has their preference and there is no shortage of experts who will evaluate your situation and conclude their favorite is the best for the job. Over the years I have developed a serious disdain for a common... Continue Reading →
EMC Embraces CEVA Strategy with CSC FirstDoc
A huge announcement was made today by EMC and CSC (Computer Sciences Corp) around the controlled and regulatory document space. EMC is focusing on platform functionality for controlled documents while CSC will provide "the last mile" functionality to the end user. This is a big shift for EMC who often competed with CSC FirstDoc (formerly... Continue Reading →
One Press Release – 2 Very Different Developments
EMC announced in a single press release two very different but equally significant things this week. Chapter One First, the Case Managment Solution Framework is the first in a what promises to be a list of bundles of Documentum software configured and customized around a horizontal content capability. Man that's a really long sentence. ... Continue Reading →
100th Post Milestone
i just got back from the NE user group meeting in Boston yesterday. Many thanks to the host, Liberty Mutual, and the other sponsors. Looking at the numbers, I see that this is the 100th post on BMOC. These types of milestones don't matter in the grand scheme of things but if I may be... Continue Reading →
Ah Microsoft, you were listening
Boy was Open Text getting desperate. In the beginning it was kind of cute. Press release after press release about how they were working with Microsoft SharePoint yet not one included an endorsement from Microsoft. But now finally a quote from Microsoft on a press release with Denver based SeeUnity. For the past year Open Text... Continue Reading →
Flex Charts and Documentum
A few weeks ago I wrote about my great experience with Flex Builder 3.0 and Documentum. I recently had a little fun so I thought I would share the experience. I wanted to throw a pie chart of some Documentum data on a portal and was able to get it done in under thirty minutes.... Continue Reading →
The ECM Architect’s Creed
A very wise young man asked the question - "Why even bother with wiki's in Documentum. Open source tools were there first and it's just not worth the trouble. " The implication also being that somehow backing into paying for something that is essentially free just doesn't make sense. It's at this point in the... Continue Reading →
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