I started to reply to Pie's latest post, "Why We Don’t Have an Enterprise Data Management Problem" but it got longer than a paragraph. So I thought I'd blog instead. I'm not sure I agree that "The ECM mindset is the broken part." To focus on the old Highlander rule, "There Can Be Only One"... Continue Reading →
Trends in the Magic Quadrant
If you are looking for a guide to the “who’s who” of Enterprise Content Management, the Gartner Magic Quadrant is it. The vendors are measured on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Each vendor is plotted within a quadrant and categorized as either a; Niche Players, Visionaries, Challenger, or the coveted Leaders position. Recently... Continue Reading →
Will VACS be the End for ECM Platforms?
If we look back, ECM is a young space. It started back in 1998 at Documentum when they were the first vendor to look at both documents and web content together formally. Until then companies had either been documents (Documentum, FileNet, and OpenText) or web (Interwoven, Vignette, etc.). This transition was huge and really affected... Continue Reading →
2012 – Predictions Scorecard & Year in Review
Since we have averted the Mayan apocalypse I am collecting my 2013 predictions for the ECM market, Before that a few words about my scorecard for last year's predictions. On average I have had better years. Still there was one or two predictions I can feel good about from last year's post. Base Hits Good... Continue Reading →
Taking Time to Explore SambaCloud
We’ve all been there, in a rush to get from point “A” to point “B” we end up missing the stops along the way. That’s the way I feel after first taking a look at Razmik Abnous and Ian Howells’ new start-up SambaCloud. My first cursory quick glance really did not show me what they... Continue Reading →
Coming Next Year to Salesforce – File Sharing
Salesforce formally announced Chatterbox today at Dreamforce. Chatterbox is adding file management to Chatter, a collaboration service which is integrated with Salesforce. This will be the first direct offering of file management from Salesforce. Salesforce is formally targeting Dropbox with the announcement, but this will also go head-to-head with partners like Box and SpringCM. The announcement was lite in details... Continue Reading →
Cloud Content Eyes on Dreamforce Next Week
In case you missed it Tuesday, Salesforce CEO announce a moved to files and documents (starts at 12:15 into the clip) by extending Chatter to become Chatterbox. Not much more today but to say it was an evolution of social networking. Benioff specifically mention Box as a competitor but I know others cloud-only vendors like SpringCM and... Continue Reading →
You Were Listening – HP Buys Autonomy
Well in the news yesterday, HP announced its plan to acquire Autonomy. I know “this is not the acquisition you were looking for” but it's another major consolidation play. Back in the Summer of 2009, the rumor was Microsoft would buy Autonomy. I really didn’t see that happening. For me Microsoft had made its major play in... Continue Reading →
Open Text Acquires Output Management Vendor StreamServe
After a bit of a lull during the ECM 2010 marketing hoopla, Open Text announced it is acquiring StreamServe, a document output vendor. Of all OT's recent acquisitions, this one makes the most sense to me. There is little or no overlap against their current product set and StreamServe's position in the ERP space in... Continue Reading →
Musings on Possible Autonomy OpenText Acquisition
Speculation on who will buy OpenText has been a consistent pastime for content management market analysts for at least the last three years. The latest reported on some of the financial wires is that Autonomy has amassed a $1bln war chest for a large buy with OpenText offered as a possible target. Who would have thought back... Continue Reading →
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