I think most of the time, we in the industry take for granted that “everyone” knows what ECM (Enterprise Content Management) is. If you have a document management problem, you suddenly miraculously figure out that what you really have is an ECM problem. You then immediately discover the Gartner Magic Quadrant and you are ready... Continue Reading →
Enterprise Content Management is too Vague
Almost a year ago, I posted an article about the challenge of keeping up with all of the various competitors in the Enterprise Content Management landscape. Having been in the ECM industry for 18 years, people expect you to know “every” vendor. The problem is you can easily discover a dozen new vendors with a... Continue Reading →
ISV – A Canary in the Coal Mine of Enterprise Software
Recent acquisitions such as the OpenText/ICG deal and my role working with channel partners has led me to think a great deal about independent software vendors and their relationship to the enterprise products they surround. I have come the conclusion that in many respects the health of the ISV ecosystem can be a strong indicator... Continue Reading →
Informative Graphics is acquired by Open Text
(updated below) The announcement that Open Text bought Informative Graphics came to me as bit of a surprise. Not because it didn't make sense but because it took so long for someone to pick them up. Well it was a little odd that it was OpenText considering they purchased Spicer back in 2008. Informative Graphics,... Continue Reading →
Digital Archiving and Hemingway’s Hamburger Recipe
Being in this space for too many years to count, I’ve often been pleased to see that there are altruistic ECM projects going on. Something as Lee would put it, “wasn’t putting toilet seats on the internet.” I really enjoy the work I can do with non-profits and it just puts an extra pep-in-your-step when... Continue Reading →
EMC World 2014
Began my week at EMC World 2014 and Momentum today. Even before the sessions I had a great conversation over breakfast with a colleague from another division about new things our respective technologies could do together. That is my favorite part of this conference. Free flow of ideas with wicked smart people. First thoughts on the... Continue Reading →
Tom Rouse on “ECM and Cold Pizza In the Fridge”
It's crazy how busy we get sometimes, so it's fun to be able to catch up with people that you haven't spoken with for a while. When I heard from Tom Rouse, I took the time to catch up. I've known Tom for over 15 years. We were both consultants at Documentum at the time.... Continue Reading →
Why We Have an (Enterprise) Content Management Problem
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 →
EMC Public SaaS Solutions
When I first heard about this idea almost a year ago my first reaction was - "Why in the world would you want to do that?" Realizing that this phrase is the closest thing in business to "get off my lawn" I decided to put more thought into it and think about the business rather... Continue Reading →
A Few Thoughts on Upgrades
It is a reality of enterprise software that eventually you have to upgrade the stack. I know that the cloud lobby say they solved that problem but I will not take on that conversation in this post. As with everything in technology reality is very different from the marketing. This is one of the biggest topics... Continue Reading →
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