Every so often, an up and coming software company will announce a new partnership with Microsoft adorned with a great deal of optimism. I cringe every time. These are not agreements made with the best interests of everyone in mind. Someone is eventually going to lose, and it will not be Microsoft. To be fair... Continue Reading →
The Future of ECM – 2015 Edition
I have been asked the question several times over the last few weeks what I think the future of ECM looks like. Jeroen VanRotterdam (CTO, VP of Engineering EMC IIG) is in the middle of his own series about the future of documentum management (Part 1) and I encourage you to take a look. He begins looking... Continue Reading →
A Look Back at ECM Trends 2014
My favorite post of the year to write is the ECM trends but before that a look back on last year's post. In addition to a rambling diatribe on Big Content, I made a few very short observations on trends in 2014. Everyone is moving to cloud and this no longer trend worthy news Yes there... Continue Reading →
Dropbox Seals Its Fate as a Feature
This week Dropbox sealed its fate by selling its soul (in he form of its user base) to Microsoft in an integration deal that sounds like a great thing. Seamless access from Office to share and store in Dropbox. Virginia Backaitis at CMSWire calls this a "clear, but probably not as a strategic(as for MSFT), win... 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 →
Syncplicity – Sync Now,Integrate Later
[A friendly remember. I work for EMC but this is my own opinion and not reviewed or approved by the company.] I have been spending a lot of time with Syncplicity getting used to the tool and understanding where it fits in my personal technology ecosystem. As I play with it I am finding that... Continue Reading →
Save, Sync, Share or Serve – Which Do You Really Need
The number of content management offerings in the cloud continues to expand and even for a "seasoned" ECM professional the ambiguous marketing and feature overlap can be confusing. I have been experimenting lately with several of them and have come to realize that while all of these applications at the most abstract level do exactly... Continue Reading →
2012 Predictions and Presuppositions
I have decided to take a slightly different approach to my predictions post this year. Rather than write a well thought out and reasoned positions I'll spew out the list of ideas I have been collecting. My goal for this post is less about proving myself right next year than to do a list that... Continue Reading →
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