There is a great post on CMSWire that summarizes Open Text's (OTEX) approach to integrating RedDot and Vignette. I especially liked Jon Marks descriptions of the various paths they may take. We weighed in on this topic after the acquisition but as I read over the recent announcements I see OT's integration strategy is simple - do... Continue Reading →
Do You Have Ecmaphobia?
Ecmaphobia(ek - ma -foh' - bee - yah) noun. Fear of Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Symptoms : 1) Denial of the existence or importance of content in an application 2) Avoidance or unfounded criticism of others known to be proponents of ECM 3) Irrational belief that one can do everything ECM does cheaper, faster and or... Continue Reading →
The Future of Content Management
I have been on a self-imposed blogging black-out for a few weeks and in that time I have been reflecting on a question first posed by Julian Wraith several weeks ago.What is the future of content management? Mr. Hart (aka Pie) wrote an insightfull commentary on the topic and describes a future of ubiquitous content management with... Continue Reading →
XProc Made Easy (er)
This is number one on my list of cool things I want to learn but don't have time for. In fact - this post will be shorter than I would like because I need to get back to the day job. Jeroen van Rotterdam has posted links in the ECN to the newly released XProc engine from EMC. The new product is... Continue Reading →
SDL Buys Xyvision
On Xyvision's website today we learned that they have been acquired by SDL. (thanks to @billtrippe for the tweet) I first ran across SDL while I was working on a globalization project several years ago. At the time SDL seemed very much focused on the services rather than the software end of things. Most of their revenue comes from the... Continue Reading →
xDB Matters
XML Databases are not new. People have been working with the concept (if not the name) for a decade. One of the primary vendors in the space, MarkLogic, just announcedthey raised $12.5 m USD in series D funding. This is a notable event - not so much for the company but more for the technology. It shows that... Continue Reading →
Where Have All the CEVA’s Gone?
This week I find myself in a unique scenario. And for those of you that know me well, it's not the fact that I'm visiting New Orleans for business (I visit NoLa for Drago's chargrilled oysters at least four times each year). It's that I'm attending a user conference for a solution that was built... Continue Reading →
Why Upgrade?
You may have heard the phrase "May you live in interesting times." Well, the times are interesting but I am not so sure this is such a good thing. With all of the layoffs, bankruptcies, restructuring and consolidations businesses are reeling. IT departments are being inundated with new priorities every day. The one thing they... 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 →
SharePoint and Philosophy 101
A basic rule in critical thinking - You can't prove a negative. You can not say that something does not exist simply because you have not seen it. You can also collect all of the evidence to the contrary you want but you will always be forced into an assumption if your premise is a... Continue Reading →
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