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 →
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 →
Losing My Revisions
This is odd even for me, but its Friday night and the Twitter meme was #ecmband so I started writing lyrics. (my sincere apololgies ) Losing My Revisions (you know the tune) Oh type, it's bigger It's a bigger U And 2's look like 3's The emails that I sent you The dots above... 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 →
WCM On A Sunday – Complexity and Pointillism
Irina Guseva of The Real Story Group had me thinking last week about complexity and Web Content Management. Somehow the lead value proposition of most WCM pitches is never quite achieved. Everyone should easily be able to do whatever they want with no training and still have meaningful content on the web right? What we... Continue Reading →
Logan’s Run and Social Media
This morning I see this wonderful video ECM-Its Similar to Logans Run from @ljseverson. Believe it or not I had this post in draft so I am pushing it out before it is ready because I now know for sure "they are coming for me." In 1976 there was a cheesy sci-fi movie followed by... Continue Reading →
No Surprise, Iron Mountain Sells Records Management to Autonomy.
Some may have been surprised to see Iron Mountain selling it’s digital assets (read source code) for records management to Autonomy. But not if you were looking at the big picture it’s not a surprise. Well really it’s only the price tag that was a surprise. For what Iron Mountain bought Mimosa last year for... Continue Reading →
EMC Embraces Employee Managed Content with Box
The world of collaboration is changing and EMC is making dramatic moves to address the portfolio’s relevance in the market. All of the legacy ECM vendors are struggling to maintain or redefine themselves in this space. There is no debating the fact that SharePoint was a tremendously disruptive product in the collaboration market and redefinition... Continue Reading →
Why Re-Branding Makes Us Crazy
Lubor Ptacek wrote and excellent piece today on the different approaches to branding strategy and why it sometimes makes sense to re-brand after an acquisition. I agree with everything he said and it is so reasonable it makes you wonder - why would there be so much angst when it happens. In my experience, negative... Continue Reading →
eDisovery Reviews used for potential Corporate Manslaughter case?
A rather interesting report by Bloomberg, BP Executives may be charged with manslaughter from the Gulf Oil Spill. According to Bloomberg, “investigators are scrutinizing e-mails and other documents to determine what BP officials and the company’s drilling partners knew when they testified before Congress.” Document discovery is not new but since Enron we’re hearing more and more... Continue Reading →
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