Pelz-Sharpe Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM via Utrecht, Mumbai, and Bangalore

4-Sep-2008

Tags: Document Management (ECM), E-mail Archiving and Management, Building Business Case, Implementation, Marketplace at Large, Selecting Technology

September this year sees an early start to the conference season, and I find myself first in the Netherlands and then off to India. As always I hope you can join me at one of these events.

On the 17th September I will be in Utrecht to run a workshop on ECM & SharePoint at the HartmanEVENT 08, I keynoted at a predecessor to this in 2007 and very much look forward to the return visit. From there I head to Bangalore and Mumbai. First for the BT Summit in Bangalore on the 23/24th, where I will be talking about ECM & SOA, and E-mail Archiving, and running a workshop on ECM product selection - and then flying onto Mumbai for 26th for the Executive Edition of the event, where I will be providing a critical analysis of the current ECM marketplace.

Two different events in two very different locations - but both particularly interesting ones for me. I have had a long association with India from first vacationing there 20 years ago, to working for Wipro and retaining many friendships within the country. India means a lot to me, and I am thrilled to be a part of the first event there that prominently features ECM. But even more, I love the fact that ECM is featured within a true technology conference, one that looks at such topics as SOA and Virtualization - for this is reality of major ECM projects. Add to that the typical welcome, and stimulating discussions that accompany any event in India this becomes something special.

Just like the BT Summit, HartmanEVENT also takes a different and wonderfully challenging direction. For the event in Utrecht is run by CMS Watch friend Erik Hartman, and he has long espoused a belief that all data and content should be managed in a unified manner, and his conferences promote that goal. It's a goal that Erik knows I have my doubts about, hence again I am looking forward to being challenged and stimulated by the conversation.

If you attend either of these events do come up and say hello in person!

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