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Component Content Management blog posts

Sanjeev Gupta

How to Avoid Common Technology Selection Mistakes

Added By Sanjeev Gupta on 8-Jul-2011

Going through technology selection is like finding yourself a bride or a groom – everyone will we have their own opinions to share, with a lot of hype being built around each one's recommendations. But really, no one but you knows what you want and what your real priorities are. ... Continue Reading

Jarrod Gingras

How we get the real story

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 6-Dec-2010

One question I got over and over again from folks learning about us for the first time was, "where do you get all of the information about the vendors and products that makes it into your research reports and advisory papers?" ... Continue Reading

Theresa Regli

Sessions in London next week at IMS / Online conference

Added By Theresa Regli on 23-Nov-2010

Next week, my colleague Alan Pelz-Sharpe and I will be hosting several sessions at the Online Information conference at London's Olympia. Based on recent research conducted for our enterprise search and digital asset management evaluations, I'll be speaking about ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

Vendor Landscapes and Horse Races

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 19-Aug-2010

There's an odd fascination with equestrianism in technology. Vendor landscapes are often described as horse races; there's leaders and laggards, winners and losers. That's great for gamblers, investors, and jockeys. But it's not very useful ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Making sense of IT gibberish

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 12-Aug-2010

Explaining technical concepts -- which are often quite abstract -- can be quite a challenge. So at the Real Story Group we often try to be creative in how we go about explaining things ... Continue Reading

Apoorv Durga

Adobe To Acquire Day - First Take-ECM Perspective

Added By Apoorv Durga on 28-Jul-2010

Adobe Systems today announced their intent to acquire Day Software. We've seen Adobe featuring in many Content Management RFPs and although they had some of the necessary pieces including Adobe Contribute and LiveCycle, they were never taken seriously as a Content Management player. An OEM deal with Alfresco a few years back though well intentioned didn't help much but this announcement will surely change the situation dramatically. ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

SDL acquires XML editor Xopus

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 6-Jul-2010

After a long spending spree -- pretty much on anything XML -- SDL has now acquired small Dutch vendor Xopus ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

UK Budget Cuts and Public Sector IT

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 22-Jun-2010

In the UK today, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbourne will announce his emergency budget details. The one thing we know in advance is that this will contain some of the most severe cuts in recent history ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Get your updated vendor subway map

Added By Tony Byrne on 15-Jun-2010

Here's our latest take on the marketplaces we cover. We still can't fit all the vendors we evaluate, but we're getting closer ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

UK roadshow diary Day One - dynamic publishing

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 14-Jun-2010

Day One of the AIIM UK Roadshow started in Glasgow, a place I know pretty well. The sessions were followed by a long but stunningly beautiful drive down ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Video: Meeting the System Integrator

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 3-Jun-2010

I was myself once a systems integrator, and many of my friends still work for systems integrators. This is my roundabout way of saying sorry in advance for the following video ... Continue Reading

Theresa Regli

Scoring spreadsheets, the bane of my life

Added By Theresa Regli on 11-May-2010

My colleague Alan Pelz-Sharpe and I frequently engage in friendly debate. Recently, we've been discussing the pros and cons of using scoring spreadsheets in the vendor evaluation process ... Continue Reading

Theresa Regli

The willful ignorance of business users

Added By Theresa Regli on 8-Apr-2010

One of my favorite parts of my job is the educational aspect - helping people new to content technology understand what it does and how it works. ... Continue Reading

Jarrod Gingras

Pardon the ECM Interruption

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 7-Apr-2010

This session will be a fast-paced debate exploring a variety of controversial ECM-related issues and trends ... Continue Reading

Jarrod Gingras

Think you can you stump these consultants?

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 1-Apr-2010

For the last several years, I've had the honor of hosting our Stump the Consultant panel at the info360: AIIM Expo ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Pathbreaking research focuses on Human Cloud

Added By Tony Byrne on 1-Apr-2010

I'm delighted to announce today that we have just released new research on emerging technologies that will transfer live human beings to the Cloud ... Continue Reading

Jarrod Gingras

Hiring a UK/Europe Account Executive

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 31-Mar-2010

As we continue to grow globally, we're looking for a motivated account exec in the UK or Europe ... Continue Reading

Jarrod Gingras

Selecting Wine and Software

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 31-Mar-2010

Theresa Regli recently recorded this video using one of her favorite analogies: selecting the right enterprise software is a lot like selecting the right wine to have with dinner ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Finding the best vendor means treating bidders right

Added By Tony Byrne on 24-Mar-2010

Is it a buyers' market for content technologies? Some enterprises believe that technology suppliers are so hungry for business that they will line up for kilometers to respond to an RFP. ... Continue Reading

Jarrod Gingras

What makes your project successful in the real world

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 19-Mar-2010

There are many ways to measure success of an information management project. Project leaders typically want to "help" your colleagues, but how do they know they're successful? ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Holistic Information Management

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 17-Mar-2010

Whilst recently working on a change management initiative for one of our multinational clients, I had a bit of an "aha!" moment. I was in the midst of explaining to the assembled team members how their future information management system ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Evaluating vendor proposals - Kill your spreadsheets

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 15-Mar-2010

As you may know, a lot of our work at the Real Story Group involves helping people make the right information management buying decisions. Not surprisingly, one of the most common areas where our customers seek our counsel is with vendor scoring and assessment methodologies ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Two new Advisory Papers for enterprise technology selection teams

Added By Tony Byrne on 1-Mar-2010

My colleague Alan has produced two short briefings of special interest to content technology selection teams ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

What is Content Management?

Added By Tony Byrne on 24-Feb-2010

There's a question that keeps popping up around our industry: "What is Enterprise Content Management?" ... Continue Reading

 

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