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Added By Apoorv Durga on 10-May-2013
In an earlier post on this topic, I mentioned that for Cloud File-Sharing (CFS) Platforms to become a part of the enterprise layer -- as opposed to just serving as stand-alone tools like most of them do now -- they would need to improve in a number of areas. One of the key areas where almost all the tools need improvement is in the area of reporting and compliance ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 22-Apr-2013
We've just published our 2013 edition of the Cloud File Sharing and Collaboration Marketplace Analysis. This advisory briefing looks at how the marketplace -- both in terms of products and vendors -- is evolving.
For 2013 we isolate three key trends: ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 18-Mar-2013
Some common arguments against cloud-based services in general -- and cloud-based file sharing services in particular -- revolve around the security implications of your files getting stored outside your firewall.
A typical argument goes like this ... Continue Reading
Added By Jarrod Gingras on 25-Feb-2013
Every so often, though, it is important to take a step back from the details and look at the more macro-trends that are facing today's business and technology decision-makers ... Continue Reading
Added By Kashyap Kompella on 21-Feb-2013
Where's the fine print? You can creatively define a category that eliminates everyone else and preside over a parallel universe in which only you reside. ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 6-Feb-2013
Salesforce.com has acquired EntropySoft, a French content integration and migration vendor. Some observers have speculated this is a way for Salesforce to enter the Enterprise Content Management marketplace. I think a closer look will reveal a different rationale ... Continue Reading
Added By Irina Guseva on 6-Feb-2013
In a recent advisory call, a Real Story Group client posed her incumbent Web CMS replacement dilemma in a slightly unconventional way: “Do you think I should settle for Mr. Right Now, or should I wait for Mr. Right?” she asked me ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 29-Jan-2013
Here's the latest edition of our famous vendor subway map. With this latest iteration, we add the Cloud File Sharing marketplace, a.k.a., the beige line.
We also account for other vendor additions and subtractions -- typically via mergers and acquisitions, such as the ones that finally put Oracle firmly on the purple line ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 18-Dec-2012
Every year we make predictions about the coming annum, and every year, we go back and see how our predictions actually fared. See, for example, our assessment of our 2011 predictions.
Below I'll evaluate how our 2012 predictions (from December, 2011) held up ... Continue Reading
Added By Irina Guseva on 7-Dec-2012
If you're undertaking a selection of a WCXM or a DAM system, or any other piece of enterprise technology for that matter, you'll want to see a demo, to witness first-hand all the bells and whistles ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 4-Dec-2012
Each year around this time, all the Real Story Group analysts get together to partake in some crystal-ball gazing about where the content technology market will head in the next year.
Here are our collective predictions for 2013: ... Continue Reading
Added By Shawn Shell on 30-Nov-2012
RSG advisory customers know that each new version of any technology platform carries both the promise of a better world and the agony of the upgrade. SharePoint 2013 is no exception ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 26-Nov-2012
I note with interest that OpenText is offering a a "software trade-in" for Autonomy customers. ... Continue Reading
Added By Kashyap Kompella on 26-Nov-2012
The recent controversy does not change the fundamentals of the Autonomy family of products nor the company DNA. HP appears to be doing its due diligence after the fact. But as a potential customer, you’re well advised not to leave your due diligence until after your purchase. ... Continue Reading
Added By Jarrod Gingras on 21-Nov-2012
This is the time of year when we start to look back and reflect on the past twelve months and begin to look forward to what's next. As some you know, in addition to our premium research and associated advisory sessions, some of our subscribers ask us to assist them in a more hands-on consultative engagement ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 20-Nov-2012
The short version of my argument is this: I believe Autonomy's impressive financial results (at least those reported) served to conceal key warning signs about its aging flagship search technology, doped-up sales strategies, warped internal culture, and growing disdain for its own customers ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 19-Nov-2012
The whole affaire, as well as a recent request I received from a Digital Asset Management vendor, reminded me that the world of technology analysis is no less shifty -- it's just that the attempted manipulation of the system for personal and business gain is of a different nature ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 12-Nov-2012
Enterprises will naturally question: since the functionality these cloud-based tools provide is really a subset of the larger problem document management tools like Documentum seek to solve, why not just use of the traditional ECM or Collaboration tools for file sharing instead of selecting a new set of tools? ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 2-Nov-2012
Which brings me to MarkLogic, the XML repository vendor with some nice technology in search of a general-purpose use case. MarkLogic has been successful, but never took off ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 1-Nov-2012
There's a growing misconception that cloud is an end in itself, rather than a means to end. That never bodes well ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 29-Oct-2012
Many cloud-based services, including file-sharing platforms, allow business units to provision an accounts themselves and get started right away. This gives a impression that IT involvement is not required, and some vendors even encourage you to bypass your enterprise technology teams. This approach can suffice initially, but with time, various problems typically emerge ... Continue Reading
Added By Jarrod Gingras on 18-Oct-2012
Most document management systems in the market today fall into one of three broad camps. ... Continue Reading
Added By Jarrod Gingras on 11-Oct-2012
We've just updated four vendor evaluations in our in-depth Document & Records Management (ECM) stream.
If there's a key theme here, it's that the ECM industry continues to adapt to SharePoint by delivering specific, packaged applications, especially around case management. ... Continue Reading
Added By Jarrod Gingras on 1-Oct-2012
In just two weeks my colleagues Tony Byrne, Apoorv Durga, Matt Mullen, and I will be gathering in Washington D.C. to share some of our latest research findings at three special events held in conjunction with the annual KM World conference. We're looking forward to meeting with many of you ... Continue Reading
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