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Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width - Big Data's emerging problem

Added By Matt Mullen on 8-May-2012

Big Data is may be a buzzword, yet it's certainly generating interesting discussions. Over the last month or two, I been party to a number of really interesting sessions - such as the CW500 event I mentioned previously - and with recent acquisitions in this space, the question is becoming less about whether Big Data is possible, and more about how it can be applied in the enterprise.

For me this raises the question of quality ... Continue Reading

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Added By Kashyap Kompella on 13-Dec-2011

A recent conversation with a large global enterprise about their Digital Asset Management project reminded me of the Zen Kōan – "Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand clapping?" The project in question has weathered some turbulence ... Continue Reading

Case Management and the Lexmark acquisition of BPM vendor Pallas Athena

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 19-Oct-2011

Yesterday we learned that Lexmark, best know for its printers, had acquired Netherlands-based BPM (Business Process Management) vendor Pallas-Athena. This follows in the path of Lexmark's acquisition of Perceptive Software, a document management company (evaluated in our Document Management reviews) ... Continue Reading

The technology buying process - vertical expertise

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 27-May-2011

One of the most common questions an enterprise technology buyer will ask of a vendor or supplier is, "What do you know about our business?" It's the kind of question that one gets asked in job interviews too, and just like that personal situation, how the question gets answered can have a huge impact on the result ... Continue Reading

Faking a CMS? You're Not Alone

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 7-Feb-2011

If you agree with the adage that enterprises need a new Web CMS every three years, then it's easy to assume that in the year 2011, most organizations would be working on their third or fourth Web CMS implementation. The real story is that some of the largest enterprises -- including some of the biggest names in healthcare, retail, and banking -- are still trying to move to their first real CMS ... Continue Reading

ECM in Healthcare Today

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 1-Feb-2011

There is no more challenging an environment for true ECM (Enterprise Content Management) than that of healthcare ... Continue Reading

Digital Asset Management 2011 Market Preview

Added By Theresa Regli on 21-Dec-2010

I'm excited to wrap up the year by writing a "State of the Market" on DAM. This has been a very busy year for us here -- our DAM subscriber numbers increased substantially and our customer inquiries for personalized help in a DAM procurement were near-constant. Could it be that DAM might finally be hitting the mainstream? ... Continue Reading

Transactional Document Management - The core of ECM

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 24-Nov-2010

"Transactional document management" is a term not used often enough in my opinion. For it is, as the phrase goes, the "meat and potatoes" of ECM ... Continue Reading

Dynamic Publishing Systems -- A Technical Overview

Added By Apoorv Durga on 10-Sep-2010

Dynamic Publishing Systems manage the assembly of reusable components for publishing, along with the delivery of aggregated content to multiple personalized channels. Some examples of Dynamic Publishing are: ... Continue Reading

Hyland acquires Hershey Software

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 1-Sep-2010

Ok you probably did a double take when you saw that Hyland had acquired Hershey's. Sadly the world of chocolate and ECM are not about to merge. ... Continue Reading

IBM Acquires Datacap - First Take

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 10-Aug-2010

Today IBM announced the acquisition of Datacap. It was no surprise really as Big Blue has been talking for a while about enhancing their overall imaging offering, to better leverage advanced case management ... Continue Reading

The case for Case Management - and Business Intelligence

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 8-Jun-2010

Both IBM and now EMC have recently touted their improved Case Management capabilities, so I thought it timely to take a look at this area in a little more detail ... Continue Reading

EMC Documentum for your Case Management?

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

One of the more interesting and surprising things to emerge from last week's EMC World event in Boston was that the core Documentum Content Server has been repositioned into the xCP (Intelligent Case Management) product stack. ... Continue Reading

Records Management on the rise?

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

I just finished reading an excellent article in Hedge Funds Review called "Records management in the new regulatory environment." It's piece that echoes much the same message I've been preaching for years now: ... Continue Reading

Self Service Document Management

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 8-Apr-2010

When trying to explain what Document Management is to friends and family curious about my work, I often give ask them to think about the last time they visited the doctor or a hospital ... Continue Reading

What to look for when evaluating WCM and DAM workflow services

Added By Tony Byrne on 16-Mar-2010

Yesterday we released a new advisory paper on workflow. The briefing focusses in particular on what you need to look for (and what you can dispense with) in Web CMS and Digital Asset Management environments ... Continue Reading

An iPad for DM and RM?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 5-Feb-2010

The launch of Apple's iPad last week has caught the imagination of armchair critics worldwide ... Continue Reading

Have you considered the V in DAM?

Added By Kas Thomas on 18-Jan-2010

Last week, I blogged about the increasing trend toward verticalization in the Search & Information Access space. As you may know if you've been reading our Digital & Media Asset Management Research ... Continue Reading

Tagging your web content

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 31-Aug-2009

It's one of those elusive dreams of web content management: a completely metadata-driven publishing model. Especially when there's lots of content, and a variety of sites or channels targeting different audiences. Wouldn't it be great if content more or less automatically found its way to the right places? ... Continue Reading

ECM: Transforming the US Healthcare System?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 11-Aug-2009

During a conversation with a journalist today about ECM and the US healthcare sector, we discussed why so little progress has been made toward electronic document and records management ... Continue Reading