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Kashyap Kompella

How social software can enable consumer-led marketing

Added By Kashyap Kompella on 1-Feb-2013

Savvy marketers are adding co-creation and crowdsourcing to their toolkits as consumers are tired of one-way marketing monologues ... Continue Reading

Matt Mullen

Updates to our Enterprise Search research: IBM, Vivisimo, Coveo, Exalead, and ISYS

Added By Matt Mullen on 23-Oct-2012

Updates to five of the vendors we cover in our Enterprise Search Report have just been posted for subscribers to that stream.

General theme: the search market continues to try to find a way of avoiding the path of the juggernaut that is Apache's Solr/Lucene project ... Continue Reading

Kashyap Kompella

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

Kashyap Kompella

Talking Digital Asset Management in Europe

Added By Kashyap Kompella on 16-Nov-2011

Amidst all the talk of gloom and doom in Europe, we present an article where the words “Europe” and “Crisis” don’t have to be uttered in the same breath...

The Europe edition of the Creatasphere Digital Asset Management conference in the Hague brought together DAM customers, vendors, and consultants for a few days.  Bringing this event to Europe is fitting ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Apoorv Durga

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

Adriaan Bloem

Exalead acquired by Dassault Systemes

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 9-Jun-2010

Dassault Systèmes, a major product lifecycle management (PLM) vendor, has announced the acquisition of enterprise search vendor Exalead. Which of course leads to the two usual questions with any acquisition ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Kas Thomas

Search gets (even more) specialized

Added By Kas Thomas on 13-Jan-2010

The search technology marketplace is getting much more specialized, with important implications for you the customer. There are at least two different ways that software can specialize: Functionally and Vertically ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Is there a best CMS tool for your industry?

Added By Tony Byrne on 3-Jul-2009

I frequently receive questions like this: "We're a major regional hospital, what's the best CMS for us?" Or, ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Will you buy more Skittles today?

Added By Tony Byrne on 2-Mar-2009

Skittles -- a brand in the Mars candy conglomerate -- has set off a small tornado in social media land today by nearly completely turning over its website to Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

EMC acquires Xhive

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 20-Jul-2007

Today EMC announced it is to acquire XHive the Netherlands-based, XML-focused content management vendor. XHive has carved out a niche for itself ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM and BPR in 2007

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 31-May-2007

Another conversation today and another datapoint to contribute to my growing belief that large enterprises are now re-embracing re-engineering. It seems that there is only so much streamlining you can do until you reach a point where you need to completely rethink a situation. ... Continue Reading

   

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