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Blog posts about Universal Content Management

Irina Guseva

Version 21 of our Web CMS vendor evaluations released

Added By Irina Guseva on 15-May-2012

We've released a major update to our Web Content and Experience Management (WCXM) Evaluations, which review 35 major CMS products from around the globe.

First and foremost, you will notice the name change: ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

EMC Documentum vs IBM FileNet vs Oracle WebCenter Content?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 21-Nov-2011

Recently I fulfilled a lifelong ambition to be an actor (minor parts - small films) and I finally came to understand the meaning of the thespian question, "What is my motivation?"

It is an important question that we probably don't ask enough, and buyers might want to ask the same of ECM (Enterprise Content Management) suppliers. Yes, seriously ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

The ECM skills shortage continues

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 28-Jun-2011

It's a discussion that reoccurs regularly enough with Real Story Group Document Management (ECM) subscribers -- how do I get skilled ECM staff? It's a tough question to answer ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Capture plus workflow equals ECM?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 17-Jun-2011

Capture + workflow = ECM.

It's a simple formula that works most of the time in enterprise environments. It works for the simple reason that most electronic documents that require organizational attention typically are captured and proceed down a structured workflow ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Oracle goes its own way with ECM Suite 11g

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 28-Dec-2010

Just as Microsoft has its own very distinctive approach and definition for ECM, so too does Oracle. In fact as time goes on, Oracle's approach to ECM is becoming more individual and distinctive ... Continue Reading

Apoorv Durga

Alternatives for converging website production and delivery

Added By Apoorv Durga on 15-Dec-2010

Of late, many WCM as well as Portal vendors are touting their capabilities for more closely aligning content management and presentation management. Frankly, I wonder what took them so long. After all, what good is content if it cannot be delivered and consumed? In my opinion ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

How SharePoint swept Brazil

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 29-Sep-2010

I find traveling and speaking at industry events a huge opportunity to engage with people and get a feel for what is really going on in the broader user community. And in my third trip to Brazil for the ECMShow I can report with confidence that a whole lot is going on here ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Web Content Management evaluations updated

Added By Tony Byrne on 22-Sep-2010

This month, we've updated our evaluations of three Web CMS vendors: ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM Price Lists: Why the Secrecy?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 13-Jul-2010

Yesterday morning I was reading through Oracle's recently updated price list (yes my Monday mornings really are that exciting). I was thinking that I have long valued the fact that I can access simple, clear and open prices from major vendors like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. I might occasionally gasp at the prices listed ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM co-existence and the vuvuzela

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 25-Jun-2010

I'm in the middle of reviewing feedback for a number of ECM product evaluations that I'm presently updating.  The upgrade from minor version to minor version (1.7 to 1.8 etc) is usually heralded by loud marketing cries from the suppliers. Closer inspection though tends to reveal fixes and gaps plugged, rather than anything revolutionary ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

EMC rebrands CMA (aka ECM) to IIG

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

It seems to be acronym soup week, and though we can all be guilty of cooking this particular recipe at times, EMC is becoming a master chef ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM Suite Family Trees, Part 1 - Open Text

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

This week I have been heads down reviewing RFP responses for a large ECM project. These vendor proposals could give readers the misimpression that the products in a complex suite of modules were all designed on the same drawing board ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Oracle 11g Imaging and Process Management makes a 3-horse race

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 25-Mar-2010

When Oracle acquired Stellent in 2006 I thought the best piece of technology they got their hands on was the imaging tools that Stellent had themselves previously acquired from Optika ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Google - unsuitable for the enterprise

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

For years now Google has played fast and loose with information confidentiality and privacy issues. As if further proof were needed ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Looking beyond the magic quadrant to find the nitty-gritty

Added By Tony Byrne on 7-Aug-2009

At first I was hesitant to write a critique of the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for WCM. They're a worthy competitor, we could learn from them about the value of high-level summaries, and the MQ makes an easy target ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

The boondoggle that is software maintenance fees

Added By Tony Byrne on 28-Jul-2009

Annual software support and maintenance fees are something every customer loves to hate, and yet, for the most part we keep paying them ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Making sense of CMS Watch....

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

At CMS Watch we evaluate an awful lot of products, and making sense of all this research can be a challenge. ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Our latest Web CMS evaluations

Added By Tony Byrne on 11-May-2009

We've just released the latest major update to our Web CMS research. (That's Version 17 for those counting.) ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

Oracle proves the value of static web content delivery

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 20-Apr-2009

An early joke on Twitter about the Oracle/SUN acquisition: "Oracle buys Sun just to see if Twitter can handle the resulting noise" ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

What Obama will learn on the way to better federal websites

Added By Tony Byrne on 11-Mar-2009

In calling for greater "online transparency" (i.e., more, better, faster web content) along with more "citizen participation" (i.e., user-generated content), the Obama administration is going to encounter a technology marketplace ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

The game of musical chairs continues in enterprise search

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 17-Mar-2008

In the latest shuffle in enterprise search, SAS, known for business intelligence and analytics software, has announced today it acquired Teragram, natural language processing specialists ... Continue Reading

Apoorv Durga

Decoupling content management services revisited

Added By Apoorv Durga on 15-Jan-2007

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Tony Byrne

A deeper look at the Oracle-Stellent acquisition

Added By Tony Byrne on 4-Jan-2007

In a recent KMWorld article, Alan Pelz-Sharpe lays out the broader implications for the ECM marketplace, but also looks at how it impacts customers. ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Oracle to buy Stellent

Added By Tony Byrne on 3-Nov-2006

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Keeping confidential content confidential

Added By Tony Byrne on 8-Jun-2006

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent offers website management

Added By Tony Byrne on 19-May-2006

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent, Fast, and the decoupling of Search and ECM

Added By Tony Byrne on 5-May-2006

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent announces Blog, Wiki, RSS modules

Added By Tony Byrne on 15-Feb-2006

... Continue Reading

Janus Boye

Stellent gets certified for SAP Portal

Added By Janus Boye on 28-Jan-2006

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

CMS Idol re-runs available

Added By Tony Byrne on 20-Dec-2005

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

A closer look at Stellent's ECM suite

Added By Tony Byrne on 7-Dec-2005

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent the Puzzler

Added By Tony Byrne on 7-Jun-2005

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

CMS Vendor Q4 Financial Roundup

Added By Tony Byrne on 27-Jan-2005

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Latin Content Management

Added By Tony Byrne on 14-Jul-2004

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Quick Review of CMS Vendor Financial Results

Added By Tony Byrne on 14-May-2004

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

A Look at CMS Vendor Financials

Added By Tony Byrne on 8-Feb-2004

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent and Optika to Merge

Added By Tony Byrne on 12-Jan-2004

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent and the New ECM Architecture

Added By Tony Byrne on 7-Oct-2003

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent buys DAM vendor

Added By Tony Byrne on 25-Aug-2003

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

One CMS, Multiple Sites

Added By Tony Byrne on 27-May-2003

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

New Pricing Model for Local Governments

Added By Tony Byrne on 15-May-2003

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent Puts Toe in Hosted CMS Pool

Added By Tony Byrne on 28-Mar-2003

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Sceptical About Stellent's Salad Dressing...

Added By Tony Byrne on 11-Mar-2003

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent Gets Serious in Europe

Added By Tony Byrne on 2-Jan-2003

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent takes Note of Lotus: Will that be Integration or Migration?

Added By Tony Byrne on 16-Oct-2002

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Is eGovernment All Local?

Added By Tony Byrne on 7-Oct-2002

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

What's in a Name?

Added By Tony Byrne on 26-Jul-2002

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

That Was Fast

Added By Tony Byrne on 12-Apr-2002

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Stellent the Toolmaker

Added By Tony Byrne on 17-Dec-2001

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

You Say Portlet, I Say Gadget

Added By Tony Byrne on 19-Oct-2001

... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

With XML, Do You Really Need a Traditional Database?

Added By Tony Byrne on 19-Jul-2001

... Continue Reading

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