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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Added By Tony Byrne on 18-Mar-2009
Autonomy's acquisition of Interwoven formally closed yesterday ... Continue Reading
Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 10-Mar-2009
It has always surprised me how many firms name their internal ECM applications and systems after the product that it runs on. ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 14-Jan-2009
I've heard too many people say DAM is "kind of like WCM" or "just like document management, but for pictures." ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 5-Jan-2009
Today we release our Digital & Media Asset Management Report 2009. In this new edition, we've greatly expanded our coverage of Minnesota, USA-based MediaBeacon... ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 18-Dec-2008
Today we release our half-day education course about Digital & Media Asset Management, or DAM... ... Continue Reading
Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 16-Dec-2008
The ECM world is dominated by EMC, Open Text, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle -- all big vendors with equally big publicity machines to keep their brands and "story" right ... Continue Reading
Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 17-Sep-2008
Today I'm proud to announce the release of the 2009 edition of The ECM Suites Report ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 9-Jul-2008
Late last month I had the pleasure of attending the Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management Symposium in London, UK, where I presented a summary of our research recently ... Continue Reading
Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 27-Jun-2008
This past week I had the pleasure of keynoting at the DocTrain event in Indianapolis (held at the truly magnificent Union Station venue), and also running a small session on "How to procure Content Technologies." ... Continue Reading
Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 27-Jun-2008
The whole issue of (E-mail Archiving and Management) EAM has come under the spotlight recently - triggered by ... Continue Reading
Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 9-May-2008
As an "Enterprise-focused" content management analyst, I am asked two basic questions on a regular basis ... Continue Reading
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