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Alan Pelz-Sharpe

HP and Autonomy - a marriage made in hell?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 23-Sep-2011

This past week HP fired their CEO Leo Apotheker, making him the third CEO in a row to part with HP prematurely. But of all the departures this one one is the least surprising by far. His announcement that he was to buy Autonomy for a staggering $10.3 Billion -- far more than anyone else figured the firm was worth -- and spin of its market leading PC division was surely the most spectacular act of self-immolation in a long time ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Understanding Autonomy's Family Tree

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 9-Sep-2011

Since HP decided to buy Autonomy for just over $10 Billion dollars, there has been a lot of discussion over the acquisitions that Autonomy itself made over the years to expand its portfolio of products and grow its revenues. ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

HP plus Autonomy equals Buyers Beware

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

I cannot say that the acquisition by HP of search giant Autonomy bodes well. Taking the parties' past histories into account, this simply doesn't seem to be a good long term match. Hence my advice is ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Major Update to Digital Asset Management Evaluations

Added By Tony Byrne on 6-Jan-2011

Last week we updated our evaluations of seven DAM vendors ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

What Exactly is IDOL, Anyway?

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 18-Aug-2010

There's a lot of mysticism shrouding Autonomy's mega-search offering, "IDOL." Not in the least bit because every piece of software that is acquired by the vendor is either "plugged into," "powered by," or "integrated with" IDOL. Supposedly, ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Don't ogle search if you really want content management

Added By Tony Byrne on 8-Jul-2010

I'll agree with mega-vendor Autonomy on one key point: Search technology is really important. But is it so important that search functionality should dominate your choice in a content management system? ... Continue Reading

Theresa Regli

DAM evaluation update - adding Fedora, Nuxeo, plus new versions from Autonomy and Open Text

Added By Theresa Regli on 25-May-2010

Today I'm excited to announce the release of a major update to our Digital Asset Management evaluation research stream ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM Family Trees, Part 3 - Autonomy

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

So onto number three in our family tree mini-series, Autonomy. As a Brit that lives in the US, I find Autonomy an interesting vendor to watch ... 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

Theresa Regli

Extensis, Canto, and turbulence at Autonomy

Added By Theresa Regli on 7-Oct-2009

Today we release an update to our Digital & Media Asset Management Report 2009. ... Continue Reading

Theresa Regli

DAM vendors vs. marketing agencies -- understanding the difference

Added By Theresa Regli on 14-Sep-2009

I'm currently advising two Fortune Global 1000 companies on a vendor short list for their upcoming digital asset management procurement ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Storage costs for ECM and DAM Systems

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 13-Aug-2009

We have had an interesting internal discussion at CMS Watch the past few days, surrounding the cost of storage for content technology systems. It is a discussion that too few buyers have before embarking on costly ... Continue Reading

Kas Thomas

The Coming Acronym Crisis

Added By Kas Thomas on 25-Jun-2009

As I talk to people in the content-technology industry (if I may call it that), I'm struck by a common thread that has begun to emerge in conversations involving roadmaps and futures ... 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

Kas Thomas

What next for Interwoven?

Added By Kas Thomas on 23-Jan-2009

The announcement yesterday that Autonomy would buy Interwoven (a deal that should close in the second quarter of this year) has a number of interesting ramifications ... Continue Reading

Theresa Regli

DAM in 2009: enterprise, workgroup, and nothing in between....

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

Theresa Regli

Get smart and prepare for the impending DAM explosion

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

Theresa Regli

North Plains and Interwoven offer DAM SaaS service -- or do they?

Added By Theresa Regli on 4-Jun-2008

Software-as-a-Service has an especially strong case in the area of Digital Asset Management, where the buyer is often a marketing manager or creative team with a fixed monthly budget and little to no IT support. But not all SaaS is created equal ... Continue Reading

Theresa Regli

Announcing The Digital & Media Asset Management Report 2008

Added By Theresa Regli on 7-May-2008

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of The Digital & Media Asset Management Report 2008 ... Continue Reading

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