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Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Cri Du Coeur for Records Management

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 4-Aug-2010

If you were to trust in the marketing swill that comes out of the vendor and analyst community these days, you would believe that large organizations are not just embracing ERM (Electronic Records Management) but that they are positively hugging and kissing it too ... 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

Automating manual processes - is it always worth the effort?

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

For IT professionals it is taken as a matter of faith that automation improves efficiency, that making paper based documents and processes electronic is, in and of itself, a default benefit. But experience in the real world paints a more mixed and problematic picture ... 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

Tony Byrne

How Do You Know When it's Time for a New Web CMS?

Added By Tony Byrne on 30-Apr-2010

It's an important question that deserves an unbiased answer. Please join me a free webinar on Tuesday, 11 May, to explore potential alternatives for your organization ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

Eyjafjallajokull's Cloud hanging over the Web

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 23-Apr-2010

I spent several days anxiously keeping track of the latest updates on the cloud hanging over Europe. It gave me plenty of time to ponder just how important on-line communications play a role in this nowadays. ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

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

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Holistic Information Management

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

Whilst recently working on a change management initiative for one of our multinational clients, I had a bit of an "aha!" moment. I was in the midst of explaining to the assembled team members how their future information management system ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

What is so special about SharePoint? A free webinar

Added By Tony Byrne on 16-Mar-2010

I hope you can join us Tuesday, 6 April, for a free, one-hour webinar featuring SharePoint Watch guru Shawn Shell ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

SharePoint Ecosystem Pros and Cons

Added By Tony Byrne on 10-Mar-2010

I hope you can join me 15 April for a great conference (Midwest SharePoint 2010 Conference), at a great venue (Italian Conference Center), in a great city (Milwaukee, WI, USA), on a Great Lake (Michigan) ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Two new Advisory Papers for enterprise technology selection teams

Added By Tony Byrne on 1-Mar-2010

My colleague Alan has produced two short briefings of special interest to content technology selection teams ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

What is Content Management?

Added By Tony Byrne on 24-Feb-2010

There's a question that keeps popping up around our industry: "What is Enterprise Content Management?" ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Which is better for you - platforms or products

Added By Tony Byrne on 23-Feb-2010

Today we released a new advisory paper, "How the New Platforms vs. Products Debate Impacts Your Success." Subscribers to any of our EI Watch, SharePoint Watch, and CMS Watch research streams can ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Open Source is not always cheaper

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 23-Feb-2010

On the document-management shortlist of a mid sized publishing firm this month lay four bidders: a specialist incumbent, two household name vendors (IBM & Microsoft), and an open source option ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Keeping it Real

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

Welcome to the Real Story Group! For my colleagues and I this is an exciting time, and part of a continuing adventure that I hope you will join. ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Learn best practices for your intranet

Added By Tony Byrne on 16-Jul-2009

Intranets have been around for more than in a decade in many enterprises, yet developing an effective intranet remains a puzzle for many information and communications managers ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

Open source: it's just a license

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 13-Jul-2009

A lot of my time is spent evaluating technology, and I have a confession to make: the licensing is one of the least spectacular bits to review. ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Should you buy Social Software from your ECM vendor?

Added By Tony Byrne on 10-Jul-2009

One of the questions at a "town hall" debate I facilitated at last month's Enterprise 2.0 conference addressed the topic of information lifecycle management for enterprise social spaces. Most of the attendees didn't seem to think it was necessary. I disagree ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

A browser is a search engine?

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 30-Jun-2009

In a clip on YouTube, an interviewer asks passersby in Times Square what a browser is.The surprising result: many think it's a search engine ... Continue Reading

Shawn Shell

Will the success of SharePoint 2007 keep 2010 from leaving the station?

Added By Shawn Shell on 29-Jun-2009

Those who have studied physics might be familiar with the "story" of the penny and train. The story goes that if you place a single penny under each wheel ... 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

Tony Byrne

Contribute to key debates in Enterprise Social Software

Added By Tony Byrne on 18-Jun-2009

At the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, MA next week I'll be facilitating a discussion on "Social Software: Key Debates" ... Continue Reading

Phil Kemelor

Are Times Changing for US Government Web Analytics?

Added By Phil Kemelor on 17-Jun-2009

It may be that we are on the verge of significant changes to the US Federal government policy on the use of persistent cookies ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM thought of the week...

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 12-Jun-2009

....Go to 10 companies with Documentum. In 8-9 of them you will find end-users that know the name ... Continue Reading

 

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