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Apoorv Durga

Alfresco Version 4 is Buzzword Compliant

Added By Apoorv Durga on 7-Feb-2012

Last week open source document management vendor Alfresco released Version 4 of its (commercially-supported) enterprise edition package. As we've come to expect from Alfresco, it's long on buzzwords and interesting new directions, but a bit short on functional niceties and architectural continuity ... Continue Reading

Kashyap Kompella

Is social software vendor Telligent really gaining Leverage here?

Added By Kashyap Kompella on 20-Dec-2011

There is usually a common theme that drives M&A in the technology sector and this season it is the "cloud." For example, in the last couple of months Oracle bought RightNow (cloud-based customer service) and IBM acquired DemandTec (cloud-based retail analytics). The trend seems to be spreading to the social software space as well ... Continue Reading

Irina Guseva

No liftoff for SaaS Web CMS

Added By Irina Guseva on 23-Nov-2011

Every few years, someone declares one type of Web Content Management (CMS) software on the verge of "liftoff," to take over the entire space. Early last decade, people tried to convince me that open source was going to dominate the world "by 2005." ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Latest update to our Web CMS vendor evaluations

Added By Tony Byrne on 22-Nov-2011

We've just released a minor update to our Web CMS Report, which evaluates 42 major products from around the globe. Version 20.3 includes updated reviews of ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Is Box.Net a threat to SharePoint?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 14-Nov-2011

We've just published an advisory paper for our ECM and SharePoint subscribers (non subscribers can purchase it here) analyzing the implications of large enterprise buyers considering Box.Net alongside Microsoft SharePoint ... Continue Reading

Shawn Shell

SharePoint and cloud - ready or not...

Added By Shawn Shell on 10-Oct-2011

While SharePoint's "cloud" ambitions started many years ago, the perfect storm of Azure (another major component of this year's SharePoint conference), Office365 and improved development tools have created the fertile environment for adoption.  When Microsoft first announced cloud services like Business Productivity Online Suite and, specifically SharePoint Online, it was a way to stretch the existing SharePoint 2007 product, without the expectation of being truly successful.  It was, however, a good proving ground to enable Microsoft to learn about how SharePoint could play -- or not -- in a shared environment ... Continue Reading

Apoorv Durga

Alternatives for integrating content Into your portal

Added By Apoorv Durga on 3-Oct-2011

In most enterprises, content resides in disparate, heterogeneous systems, including (but not limited to) content management systems. Those who have invested in portal-type technologies have a reasonable expectation that this technology can integrate the content consumption experience, exposing content and related data from multiple repositories ... Continue Reading

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

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

Apoorv Durga

What Google Plus Teaches about Publishing to Social Networks

Added By Apoorv Durga on 14-Jul-2011

Many web publishers have been trying to work out how best to make use of social channels such as Facebook and Twitter. It's only recently that some decent integration methods and clarity on what works have started to emerge. Now comes Google with its own social network Google+. While most people are trying to figure out how it competes with Facebook, it has also added an additional channel for web publishers ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

What dropping support for older browsers tells us about Google Apps

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 22-Jun-2011

Google has announced that for Google Apps, it's dropping support of older browsers. Only the current and previous versions of IE, Firefox, Safari, and of course Chrome will be supported. After August 1st, Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, and Safari 3 and older versions will be the first to be dropped. Clearly, this is going to put some customer IT departments in a bit of a pickle ... Continue Reading

Jarrod Gingras

5 Cloud Contract Considerations

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 23-May-2011

In this era of many enterprises moving content to the cloud, it is easy to get caught up in the potential benefits and rush to get started without properly protecting yourself ... Continue Reading

Irina Guseva

What does it mean for SaaS WCM when Clickability sells cheap?

Added By Irina Guseva on 3-May-2011

Well, spring seems to be a good season not only to celebrate Queen's Day in the Netherlands and the Internationals Worker's Day in Russia, but also to harvest the vendor acquisition crop. Next up ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Should You Employ the Same Web CMS Tool for Public Sites and Intranets?

Added By Tony Byrne on 5-Apr-2011

In the early days of Web Content Management, many customers tried to employ the same technology -- and often the same physical infrastructure -- for publishing both their intranet and public websites. During most of the past decade, the trend has been to separate these efforts ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

No more content management

Added By Tony Byrne on 1-Apr-2011

I'm pleased to share the results from some new, path-breaking research we've been conducting this year. Content Management technology is no longer necessary. Read the full release here ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Cloud on the rack

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 8-Mar-2011

What could have been a snoozefest in fact turned into a full-on attack of the value and promise of Cloud Computing ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Web CMS comparison update

Added By Tony Byrne on 24-Feb-2011

This month's update to our Web CMS Report evaluations offers the latest critiques of nine web content management vendors: ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Selecting Software in the Federal Government

Added By Tony Byrne on 13-Jan-2011

I recently had the chance to sit down with the famous John Gilroy of Federal Tech Talk on Federal News Radio in Washington, DC. The 30-minute show aired earlier this week, but you can listen to or download the archive ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

How did our 2010 predictions fare?

Added By Tony Byrne on 23-Nov-2010

As you may know, we make twelve predictions every year, and every year, we go back to try to assess our accuracy. So, let's see how we did with our 2010 predictions from last December ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Updated Collaboration and Social Software Evaluations

Added By Tony Byrne on 15-Oct-2010

We've just updated several vendor evaluations in our Enterprise Collaboration and Social Software technology stream, including ... Continue Reading

Adriaan Bloem

App Store? There's an App for that

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 27-Sep-2010

What, your system vendor doesn't have an app store yet? Apple has popularized the concept, and most phone platforms now have something similar: Google's Android Market and Nokia's Ovi Store come to mind. So now everyone has to have one, not just devices, but enterprise software as well ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

Impact of IBM's acquisitions for Unica customers

Added By Tony Byrne on 8-Sep-2010

Our colleague Phil Kemelor offers a briefing for our Web Analytics research subscribers assessing IBM's recent acquisition of Unica.  To quote ... Continue Reading

Shawn Shell

When a SharePoint Cloud is all puffery

Added By Shawn Shell on 25-Aug-2010

As you may have noticed by the slew of announcements from Redmond, Microsoft has placed increasing emphasis on "cloud" computing ... Continue Reading

Tony Byrne

IBM and Coremetrics: A Second Look

Added By Tony Byrne on 18-Aug-2010

After discussions with several Coremetrics customers, we've taken a second look at IBM's acquisition of the web analytics vendor. To quote ... Continue Reading

 

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