Blog posts about Industry Standards

The case for PDF/A as an archival format

Added By Tony Byrne on 19-Aug-2010

All enterprises need to archive certain documents, but what's the best approach? Specifically, are there better alternatives to the traditional TIFF format? In a new advisory briefing, we argue that PDF/A brings several advantages ... Continue Reading

Beware the WEM trap

Added By Apoorv Durga on 17-Aug-2010

You should be forewarned that in their quest for improving presentation management, vendors are soft-pedaling many core CMS concepts which haven't really seen a lot of innovation in recent times, and this, too, could impact your website visitor experience. ... Continue Reading

Microsoft and the CMIS standard - What it means for you

Added By Apoorv Durga on 11-Aug-2010

In a new Advisory Briefing for our SharePoint and ECM subscribers, we evaluate how the CMIS connector targets different use cases where SharePoint needs to inter-operate or co-exist with other applications. ... Continue Reading

Decoding Content Management jargon

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 1-Jul-2010

Now that we've built content management to reach into the clouds, have we been punished by a confusion of tongues? Sure, there are tangible differences between, say, a page-based or a component-based system. And some labels are rooted in their underlying technology. Still, there's a couple of archetypes we could at least attempt to label similarly ... Continue Reading

ECM3 Maturity Model - Version 2.0

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 28-Jun-2010

The community commons ECM Maturity Model (www.ECM3.org) progressed to v2.0 last week ... Continue Reading

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

Day 2 UK Roadshow - SharePoint skepticism

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

Day 2 of the UK AIIM Roadshow and we are here at the Reebok Stadium Bolton (home of Bolton Wanderers football club). Theme of today amongst the attendees seems to be ... Continue Reading

See you at the UK ECM Roadshow

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

Just a note to say that I will be at each of upcoming AIIM UK Roadshow the week of the 14th June. I will be giving the closing keynote each day ... Continue Reading

Google opt-out -- another blow to web analysts?

Added By Phil Kemelor on 7-Jun-2010

A few months ago, Google promised to make it easier for website visitors to opt out of tracking by sites that employ their free Google Analytics service. Their announced solution last week strikes me as a bit of grandstanding on one hand ... Continue Reading

CMIS - An important standard for buyers of ECM

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 6-May-2010

CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Specification) has been ratified as a standard by OASIS. What is it and what does it mean to buyers and users of ECM and Document Management technology? ... Continue Reading

So what is your ECM story?

Added By Apoorv Durga on 31-Mar-2010

It's been a year now since we launched our ECM Maturity Model under Creative Commons, and it seems to have proven comprehensive as well as extensible for different groups adapting it for their specific environments ... Continue Reading

Happy 1st Birthday ECM3: ECM Maturity Model

Added By Jarrod Gingras on 25-Mar-2010

Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the open source ECM Maturity model, "ECM3" ... Continue Reading

What to look for when evaluating WCM and DAM workflow services

Added By Tony Byrne on 16-Mar-2010

Yesterday we released a new advisory paper on workflow. The briefing focusses in particular on what you need to look for (and what you can dispense with) in Web CMS and Digital Asset Management environments ... Continue Reading

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

Can US Government agencies really use Google Analytics?

Added By Phil Kemelor on 24-Feb-2010

Does Google Analytics' new availability on apps.gov mean unfettered availability of the free analytics tool for US federal government agencies? A story in SearchEngineWatch might lead you to think so, but key leaders in the Federal web analytics community point out ... Continue Reading

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

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

XAM your ECM RFP

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

One standard/specification that gets little attention in the ECM world is XAM ... Continue Reading

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

In defense of silos

Added By Kas Thomas on 9-Jul-2009

The word "silo" (referring to a single, monolithic resource repository of some kind, often dedicated to a single vendor's applications) has such negative connotations these days that to suggest silos are actually good or necessary is to risk excommunication from the IT priesthood ... Continue Reading