So I was reading at Bex‘s post last week on Why Google Will Never be Good at Enterprise Search, and its great comments. I ended-up reading several posts out there in the blog sphere on the topic. Search has been creeping up more and more in my daily work and I figure it isn’t a coincidence as trying to grab stuff from legacy systems or from multiple silos is challenging. Heck, just trying to find things that some colleague created last year can be tricky.
Month: February 2009
License Audits…Enforcing Ethics
Ethics. In the consulting business, the perception of your level of ethics can break you. I haven’t seen a lot people gain work because of their perceived ethics, but I have seen several lose work. We all like to assume that the person across the table, phone, or email will act in a fair and ethical manner. The more “real” the social interaction, the stronger the assumption.
Well, recently it appears EMC has been checking on the usage of Documentum in some clients. Specifically, they have been conducting audits to check that licensing agreements are being followed. This revelation just screams for comment on the event and the underlying culture.
EMC World and Momentum
Love YouTube sometimes. I cached videos in the browser yesterday so I could watch it while I sit in a Starbucks getting my morning kick of caffeine (and watching the falling snow). The caching does tend to limit my desire to actually shutdown my laptop. Silly Windows Update keeps pinging me to restart (as if on cue, I click on Restart Later and typing continues).
Which videos am I looking at??? The keynotes from Momentum 2008 in Prague. I have been making plans to attend EMC World in May and I was looking back to see any changes from the last EMC World to that Momentum. More on EMC World later, but if you aren’t already making plans to attend, you need to get on the ball.
Answering James on CMIS
Back in December, James asked a few good questions regarding CMIS. I thought I would take a minute to answer them as best I could, with apologies for the delay. Any insight into making my answers more complete are welcome. I am only on the outside looking into the process.
CMIS and SharePoint
This is a critical subject. As I said when the CMIS standard was released, the key to its success will be vendor adoption. This means more than just signing off on the standard. The vendors have to incorporate it into their message and start to show clients, partners, and analysts how they plan to support and implement CMIS. Based on how the ECM marketplace has begun to revolve around SharePoint, I consider Microsoft’s support a major component for success. CMIS can succeed without them at first, but it will be a much steeper hill to climb without Microsoft.
Well, Microsoft appears to be doing things right so far. In addition to showing a desire to participate in the AIIM effort (along with EMC, Alfresco, IBM, and Nuxeo), they hosted the first OASIS CMIS Technical Committee meeting out in Redmond, WA. More important than either of those actions is the implications of this MSDN article, Integrating External Document Repositories with SharePoint Server 2007.
The Domain of The Word
I have finally broken down and purchased a domain for my quaint little endeavor. I am now at http://wordofpie.com. No need to rush and change all of your links though. The old links will redirect you appropriately. This is sort of my way of dedicating myself more thoroughly to writing the Word.
SharePoint and Documentum, The Need for Therapy
A while back, I talked about how Patience is a Virtue while waiting for the proper integration of SharePoint and Documentum. Andrew Chapman and the team at EMC have been working hard, and we will have what we need, at least the first step, before too much longer. In the meantime, we have choices to make, and consequences to deal with, on a daily basis.
The biggest problem right now isn’t that EMC’s solution is behind the curve. The current solution from EMC is comparable to their competitor’s offerings. The problem is that the solution is inherently inadequate. EMC knows this (which is a good thing), but until they, or anyone, gives us a better option, what do we do?
Word of Pie 