Month: May 2010

Another Year Older and Deeper in ???

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image Three years ago, I started this blog to rant about how the merger of EMC World and Momentum hadn’t really worked out.  Well, after three years of improvements, there is currently a good chance that next year the conferences will be co-located and separate.

Two years ago, I reflected on my first year and shared numbers. By that time I was pushing for an ECM standard for the SOA world.  I had just learned that there was an effort underway that we would later learn was called CMIS.  This month, that journey ended and it became a standard.

One year ago I was more goal focused as I looked back.  I worked on two of the three goals, failed in the Design Patterns, but I think it was a heck of a year.

I cannot take credit for what has transpired in the last three years, well maybe a little for the improved Momentum, but not for most of it.  A lot of it would have happened anyway.  At most, I have helped push alongside the rest of you.  That said, goals have been achieved and it is time for new ones.

Which leaves the real question, What next?

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My Day as Mark Lewis

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Another quick little post.  Working on some other posts, but I wanted to get this out.  This is a list of things I would do if I were in charge of IIG and had the funds to do what I wanted.  Obviously I am not going to have that job or the funds, but this is fun.

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The Mark Lewis Keynote and Other Videos

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Quick post, but I wanted to share a couple of things….

So the statement that I heard that started the downward spiral at EMC World/Momentum, was one word (technically 2, but “of” doesn’t really count) off.  That is, what I told people I heard is what I thought I heard, but I missed an important word.  Here is the quote:

What most of you did who are using ECM was building Case Management.

I didn’t hear the word “Most”.  As some with EMC insisted that wasn’t what Mark said, I didn’t include that statement in my initial post. The goal hasn’t been to cause a riot, but to provide feedback.  Mind you, this “revelation” doesn’t change the message that followed or the product family being called Intelligent Case Management, but it set the frame of mind.  Mind you, the statement is still not true for me, but it isn’t definitive.  He could easily be 51%, 80%, or 99%.

Here is the keynote in five parts.  You can view the quote itself in Part 2, at the 7:20 mark.  You should watch the whole thing though and not focus on any single line.  I was just trying to get the quote right.

Part 2:

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Composite Content Applications, Dispelling the Case Management Confusion

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I’ve been working on a cool post about some positive content technology coming from EMC, but that needs more time to gel as I play with the tech, so I’m following-up with a post about where some of the focus on Case Management within EMC’s Information Intelligence Group (IIG) originated.

During Rick’s keynote at EMC World last week, he stated that Composite Content Applications (CCAs) were equivalent to Case Management.  At that point, I had my second “You gotta be kidding me!” moment of the conference.  It helped solidify the feelings in my analysis of the “strategy” at IIG.image

In later conversations, I learned that line of thought came from Gartner.  At first it was a guess, but then it was confirmed.  I decided against covering this point in my previous post because I hadn’t read the source material, and I didn’t want to accuse EMC falsely.

Well since then, I’ve gotten to read three reports on the topic, and I can say that EMC got it wrong.  The reports I read are:

Let’s look at the reports briefly, starting with the list of ten.

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CenterStage, the Latest ex-Collaboration Tool from EMC

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I had a mission at Momentum this year that I had to perform for some of my eRoom clients.  I had to determine the viability of CenterStage as a replacement for eRoom.  Two facts answered my question:

CenterStage 1.1 is scheduled for GA in Q4.  Calendars are a year away.

Really?  Where have I heard that before?

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Vision, Strategy, Tactics…1 Out of 3 for EMC

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I came to EMC World with a few goals, foremost of which was to see if EMC had a vision for Content Management.  Ten years ago, the vision was ECM.  That vision drove the industry for a decade.  Now people are looking around and asking what is next.  They are looking to the leaders in the industry for answers.

EMC had no answers to give, at least publicly.

I talked to a LOT of people all week.  I talked to customers, partners, and employees of EMC.  I bounced ideas, I listened to impressions, and I sought to make sure that what I saw, or thought I saw, wasn’t just me…

…and it wasn’t.  Not by a long-shot.

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A Fistful of Dollars, Looking Back on EMC World/Momentum 2010

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Last year’s recap theme was a wonderful Clint Eastwood movie, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.  I made the mistake of starting with the third chapter of the trilogy, so I am going with the first one for this year’s theme.image

This is more than just a desire to keep with a theme.  Like the movie, I kept switching sides at this conference.  I would spend time at EMC World events and venues, followed by stints hanging out and experiencing the world of Momentum, the Documentum/IIG side of the house.  There where even two hashtags for twitter, #emcworld and #mmtm10.

When you think about it, the separate feeling is a good thing.  It sure was for Clint.

So I am going to look at the conference from the two sides of the conference.

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EMC World 2010: New Capabilities for XML Processing in the Documentum Platform

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Wanted to stop by and see what Jeroen van Rotterdam (XDB genius) and David Louie have cooked-up for XML in Documentum.  Been doing a lot of work here and I want to see growth.

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EMC World 2010: Rationalizing SharePoint and Documentum, When Should I Use What?

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Capgemini presented an interesting topic on SharePoint and Documentum, focusing on when to use each.  I was attending another session at the time, but Chris Campbell has once again shared his notes with us.

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EMC World 2010: IIG Cloud Computing Roundtable

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Skipping Documentum Search Services (coming in Q3) in order to hear what EMC is planning around the cloud for content management.  Not sure how much slide content v discussion there will be, but we will see.

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