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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lance Shaw is going to present on the Documentum clients. Last night, I was told repeatedly to come to this session to learn more about the non-Case Management. I was actually coming anyway, but let’s see what happens.
Time for some more information gathering on the direction of the IIG group. Rick Devenuti, the COO, is a good speaker, so it will be interesting how the messaging comes through today.
Victor Spivak gave his annual overview of the architecture, and I missed it. I was chatting with people, got to the room late, and realized that there was no room.
Never fear! Chris Campbell took notes and is going to guest post a few session notes here at the Word. Happy to have him. If you see him, thank him. Same disclaimer will apply.
This is the first half of Ed Bueche’s annual performance session. I’m only going to be posting notes from this half though as I will be presenting during his second session, so if you are attending, send me your notes and I’ll share them with everyone.
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