Lisa McIntyre and Coan Dillahunty from GSD&M Idea City are going to be talking about Digital Asset Management. They are a full-service ad agency. I’ve known them for a while and it is important to keep track on how the DAM crowd is doing.
EMC World 2010: Mark Lewis Keynote
This is the event I have been waiting for all day. Mark Lewis is going to talk and hopefully share the story behind the new name for the Content Management and Archiving Group, the Information Intelligence Group.
EMC World 2010: Documentum Powering a SOA-Platform for an Operational Military HQ
Here to hear Alexandra talk about a real-world case with SOA and Documentum. SOA has a lot of traction in the military as their dispersed,rapid-response nature really calls for SOA.
EMC World 2010: DFS Real World Examples & Best Practices
This is the third year in a row at this session. Mike (MT) Mohen is a smart guy who really knows what it take to make DFS work in the real world. This stuff is also applicable to EMC’s CMIS implementation as it is built on top of DFS.
ECM in the Pantheon of Content Management
“May you live in interesting times” is reported to be a Chinese curse. Well, in the world of Content Management, we are in interesting times. In the last week, I have read about how ECM is growing in stature and read a call for the killing of ECM.
Scary thing, I think that if Peter read Carl’s post, he would state that it supports his point that ECM needs to die.
Pardon me for disagreeing.
Here is the basic problem, because we can’t agree on what to call anything, we can’t agree where anything is going.
- Is ECM Dead? That depends if you think ECM means one repository. If so, then yes. It doesn’t mean one repository though, or at least, it shouldn’t. If we can’t agree on what it is, how can anyone claim it needs to die or is already dead.
- Is WordPress a CMS? That depends on how you define the “Management” in CMS. Maybe it is a Website Management System? Maybe the WCMS is going to go away as what actually goes into a website broadens.
If we don’t agree on the terms as practioners, how can we expect the business users, and the users in the rest of the world, to understand what we are talking about?
EMC World 2010: Rules of the Road
Things are starting in a few days up in Boston, but I wanted to share my plans with everyone, and lay down my Rules for EMC World. These rules are very similar to last years Rules, but I’ve updated a bit as I do every year.
All posts that follow these rules will start EMC World 2010:. This is to clearly identify them for everyone. If I write a post before/during/after the conference that doesn’t adhere to what I am laying-out here, it won’t have that prefix.
Disclaimers
I’m going to be running a basic disclaimer in all my posts. If for some reason I forget to paste it in, this disclaimer applies to all EMC World 2010: prefixed posts and you can be sure I’ll be adding the disclaimer as soon as I notice that it is missing. This is because I will be writing the posts during/after sessions and I will hear things that I may misconstrue or that talk about future events.
All information in this post was gathered from the presenters and presentation. It does not reflect my opinion unless clearly indicated (Italics in parenthesis). Any errors are most likely from my misunderstanding a statement or imperfectly recording the information. Updates to correct information are reflected in red, but will not be otherwise indicated.
All statements about the future of EMC products and strategy are subject to change at any time due to a large variety of factors.
As indicated, if I learn later that something I posted was incorrect, I will endeavor to correct it, but it may not be immediate.
Topics of Conversation
As a general rule, if I, or the person I am talking to at the time, has a beverage in their hand, I’m not blogging/tweeting it. If it is blatantly clear that the information is public, I will share it in a constructed post during, or shortly after, EMC World.
The issue here is that I am a longtime partner of EMC/Documentum. As such, I am sometimes privy to information that is not made available to the general public. This information is used to serve my clients better. If I started sharing this information, then I would no longer be able to learn any of it in the future. That information is by far more important any benefit that I may gain by posting it here.
This is a fun little line that I have to walk, but I think I’ve walked it well. There are several EMC personnel that have shared information with me since I started this blog and subsequently tweeting. I have, to date, kept all confidences and will continue to do so in the future.
Introducing Twitter
I will be using Twitter some during EMC World. You can follow me at @piewords. You can also follow all the Momentum 2010 action at #mmtm10 and the entire EMC World action at #emcworld.
Most information will be going here, into my blog. Random thoughts and where I am going (in my annual quest to maintain my caffeine levels) will be mostly through Twitter. If you don’t have my phone number, your best bet to locate me at EMC World will be through Twitter.
The Time Delay
I am a busy person at the conference. As such, not all posts will be tagged immediately as I will be focusing on getting them posted and moving to the next session. Have no fear, the tags will come.
I will also be updating my EMC World page of links only once every day. While it is a good index of what I have written, it will not be definitive until after the conference is over and I have time to update it.
That’s it…See you there!
CMIS has Arrived, Demo Anyone?
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Simple, push for CMIS 2.0! In all seriousness, that is a post for another day. I want to focus on the actual release of the standard and the Demo where you can see it in action.
ECM Industry Goals: Move the ECM Industry Forward
I started this on Monday discussing the importance of goals in general, using the setting of goals for yourself as a starting point. The same logic applies to a company, and its industry, as well.
Think about it, why is a company in business? Yes, to make money, but that goal will only get you so far, just ask the gnomes. You have to have something to offer and the ability to convince your customers that you can deliver and still be around in the future.
So in order to inspire your employees and your customers, you create a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). For example, maybe you want to create the market leading ECM solution. Ten years ago, that was a challenge. No one company had all the capabilities in house and the leadership of the market was in flux. Now, to hit the same goal, you just take aim at the big boys and go forward.
But what does that really get you? Are you leading or just following the trail already blazed?
To Be a CMS, WCMS, or WMS, That is the Question
So I’ve said that that WordPress isn’t a Content Management System (CMS). My point was more than semantics as it isn’t a Web CMS (WCMS) either. That said, I have never said that WordPress is anything but a great tool.
So the question remains, if WordPress isn’t a WCMS, what is it? Maybe we need a new term….how about “Website Management System”?
ECM Industry Goals: Start with Yourself
In the last few weeks while I’ve been on a writing (thought not working) sabbatical, I’ve been surprised by a confluence of events and activities that have all tied together. The common theme can best be summed-up in one question:
Where do you want to be in 5+ years?
This is an important question for people, organizations, and for the ECM industry. I’m going to start with people first because all of my readers happen to fall in that category.
Word of Pie 