Cloud
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Open Source ECM is Dead
It finally happened. An acquisition in the ECM space that was so newsworthy I had to write about it. One so big that it is going to fundamentally change the market. Hyland just announced that they are acquiring Nuxeo. I never thought that an acquisition involving these two firms would be so newsworthy. However, this… Continue reading
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Box Just Threw Down the Gauntlet
Last week, Box held their annual conference. Many announcements were expected and the announcement of Workflow coming to Box in 2015 was quite exciting. If you want a high-level look at everything that happened, check out Chris Walker’s quick thoughts on BoxWorks. None of that is why I am writing this post. Buried in the… Continue reading
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Repeating Past Mistakes Won’t Make ECM Work
Every now and then I read a post that makes me wonder if the older Enterprise Content Management (ECM) vendors are intentionally trying to keep the industry stagnant. They make a fair penny selling to people who tried their competitor’s solution and failed. Whey not keep it up for another decade? That was my response… Continue reading
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You Will Never Have One Place for All Your Content
You read the title correctly. No matter how hard the industry works between now and the time you die, or are simply drooling in a wheelchair, you will never have one place for all of your content. I’m not simply talking the difference between work and personal pieces of information. Whether you are at work… Continue reading
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Doom and Gloom for Dropbox and Box?
If you have been anywhere near twitter the past week, you’ve seen the article from ZDNet asking Can Dropbox and Box survive as independent services? The author, Ed Bott, then goes into the pricing competition for storage and how both services are falling way behind the curve to Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Ed misses the… Continue reading
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2001: An Enterprise Odyssey
When I was at the AIIM Conference this year, Thornton May, gave a frenetic keynote address. While I am never quite sure what the key point Thornton is trying to make during his talks, he always makes everyone in the audience think, which is a very good thing. During his keynote this year, Thornton used… Continue reading
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Content Management Step One, Capture that Information
There were a lot of disagreements on my view that Box or Dropbox will be a leader in Content Management in five years. Some were willing to concede that in the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market it might be the case but not in larger Enterprises. To anyone relying on that argument, I suggest… Continue reading
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Secure the Application, Not the Device
I was reading an article by Patrick Gray, A radical idea for Mobile Device Management: Don’t bother, when I realized that I wasn’t alone in this world. I have long viewed Mobile Device Management (MDM) as a Red Herring and it felt good to find an ally. For years, people have fought against restrictions on… Continue reading
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Predicting 2014
I know I am a tad late on my prediction post for 2014, but I have had a hard time coming to terms with what will happen this year. At this point, it is easy to predict where things are going overall, but specific events over the next 12 months? Much more challenging. I learned… Continue reading
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2013: Waiting for the Culmination of Everything
In 2013, one trend that I had been watching for years finally culminated in the next stage. I got a position with Alfresco that will allow me to make a difference in the future of the industry. While it took longer than I thought it would, the future arrived. In looking at my Predictions for… Continue reading