Documentum

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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EMC World 2010: Documentum Clients Overview, The New Face of ECM

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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.

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EMC World 2010: The Information Advantage for Solving Today’s Business Problems

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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.

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EMC World 2010: Documentum Architecture Overview

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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.

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EMC World 2010: EMC xCP / Documentum Performance, Scalability, and Sizing – Part 1

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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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EMC World 2010: Using Media WorkSpace for Collaboration and Review of Documents

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.

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