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Documentum xPlore, The New “FAST” Search
Taking a break from talking about the economics and future of Content Management to look back at the reality we are facing today. For all of the need to start moving to the future, we all still have problems that have to be solved today. One of my most challenging problems in Documentum is full-text… Continue reading
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License Fees Blocking the Future of ECM
So in case you’ve missed it, I’ve been talking about how fixation on license fees can have a negative impact on on both the customer relationships and on product development. There has been a reason for this conversation, the need to transform Content Management into a commodity. This was discussed at the EMC Writer’s Summit… Continue reading
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How License Costs Impact ECM Platforms
I talked last week how the license commission structure can hurt customers. There were a LOT of great comments and insights from the product side. Would love to have customers and consultants chime in on their feelings, but I can’t have everything. There were two comments that I wanted to address in more detail. The… Continue reading
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The EMC Writer’s Summit, 2010 Style
For those that are unaware, EMC hosts writers in the Content Management space for a 1-day gabfest about once a year. Last week was the third one, so I guess we can officially call it annual. This is an invite only event with some of the expenses paid. That may lead you to wonder about… Continue reading
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ECM, Wanted Dead or Alive?
One thing that I have been meaning to do is to dive back into the state of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) as a useful term and the challenges facing its use. I’ve also been meaning to draw attention to some of the excellent posts in the new AIIM Communities. I am going to try and… Continue reading
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The Enemy of Collaboration
A week ago, I wrote an article for CMS Wire on The Long Hill for Enterprise Collaboration. Normally I put an announcement at the top of my blog sharing the link, but I wanted to write this post, and I’ve just been a tad busy… You should read the article before proceeding much further. In… Continue reading
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The ECM Innovator’s Dilemma
So I promised an ECM specific follow-up to my book review on Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma. There is a lot to talk about, so I’m not going to blather on with a long intro (though this sentence seems to be compounding the issue) and get right to it. Or not…I have some disclaimers/notes: Going… Continue reading
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Review: The Innovator’s Dilemma
The Innovator’s Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen Before I went to EMC World and marveled at how the management was missing the boat on the cloud and was diving wholesale into Case Management, I was told that I had to read this book. After EMC World, I broke down, purchased it, and then fought to find… Continue reading
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Content Management as a Commodity
SharePoint has the traditional ECM Generation CMS vendors trying to figure out what they can do to maintain their “leadership” in Content Management. A lot are looking to Case Management, a long-time need, to provide a differentiating factor for growth. Meanwhile, other, newer CMS vendors are working to build solutions in the cloud. What they… Continue reading
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Acquisition Fever
There is a lot of acquisition talk these days, both anticipated and real. When you think on it, it isn’t really news. Acquisitions are a constant in this industry, but there are two of late that indicate how things may be getting ready to change. People keep asking me my thoughts, so I thought I… Continue reading