Web Content Mavens
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Upgrading to SharePoint 2010
No, I haven’t converted into a SharePoint fanboi. I am merely acknowledging that it is here to stay, at least for two more versions. Realizing that, my company has been doing quite a bit of SharePoint work in the past few years. We have recently been looking at SP2010 and just upgraded a customer to… Continue reading
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Tony Byrne Visits the Web Content Mavens
Happy New Year Everyone! It has been a while since my last post. Things have been returning to normal and I took some time off during the holiday season to hang out with my wife and boys. Upon returning to work, there was the normal small post-holiday backlog accompanied by the chaos that is the… Continue reading
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SharePoint for Web Content Management, The Movie
A month ago I invited people to attend the Washington, DC Web Content Mavens meeting for March to hear a Microsoft partner explain how SharePoint could be used for Web Content Management. Well, that day was yesterday then you missed a great presentation. Before I dive in, I want to thank Rob Garrett of Portal… Continue reading
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SharePoint for Web Content Management
Before continuing, I’ll pause to let the laughter die down. Done yet? Don’t worry, I’ll wait… Seriously, Microsoft continues to push SharePoint 2007 for Web Content Management. I’m sure it can be done, but it seems a bad fit. SharePoint’s primary weakness, in my opinion, is the inability to scale for the large Enterprise. Now… Continue reading
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Open Source vs. Open Source
I went to the monthly meeting of the Web Content Mavens last night. They were featuring a panel speaking on about 7 different Open Source Web Content Management systems. Some of the vendors present, like Alfresco, do more than web content, but web content was the focus. It was moderately interesting. I would have loved… Continue reading
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Defending Enterprise Content Management
So the other evening, I was out at a Web Content Mavens gathering, and someone asked me what I meant when I talked about ECM. This person had years of experience in Web Content Management and a few years working with a leading ECM provider before returning to their roots in WCM. His basic premise… Continue reading
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The Web Content Mavens
At last weeks AIIM seminar, I was invited to attend a meetings of Web Content professionals in the DC area. I decided to attend, figuring that the worst case scenario would be a couple of pints and listening to someone ramble on about WCM. This was far from worst case. Continue reading