It is Jeroen talking. Do I really need to give any other reason for attending? As I am missing the beginning of the partner conference, I need one. I am interested to hear their approach with xDB for this problem. They conceived of it just before the last EMC World, but it wasn’t fully flushed out. Want to see how real this is.
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EMC World 2011: Documentum Architecture Part 2
This is the second part of Jeroen’s Architecture series. The first half was fun, but this half promises to be more so as a live, crazy demo has been promised. This one is also covering the Next Generation Information Server (NGIS).
EMC World 2011: RESTful SOA and the Spring Framework
Very excited that I get to see Cornelia Davis speak this year. Last year I had to go catch a train during her presentation so I wasn’t going to miss this year. Conelia used to be part of Documentum (eRoom before that) and is now a Senior Technologist with EMC’s CTO Office. This topic is pretty important because I think that this framework is influencing the Next Generation Content Server (NGIS).
Leadership Changes for EMC’s Documentum
This post has been a long time in coming. I’m not talking about the news that has triggered the actual writing of the post, just the themes of the post overall. They should be pretty clear shortly….
That said, let’s hit the headline, Mark Lewis is no longer the President of EMC’s IIG business unit, which is effectively Documentum. Rick Devenuti, formerly the COO, is effectively taking over the position.
Wow. I’m happy, but you need to read on to understand that oversimplification of my mood.
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 search. While fine for the average system, FAST is a beast. It requires a large cage, is barely tamed, and takes a lot of work to train for larger tasks. When you invest in it, life is good, but it is an investment of time and effort. Like many, a chance to have a scalable, highly-available, reliable, and EASY full-text search as part of the system is something we’ve been missing in Documentum and most Content Management systems.
Well, that is changing. At the end of October, the new Documentum xPlore search engine is being released. Known during development as Documentum Search Server, xPlore promises to make life much easier for people.
Before I add any more details, the usual disclaimers apply. Anything in this post talking about things not released, including dates, is subject to change. If anything in this post fails to take reality, don’t yell at EMC, yell at me….and I’ll yell at EMC. 😉
My Day as Mark Lewis
Another quick little post. Working on some other posts, but I wanted to get this out. This is a list of things I would do if I were in charge of IIG and had the funds to do what I wanted. Obviously I am not going to have that job or the funds, but this is fun.
EMC World 2010: New Capabilities for XML Processing in the Documentum Platform
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.
EMC World 2009: Documentum Performance, Scalability, and Sizing, Part 2
This is the second of two sessions by Ed Bueche. His sessions are must-attends. His sessions last year, part one and part two, are useful references, but as always, this year’s information takes precedence. Be sure to read the first session notes.
EMC World 2009: Documentum ECM 6.5 Architecture Overview
Victor Spivak, chief architect for the platform, is presenting on what is the most popular topic post from last year. Victor is smart and doesn’t mince words. The session was mostly packed 15 minutes before it even started.
Victor is going to breeze through many of the things that haven’t changed in a year, so supplement these notes with last year’s notes. These notes are “more accurate” if they conflict.
EMC World 2009: Documentum Foundation Services (DFS) – Best Practices and Real World Examples
One of my most popular session notes from last year returns for a sequel. Not a bad way to start the conference. Let’s see if Michael (MT) Mohen of EMC Professional Services can deliver on their promise to provide us with lots of new material…
Word of Pie 