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Understanding ECM: Whitepaper Series

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:10:31 +0000

One of our featured DAM vendors, Nuxeo, have published an introduction to ECM as a series of whitepapers. Their ContentGeeks.net site has an overview of part 1 of the paper: “In this first part, we’ve tried to provide insight into what Enterprise Content Management really is—and not based solely on our own perspective, but with [...]

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5 ECM ROI Myths

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:23:34 +0000

Brian Lincoln of DocuShare, writing on the Digital Landfill blog discusses 5 myths about the ROI that can be obtained from implementation of ECM systems. He answers each of them with very short single paragraph case study to illustrate how each of the points is false: Removing paper from business process doesn’t save much money [...]

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Annoying ECM Marketing Jargon #ecmbanned

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:27:02 +0000

John Mancini writing on The Digital Landfill blog is collecting a range of annoying ECM marketing jargon. This is a follow up to his earlier coverage of 18 words or phrases that should be banned from marketing, sales, corporate communications featured in the book Content Rules by Ann Hadley and C.C. Chapman. Some of the choice examples [...]

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EMC And Box.net Announce Partnership Agreement For The “Post-PC Era”

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:53:37 +0000

More evidence of Enterprise and Cloud vendors getting friendly is the recent partnership between Box.net and EMC announced yesterday at EMC world. Given that Box.net recently managed to secure the services of former EMC CMO, Whitney Tidmarsh, this looks a lot like defensive manoeuvring on the part of EMC who may be concerned about the prospect of [...]

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Nuxeo Offers To Contribute Core To Eclipse Foundation: What It Means For The DAM & ECM Market

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:16:34 +0000

ECM and DAM vendor, Nuxeo, have offered to contribute the Nuxeo Core to the Eclipse Foundation and it will become known as the Eclipse Enterprise Content Repository (if their proposal is accepted). Eric Barroca, CEO of Nuxeo is quoted on the Nuxeo Press Release as follows: “We have decided to spin off this project from [...]

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Integrating Content With Enterprise Processes

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:00:50 +0000

In this Digital Landfill blog article, Brian Dirking discusses 8 points about integrating content with your enterprise processes: Differentiate based on the relative importance 0r value of content. Decide how to cross reference content in multiple systems (including intentional duplication). Siloed content presents a risk when users are forced to manually integrate it themselves. Content [...]

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Content Management: An A-Z Of Top Tips

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:05:17 +0000

CMS Report features an A-Z listing of top tips for delivering and using Content Management solutions effectively. “Whether you’re scanning files for historical reference, providing information access via a customer portal, or are in the midst of enterprise-wide process automation, there are standard steps you should take that will help you to succeed. No matter [...]

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Control vs Usability: Managing The Balance Between User Engagement & User Management

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:00:48 +0000

Rob Gray (from Google’s Enterprise division) discusses the trade-off between user control and usability in this Enterprise 2.0 blog guest post: “One of the biggest problems with “systems of control” such as most records management systems, is that they have been designed for records managers, not end users. The end result is that people don’t [...]

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Six Tips for Managing ECM Change

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:59:05 +0000

Jom Thumma, writing for CMSReport.com describes six tips for managing the organisational changes bought about by implementing ECM solutions: Assess change readiness Communicate the reasons for change Develop concrete plans Reveal how changes will affect employees Present a united front Manage resistance “Change management planning revolves around a specific, well-defined, measurable, realistic, and achievable project. [...]

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Content Still King In E2.0

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:30:38 +0000

“Content is king!” An adage that Bert Sandie, Director of Technical Excellence for Electronic Arts, maintains is still a crucial factor in the success of Enterprise 2.0 solutions. “As we examine the critical elements that make our E2.0 solutions a success we need to thoughtfully look at content. The first set of questions to consider with respect to [...]

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Planning Content Migration

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:30:21 +0000

Alice Ainsworth discusses the subject of planning content migration in this article. She describes the process as “dull but essential” – and few would argue over that. A series of 5 steps are outlined to help the reader understand the process and plan for it effectively: Know where your current content position. Remove unwanted content [...]

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Mark Lewis Spells Out Future For ECM at EMC

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:30:12 +0000

Fierce Content Management’s Ron Miller interviews EMC’s Mark Lewis, President of the Information Intelligence Group, about the future direction of the company and enterprise content management. “EMC is moving toward what he is calling “case management.” “I honestly believe the classic ECM has become a capability, like the database has become a capability.” He says in order to [...]

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Touchpoints During Content Migration

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:30:15 +0000

In this article, David Hobbs discusses the crucial steps involved in any content migration project. “Content migration isn’t just a technical undertaking. For example, you will have staffing impacts. In particular, people will need to touch at least some of the content being migrated. Regardless of the quality of any content migration automation, someone will [...]

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The Importance Of CMIS

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:30:56 +0000

In this article, CMS Watch’s Alan Pelz-Sharpe explains the importance of the Content Management Interoperability Specification (CMIS) for ECM vendors, buyers and users following its ratification by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). “In essence CMIS allows different document management systems to interoperate at the repository level. So for example if you have [...]

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Predictions For Enterprise Content Management In 2020

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:30:19 +0000

Craig Rhinehart looks into his crystal ball and makes some predictions for the future of enterprise content management over the next decade. “With a few big ECM related announcements over the past couple of weeks … Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and IBM Advanced Case Management topping the list, I thought I would do a little crystal [...]

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Should You Use ECM Professional Services?

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:31 +0000

In this article, CMS Watch’s Alan Pelz-Sharpe discusses the pros and cons of the professional services offered by many ECM vendors. “Professional services can mean a lot of different things, and can represent a very substantial part of a software vendors income. These services can range from initial requirements analysis, process design, development, system installation and configuration [...]

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What’s New In Open Source CMS?

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:00:11 +0000

CMS Wire’s Dee-Ann LeBlanc provides April’s round-up of the latest releases from their featured open source content management vendors. “Welcome to the April installment of our what’s coming from the open source projects in the next month… Alfresco Software is currently accepting registrations for their spring meetups in Paris, New York and London… In March, DotNetNuke released DotNetNuke Professional, [...]

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Content Management Jobs Still Rising

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:30:41 +0000

CMS Watch’s Kas Thomas reports on the steady rise of job vacancies in the content management industries over the last five years, despite the global economic downturn. (Data courtesy of Indeed.com) “Whether the economy has begun to turn the corner, we don’t know, but if this graph from Indeed.com is any indication, times have at [...]

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User Buy-In The Real Key To ECM Success

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:00:15 +0000

In this article, EI Watch’s Jarrod Gingras explains how mass system adoption is the only real-world measure of any enterprise content management project’s success and suggests some practical steps that project managers can take to get their users on board. “There are many ways to measure success of an information management project. Project leaders typically want [...]

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Oracle Improve ECM With Image And Process Management

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:30:35 +0000

CMS Wire’s Barb Mosher covers the latest upgrades to Oracle’s Universal Content Management Suite, which include Forms Recognition and Imaging and Process Management modules. “Some say the enterprise content management suite may have had its day. Oracle is challenging that view with a couple of new releases to its Oracle Universal Content Management Suite. The [...]

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Moving Mountains: Key Questions For Successful Content Migration

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:30:11 +0000

CMS Wire’s Mike Straight looks at how to prepare for a web content migration project and poses 18 questions that management teams should ask when faced with any major data migration project. “Benjamin Franklin said, ‘By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.’ Obviously Ben wasn’t thinking about migrating web content from one CMS [...]

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What Is Content Management?

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:14 +0000

In this article, CMS Watch’s Tony Byrne wades through the myriad of definitions used in ECM and poses one simple question, “What is content management?” “I suspect the emphasis on ECM definitions stems from a disconnect. We have this all-encompassing term — Enterprise Content Management — that doesn’t reflect how marketplaces and real-life projects actually break out [...]

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Webinar 25th Feb 2010: Maximising Cross-Channel Engagement With WCM

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:15:36 +0000

Forrester Research and Web Content Management vendor, CoreMedia will partner to present a webinar entitled, “The Role Of WCM In Cross-Channel Customer Relations” on 25th Feburary 2010 (5 pm CET). “Consumers want not only rich, engaging experiences online – they increasing expect the engagement to extend transparently across multiple channels, from the web to call centers, [...]

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EMC’s Big FatWire Stake Not As Expected

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:00:17 +0000

In this article, ZDNet’s Steven Powers discusses the much anticipated recent acquisition of web content vendor FatWire by software giant EMC and how the deal is far from the merger expected. “What’s interesting about this announcement is what didn’t happen – the expected sale of FatWire to EMC, which many have speculated about for the past [...]

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ROI Calculations A Joke For ECM

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:30:55 +0000

In this article, CMS Watch’s Alan Pelz-Sharpe, discusses the astonishing lack of tangible return on investment that most ECM administrators could calculate for their incumbent systems. This is nothing new, Pelz-Sharpe continues, as in his opinion, all “ROI calculations for information technology are junk calculations, a fraud, a nonsense, and a complete waste of time.” “ROI assessments [...]

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What’s New In Open Source ECM?

Dianne Nwanma — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:00:51 +0000

CMS Wire’s Dee-Ann LeBlanc, provides February’s round-up of the latest industry news from the top vendors in the open source content management market. “Welcome to the February installment of our what’s coming from the open source CMS projects in the next month.” [Read More] What’s New In Open Source ECM? is a post from: Digital Asset [...]

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Alfresco’s Latest Release In The Clouds

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:30:49 +0000

Alfresco Software have released the latest version of their ECM product, Alfresco Enterprise Edition 3.2. This release has numerous new features, including cloud-deployment, a feature that the company hopes will allow its customers to address their content management requirements at far lower costs. “With this release, Alfresco enables cloud-based deployments, streamlines email management and archiving and enhances team-based content [...]

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ECM Acronyms

Nick Brookes — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:19:25 +0000

This CMSWatch article has a humorous take on a number of common ECM acronyms: ECM: A really big and really expensive document management system BPM: A really expensive workflow system SharePoint: A big collection of lots of little document management systems RM: The art of legally deleting most files while keeping the rest for a [...]

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IBM Unveils Enterprise Content Management Software to Help Clients Increase Efficiency

Sarah Thompson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:30:25 +0000

ARMONK, N.Y. – 01 Sep 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new enterprise content management (ECM) software designed to enable clients to manage their increasing volumes of information and reduce their business processing time, helping reduce cost and increase efficiency. As clients continue to seek smarter use of their technology investments, IBM software is helping [...]

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