Category: Opinion

In this Photpreneur.com blog article, the subject of the declining price of stock photography is discussed and the impact upon the survival of smaller stock libraries in particular.  The causes discussed include publishers acting in a more aggressive manner over pricing and terms as well as amateurs (mainly from …

In this FUMSI article, Fran Alexander of the BBC Archive argues that text search alone is inadequate to support business processes that are typically required of a Digital Asset Management system.  She also critiques a variety of techniques including Tagging, CBIR (Content Based Image Retrieval), Face Recognition, Speech to Text …

Writing for CMSReport.com, Jim Thumma contends that Open Source and SaaS ECM providers (the “new kids on the block” as he calls them) are too good to be true and not to be relied upon like proprietary vendors:

“But like my grandfather used to say, “If it sounds …

Steve Radick, writing on the Enterprise 2.0 blog asks a valid question about how frequently developers actually use software they have built for users:

“Unfortunately, IT departments at large companies and government agencies are too often doing the equivalent of developing Android apps at work and using the iPhone …

Writing on DocFinity.com, Mike Douglass, offers six methods of ensuring a successful ECM training rollout:

1. Understand the difference between education and training
2. Establish training goals
3. Match proposed training benefits with expectations
4. Choose the right environment for learning
5. Choose the right trainer
6. Measure the impact

“Managers who approach training …

Prototyping is an integral part of most software development projects, however, the method used is often paper-based, even if it does not necessarily fit the environment in which the software would be used – this is particularly true of mobile applications.  In this article, Thomas Davies writing on the UX …

According to this TechCrunch.com article by Aaron Levie, CEO of Box.net, “enterprise software is sexy again”:

“With prohibitive pricing, long product cycles and user interfaces only a mother could love, the enterprise offerings of Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and other big vendors are about as appealing as Steve Ballmer …

The concept of ‘technical debt’ has been receiving greater attention recently, in part due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis which has highlighted the dangers of excessively risky financial debt and the potential parallels with high risk software development practices (using code that hasn’t been tested properly).

For those who haven’t …

According to a recent Amazon press release, electronic books delivered via Amazon’s Kindle platform now outsell hardcover editions:

“We’ve reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindle–the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189,” said Jeff …

In an interview with CMSReport.com, Emmanuel Garcin, VP of Jahia, a cloud based content integration software provider believes that open source vendors are better positioned to exploit the cloud because they do not rely on licensing fees:

“The cloud might be a deal breaker for many software …

As reported on the Google Blog, Google have introduced some changes to their image search facility such as larger thumbnails and search by colour, similar images and general user interface enhancements:

“There’s even more sophisticated computer vision technology powering our “Similar images” tool. For example, did you know …

Jeff Kaplan, writing on the Think IT Services blog contests various recent assertions that SaaS (Software as a Service) is a failed model and not reliable for production use.  He counter argues with those who claim that the SaaS “experiment” is over by highlighting the number of mainstream services that …