This Magic Quadrant assesses vendors with capabilities that go beyond enterprise search to encompass a range of technologies. Their capabilities include search; federated search, content classification, categorization and clustering; fact and entity extraction; taxonomy creation and management; information presentation (for example, visualization) to support analysis and understanding; and desktop search to address user-controlled repositories in order to locate and "invoke" documents, data, e-mail and intelligence.
We consider all enterprise search vendors to be information access technology vendors. However, those that only offer search capabilities (frequently called "keyword search") are neither Visionaries nor candidates for the Leaders quadrant, although they are part of the market. Finding information, and acting on it intelligently, demands increasingly sophisticated and innovative strategies and technologies.
We recommend that large commercial and government enterprises select at least an information access platform vendor for the majority of future projects. Platform vendors offer modular architectures, wide varieties of relevance modeling, multiple vertical applications and significant customizability. These enterprises should also typically have a tactical vendor to increase agility for short-term and quick-start projects. Tactical vendors may lack architectural sophistication and customizability, but their products are quicker to deploy and easier to understand. Often, enterprises obtain search as part of a different product, such as a portal or enterprise content management (ECM) application. In such cases, these enterprises may choose to make this embedded search a target for federation. Large enterprises must also recognize the need to explore more specialized products for certain important projects, such as e-discovery, e-commerce search and research science support.
Information access technologies access applications such as document management, Web content management and relational database management systems to provide users with insight into their contents. Increasingly, information access technology is also expected to include results from enterprise applications, such as customer relationship management (CRM) and legacy systems. In addition, it increasingly looks outside enterprises as well, to premium sources of information, Web sites and elements of the social Web. Information access technology is often acquired as an embedded aspect of other applications, and OEM arrangements are significant for information access vendors. Portal, ECM, business application and other vendors frequently include enterprise search as part of their products.
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Showing posts with label ECM. Show all posts
Friday, October 10, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Alfresco schließt OEM-Partnerschaft mit alfa Media
Alfresco schließt OEM-Partnerschaft mit alfa Media
Der Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM)-Anbieter Alfresco und der deutsche Medien-Dienstleister alfa Media haben eine OEM-Partnerschaft abgeschlossen: alfa Media wird die Alfresco-Software komplett in seine alfa MediaSuite, ein modernes Multimedia-Redaktionssystem, integrieren. Mit Alfresco verfügt die alfa MediaSuite damit über ein sehr leistungsfähiges Datenmanagement.
Der Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM)-Anbieter Alfresco und der deutsche Medien-Dienstleister alfa Media haben eine OEM-Partnerschaft abgeschlossen: alfa Media wird die Alfresco-Software komplett in seine alfa MediaSuite, ein modernes Multimedia-Redaktionssystem, integrieren. Mit Alfresco verfügt die alfa MediaSuite damit über ein sehr leistungsfähiges Datenmanagement.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
ECM = integratie | Opinie | ECM | Computable.nl
ECM = integratie | Opinie | ECM | Computable.nl
ECM = integratie
Enterprise content management wordt vaak als een apart product in de markt gezet. Het beheer van content zou volgens deze producten zoveel mogelijk plaats moeten vinden binnen dit product. Eigenlijk is dit een rare gedachtegang. In principe zou ecm veel meer een visie dan een product moeten zijn. Want content is overal: in de productendatabase, in het crm-pakket, op de website, in Word- en Excel-documenten, in Exchange/Outlook, in de wiki, op het intranet.
Wat een echt overkoepelend ecm-product zou moeten zijn is een grote integratietoepassing: een product dat content overal vandaan haalt, omzet in een uniform geheel, aanpasbaar en beheersbaar maakt, maar ook weer terug wegschrijft in de contentsilo waar het vandaan kwam. Een mapping dus, tussen content in de diverse applicaties en content in het ecm-pakket.
In plaats daarvan wordt de ecm-markt op dit moment vooral gedomineerd door hele grote softwarepakketten die vooral hun best doen om content IN die pakketten te houden. Dat lijkt een simpele oplossing, maar het is een versimpeling van de werkelijkheid en levert op termijn een informatiemanagement-nachtmerrie op. Wat organisaties eigenlijk vooral willen is integratie, aggregate en syndicatie van content.
Het is niet dat er niets gebeurt. Er zijn diverse initiatieven gestart om contentuitwisseling te verbeteren. Zo is vanuit de Java Community Proces, de standaardorganisatie voor Java-technologie, JSR-170 en de opvolger JSR-283 gestart, een Java-standaard om het toegangsprotocol op content te standaardiseren. De OASIS-standaardorganisatie heeft tientallen open standaarden ontwikkeld voor gestructureerde informatie. De Dublin Core-standaard van ISO geeft houvast voor het definieren van metadata. Het World Wide Web Consortium (afgekort W3C) heeft tientallen zeer bekende standaarden zoals XHTML, HTTP, XSLT, CSS en SOAP onder zijn hoede.
Alhoewel sommige van deze initiatieven zeer succesvol zijn, blijft het opvallen hoe de ecm-industrie de makkelijke weg kiest en niet standaarden adopteert maar toch weer eigen, proprietary formats definieert en vooral ook content zoveel mogelijk binnen de eigen informatiesilo houden, in plaats van content zoveel mogelijk te halen uit de bestaande contentsilos. Een gemiste kans?
ECM = integratie
Enterprise content management wordt vaak als een apart product in de markt gezet. Het beheer van content zou volgens deze producten zoveel mogelijk plaats moeten vinden binnen dit product. Eigenlijk is dit een rare gedachtegang. In principe zou ecm veel meer een visie dan een product moeten zijn. Want content is overal: in de productendatabase, in het crm-pakket, op de website, in Word- en Excel-documenten, in Exchange/Outlook, in de wiki, op het intranet.
Wat een echt overkoepelend ecm-product zou moeten zijn is een grote integratietoepassing: een product dat content overal vandaan haalt, omzet in een uniform geheel, aanpasbaar en beheersbaar maakt, maar ook weer terug wegschrijft in de contentsilo waar het vandaan kwam. Een mapping dus, tussen content in de diverse applicaties en content in het ecm-pakket.
In plaats daarvan wordt de ecm-markt op dit moment vooral gedomineerd door hele grote softwarepakketten die vooral hun best doen om content IN die pakketten te houden. Dat lijkt een simpele oplossing, maar het is een versimpeling van de werkelijkheid en levert op termijn een informatiemanagement-nachtmerrie op. Wat organisaties eigenlijk vooral willen is integratie, aggregate en syndicatie van content.
Het is niet dat er niets gebeurt. Er zijn diverse initiatieven gestart om contentuitwisseling te verbeteren. Zo is vanuit de Java Community Proces, de standaardorganisatie voor Java-technologie, JSR-170 en de opvolger JSR-283 gestart, een Java-standaard om het toegangsprotocol op content te standaardiseren. De OASIS-standaardorganisatie heeft tientallen open standaarden ontwikkeld voor gestructureerde informatie. De Dublin Core-standaard van ISO geeft houvast voor het definieren van metadata. Het World Wide Web Consortium (afgekort W3C) heeft tientallen zeer bekende standaarden zoals XHTML, HTTP, XSLT, CSS en SOAP onder zijn hoede.
Alhoewel sommige van deze initiatieven zeer succesvol zijn, blijft het opvallen hoe de ecm-industrie de makkelijke weg kiest en niet standaarden adopteert maar toch weer eigen, proprietary formats definieert en vooral ook content zoveel mogelijk binnen de eigen informatiesilo houden, in plaats van content zoveel mogelijk te halen uit de bestaande contentsilos. Een gemiste kans?
Friday, April 18, 2008
Enterprise Content Management for SMBs
Enterprise Content Management for SMBs
Most vendors have given SMBs pretty short shrift. That's got to change--content management is a good place to start.
Long thought of as the second-class citizens of IT, small-tomedium- businesses (SMBs) drew the focus of major and mid-range IT vendors alike in the late 1990s for a number of reasons. First, the era of big, enterprise installed applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) seemed about over. SAP and other vendors had saturated the high end of the customer base and needed to go downmarket. Second, the SMB market was supposed to dramatically outgrow the Global 2000 market in the next 10 years. Third, in order for those new SMBs to compete with G2000s, they would need to adopt technologies that would level the playing field with G2000s—specifically, Internet and Web content management technologies that allow the creation of virtual storefronts with customer service.
Major players like Microsoft launched new divisions supposedly devoted to serving SMBs. Others like IBM with its Express line, debuted mid-range versions of older enterprise products for SMBs. Still others acquired mid-range offerings EMC/Documentum from its OTG acquisition. Application service providers (ASP) sprung up all over the place purportedly to provide SMBs with enterprise applications online. Even small vendors chanted the “small is beautiful” mantra. Well, it all sounded good, but most SMBs found that these players paid them little more than lip service. If, in fact, their booming numbers did compensate in volume of smaller individual sales for the thinner margins they required, then IT vendors had their bases covered. But they weren’t going to promote and seed a market that might never materialize.
The fact is, says Tom Eid, principal analyst, Content, Communication and Collaboration, Gartner, “vendors pay more attention to larger companies in terms of marketing, providing advanced releases, and other benefits.” That’s because “SMBs do not buy technology—instead, they tend to buy solutions that solve their business problems,” says Sanjeev Aggarwal, senior analyst, Small and Medium Business Strategies, Yankee Group. In other words, SMBs don’t madly pursue the state-of-the-art because the generally lack the funds and/or IT resources. They buy solutions that do things like help them be more profitable, cut costs, and be more efficient.
Most vendors have given SMBs pretty short shrift. That's got to change--content management is a good place to start.
Long thought of as the second-class citizens of IT, small-tomedium- businesses (SMBs) drew the focus of major and mid-range IT vendors alike in the late 1990s for a number of reasons. First, the era of big, enterprise installed applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) seemed about over. SAP and other vendors had saturated the high end of the customer base and needed to go downmarket. Second, the SMB market was supposed to dramatically outgrow the Global 2000 market in the next 10 years. Third, in order for those new SMBs to compete with G2000s, they would need to adopt technologies that would level the playing field with G2000s—specifically, Internet and Web content management technologies that allow the creation of virtual storefronts with customer service.
Major players like Microsoft launched new divisions supposedly devoted to serving SMBs. Others like IBM with its Express line, debuted mid-range versions of older enterprise products for SMBs. Still others acquired mid-range offerings EMC/Documentum from its OTG acquisition. Application service providers (ASP) sprung up all over the place purportedly to provide SMBs with enterprise applications online. Even small vendors chanted the “small is beautiful” mantra. Well, it all sounded good, but most SMBs found that these players paid them little more than lip service. If, in fact, their booming numbers did compensate in volume of smaller individual sales for the thinner margins they required, then IT vendors had their bases covered. But they weren’t going to promote and seed a market that might never materialize.
The fact is, says Tom Eid, principal analyst, Content, Communication and Collaboration, Gartner, “vendors pay more attention to larger companies in terms of marketing, providing advanced releases, and other benefits.” That’s because “SMBs do not buy technology—instead, they tend to buy solutions that solve their business problems,” says Sanjeev Aggarwal, senior analyst, Small and Medium Business Strategies, Yankee Group. In other words, SMBs don’t madly pursue the state-of-the-art because the generally lack the funds and/or IT resources. They buy solutions that do things like help them be more profitable, cut costs, and be more efficient.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Erweiterte Open Text-Lösung beschleunigt Social Computing und Collaboration unternehmensweit
Erweiterte Open Text-Lösung beschleunigt Social Computing und Collaboration unternehmensweit
Open Text, globaler Anbieter im Enterprise Content Management (ECM), präsentiert auf der CeBIT in Halle 3, D09 seine neue Lösung Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration. Mit diesem umfassenden neuen Angebot an Tools für Online-Communities, Social Computing und Echtzeit-Collaboration hebt Open Text Web 2.0 auf eine neue Stufe: Enterprise 2.0.
Das neue Angebot ist Teil einer ganzen Serie von Produktinitiativen, die Open Text im Rahmen seiner umfassenden, ebenfalls heute vorgestellten Enterprise 2.0-Strategie bereits auf den Markt gebracht hat und bringen wird. Das Ziel dieser Strategie besteht in der Weiterentwicklung von Organisationsstrukturen durch den unternehmensweiten Einsatz leistungsstarker Social-Computing-Werkzeuge. Open Text stattet die neue Generation seiner Collaboration- und Weblösungen mit Web 2.0-Funktionalitäten wie Wikis, Foren, Blogs, Tagging, Moderation, Online-Communities und Echtzeit-Collaboration aus, die Unternehmen im Rahmen breit angelegter ECM-Strategien einsetzen können. Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration folgte den leistungsstarken Angeboten an Weblösungen von RedDot, der Open Text Web Solutions Group, die alle mit der Livelink ECM-Plattform und anderen gängigen Content Repositories integrierbar sind.
"Große Unternehmen operieren heute auf hart umkämpften globalen Märkten und müssen eine internationale und zunehmend mobile Belegschaft managen. Transparenz, Collaboration und der Austausch von Wissen sind daher wichtiger denn je", so Cheryl McKinnon, Director, Collaborative Content Management bei Open Text. "Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration gibt Unternehmen einen Leitfaden zu Enterprise 2.0 im Rahmen einer breit angelegten ECM-Strategie an die Hand. Gleichzeitig eröffnet das Produkt neue Wege, um die Zusammenarbeit und Produktivität der Mitarbeiter zu verbessern und die Kundentreue zu steigern."
Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration verbindet Menschen, Prozesse und Inhalte unternehmensweit und lässt eine Arbeitsumgebung entstehen, in der die Mitarbeiter problemlos Ideen, Erfahrungen und Wissen in Echtzeit austauschen können. Die Lösung verbindet eine zuverlässige Wissensdatenbank mit Funktionalitäten für Projekträume, Umfragen, Nachrichtenticker, Aufgaben und Projektmanagement. Community-Applikationen mit speziellen, unternehmensweit skalierbaren Tools und Echtzeit-Collaboration sowie Newsletter, FAQ, und Veranstaltungskalender fördern den Austausch von Expertise und Best Practices.
Die Collaboration- und Community-Tools sind zusammen mit sämtlichen Inhalten in einer intuitiv bedienbaren Umgebung zugänglich. Das fördert die Zusammenarbeit und gleichzeitig werden Projektinformationen im darunter liegenden ECM Framework erfasst. Sicherheit, Zugriffskontrolle und Aufbewahrungsregeln werden unter Nutzung der bereits vorhandenen nativen Sicherheitsmechanismen und ohne zusätzliche Administrationsschicht durchgängig angewandt. Die damit ausgestatteten Mitarbeiter können schnell und sicher bereichs- und aufgabenübergreifende Teams bilden, ausgetauschtes Wissen erfassen, Prozesse managen und Projektfristen selbst über Abteilungs- und Ländergrenzen hinweg zuverlässig einhalten.
- Verbreitung von Expertenwissen und Best Practices in Communities: Unternehmen können effektiv ihre Wissensinseln miteinander verknüpfen und Mitarbeiter, die vor ähnlichen Zielen und Herausforderungen stehen, zusammenbringen. Neue Ideen und Chancen lassen sich in Support-Netzwerken kommunizieren, Standards und Best Practices können festgelegt werden, die Zusammenarbeit mit Kunden und Partnern wird effektiver. Zudem können mit Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration sichere Records Management-Kontrollen auf Inhalte aus der Community-Umgebung angewandt werden.
- Agilere Unternehmensstrukturen durch Projektmanagement: In eigenen Projekträumen können sich Mitarbeiter voll und ganz auf ihre Arbeit konzentrieren. Projektleiter können flexibel Teams zusammenstellen, neue Teammitglieder über eine Browser-basierende Benutzeroberfläche hinzufügen und ihnen verschiedene Rollen und Aufgaben zuweisen. Alle relevanten Projektinformationen - Pläne, Dokumente, Aufgabenlisten, URLs etc. - werden zentral im Projektraum gespeichert und vorgehalten. Die Kommunikation der Projektmitglieder kann innerhalb so genannter Threaded Discussions erfasst, in gängige E-Mail-Systeme integriert und auf dem Desktop bereitgestellt werden.
- Echtzeit-Zugriff auf Menschen und Informationen: Echtzeit-Funktionalitäten ermöglichen die flexible und vor unerlaubtem Zugriff geschützte Zusammenarbeit im Unternehmen. Unterstützung für Teambesprechungen, Instant Messaging, Screen- und Applikationssharing sowie gemeinsam genutzte Arbeitsräume verbessern das Arbeiten im Team und erhöhen die Produktivität.
Verfügbarkeit
Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration wird im Mai 2008 verfügbar sein. Weitere Informationen sind unter http://www.opentext.com/... erhältlich.
05.03.2008, Katalin Balogh
Open Text, globaler Anbieter im Enterprise Content Management (ECM), präsentiert auf der CeBIT in Halle 3, D09 seine neue Lösung Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration. Mit diesem umfassenden neuen Angebot an Tools für Online-Communities, Social Computing und Echtzeit-Collaboration hebt Open Text Web 2.0 auf eine neue Stufe: Enterprise 2.0.
Das neue Angebot ist Teil einer ganzen Serie von Produktinitiativen, die Open Text im Rahmen seiner umfassenden, ebenfalls heute vorgestellten Enterprise 2.0-Strategie bereits auf den Markt gebracht hat und bringen wird. Das Ziel dieser Strategie besteht in der Weiterentwicklung von Organisationsstrukturen durch den unternehmensweiten Einsatz leistungsstarker Social-Computing-Werkzeuge. Open Text stattet die neue Generation seiner Collaboration- und Weblösungen mit Web 2.0-Funktionalitäten wie Wikis, Foren, Blogs, Tagging, Moderation, Online-Communities und Echtzeit-Collaboration aus, die Unternehmen im Rahmen breit angelegter ECM-Strategien einsetzen können. Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration folgte den leistungsstarken Angeboten an Weblösungen von RedDot, der Open Text Web Solutions Group, die alle mit der Livelink ECM-Plattform und anderen gängigen Content Repositories integrierbar sind.
"Große Unternehmen operieren heute auf hart umkämpften globalen Märkten und müssen eine internationale und zunehmend mobile Belegschaft managen. Transparenz, Collaboration und der Austausch von Wissen sind daher wichtiger denn je", so Cheryl McKinnon, Director, Collaborative Content Management bei Open Text. "Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration gibt Unternehmen einen Leitfaden zu Enterprise 2.0 im Rahmen einer breit angelegten ECM-Strategie an die Hand. Gleichzeitig eröffnet das Produkt neue Wege, um die Zusammenarbeit und Produktivität der Mitarbeiter zu verbessern und die Kundentreue zu steigern."
Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration verbindet Menschen, Prozesse und Inhalte unternehmensweit und lässt eine Arbeitsumgebung entstehen, in der die Mitarbeiter problemlos Ideen, Erfahrungen und Wissen in Echtzeit austauschen können. Die Lösung verbindet eine zuverlässige Wissensdatenbank mit Funktionalitäten für Projekträume, Umfragen, Nachrichtenticker, Aufgaben und Projektmanagement. Community-Applikationen mit speziellen, unternehmensweit skalierbaren Tools und Echtzeit-Collaboration sowie Newsletter, FAQ, und Veranstaltungskalender fördern den Austausch von Expertise und Best Practices.
Die Collaboration- und Community-Tools sind zusammen mit sämtlichen Inhalten in einer intuitiv bedienbaren Umgebung zugänglich. Das fördert die Zusammenarbeit und gleichzeitig werden Projektinformationen im darunter liegenden ECM Framework erfasst. Sicherheit, Zugriffskontrolle und Aufbewahrungsregeln werden unter Nutzung der bereits vorhandenen nativen Sicherheitsmechanismen und ohne zusätzliche Administrationsschicht durchgängig angewandt. Die damit ausgestatteten Mitarbeiter können schnell und sicher bereichs- und aufgabenübergreifende Teams bilden, ausgetauschtes Wissen erfassen, Prozesse managen und Projektfristen selbst über Abteilungs- und Ländergrenzen hinweg zuverlässig einhalten.
- Verbreitung von Expertenwissen und Best Practices in Communities: Unternehmen können effektiv ihre Wissensinseln miteinander verknüpfen und Mitarbeiter, die vor ähnlichen Zielen und Herausforderungen stehen, zusammenbringen. Neue Ideen und Chancen lassen sich in Support-Netzwerken kommunizieren, Standards und Best Practices können festgelegt werden, die Zusammenarbeit mit Kunden und Partnern wird effektiver. Zudem können mit Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration sichere Records Management-Kontrollen auf Inhalte aus der Community-Umgebung angewandt werden.
- Agilere Unternehmensstrukturen durch Projektmanagement: In eigenen Projekträumen können sich Mitarbeiter voll und ganz auf ihre Arbeit konzentrieren. Projektleiter können flexibel Teams zusammenstellen, neue Teammitglieder über eine Browser-basierende Benutzeroberfläche hinzufügen und ihnen verschiedene Rollen und Aufgaben zuweisen. Alle relevanten Projektinformationen - Pläne, Dokumente, Aufgabenlisten, URLs etc. - werden zentral im Projektraum gespeichert und vorgehalten. Die Kommunikation der Projektmitglieder kann innerhalb so genannter Threaded Discussions erfasst, in gängige E-Mail-Systeme integriert und auf dem Desktop bereitgestellt werden.
- Echtzeit-Zugriff auf Menschen und Informationen: Echtzeit-Funktionalitäten ermöglichen die flexible und vor unerlaubtem Zugriff geschützte Zusammenarbeit im Unternehmen. Unterstützung für Teambesprechungen, Instant Messaging, Screen- und Applikationssharing sowie gemeinsam genutzte Arbeitsräume verbessern das Arbeiten im Team und erhöhen die Produktivität.
Verfügbarkeit
Livelink ECM - Extended Collaboration wird im Mai 2008 verfügbar sein. Weitere Informationen sind unter http://www.opentext.com/... erhältlich.
05.03.2008, Katalin Balogh
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
ECM-Anbieter tummeln sich im Sharepoint-Umfeld
ECM-Anbieter tummeln sich im Sharepoint-Umfeld
Microsoft Office Sharepoint 2007, kurz MOSS, ist die neue Version der Portal-Software aus dem Hause Microsoft, die im Vergleich zur Vorgängerversion, die noch unter dem Namen Sharepoint Portal Server lief, erhebliche Fortschritte gemacht hat. Auf Grund der massiven Weiterentwicklung positioniert Microsoft selber den MOSS jetzt als ECM-Plattform.
Nimmt man die Definition zu ECM von AIIM, so stellt man fest, dass der derzeitige MOSS mit den Hauptkomponenten Capture, Output, Delivery, Store und Preserve nichts zu tun hat. Bei den Managementkomponenten deckt er die Bereiche Dokumenten-Management, Records-Management, Web-Content-Management sowie schwerpunktmäßig Collaboration ab.
Der Einsatz von Sharepoint-Lösungen scheint sich auszubreiten, es ist eine deutliche Zunahme der Nachfrage im Markt zu spüren, obwohl die Microsoft Lösung bekanntlich einige Lücken aufweist. Gleichzeitig haben immer mehr ECM-Hersteller Produkte im Angebot, die diese Lücken, zumindest im Bereich der Archivierung, zu schließen versuchen. Dieser Artikel versucht einen Überblick über vorhandene Lösungen, offene Punkte und weitere Möglichkeiten der Integration mit Sharepoint zu geben.
Microsoft Office Sharepoint 2007, kurz MOSS, ist die neue Version der Portal-Software aus dem Hause Microsoft, die im Vergleich zur Vorgängerversion, die noch unter dem Namen Sharepoint Portal Server lief, erhebliche Fortschritte gemacht hat. Auf Grund der massiven Weiterentwicklung positioniert Microsoft selber den MOSS jetzt als ECM-Plattform.
Nimmt man die Definition zu ECM von AIIM, so stellt man fest, dass der derzeitige MOSS mit den Hauptkomponenten Capture, Output, Delivery, Store und Preserve nichts zu tun hat. Bei den Managementkomponenten deckt er die Bereiche Dokumenten-Management, Records-Management, Web-Content-Management sowie schwerpunktmäßig Collaboration ab.
Der Einsatz von Sharepoint-Lösungen scheint sich auszubreiten, es ist eine deutliche Zunahme der Nachfrage im Markt zu spüren, obwohl die Microsoft Lösung bekanntlich einige Lücken aufweist. Gleichzeitig haben immer mehr ECM-Hersteller Produkte im Angebot, die diese Lücken, zumindest im Bereich der Archivierung, zu schließen versuchen. Dieser Artikel versucht einen Überblick über vorhandene Lösungen, offene Punkte und weitere Möglichkeiten der Integration mit Sharepoint zu geben.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Nuxeo releases version 5.1 of its open source ECM platform with a focus on SOA, scalability and support - Nuxeo open source ECM
Nuxeo releases version 5.1 of its open source ECM platform with a focus on SOA, scalability and support - Nuxeo open source ECM
The updated platform provides a powerful and flexible infrastructure that meets the needs of large scale enterprises investing in SOA, with first implementations in the media, energy and defense sectors.
Paris, 18 October 2007 - Nuxeo, the pioneer and leader of open source ECM (Enterprise Content Management), announces Nuxeo Enterprise Platform 5.1, a new version of its ECM platform. This release is largely distinguished by its service-oriented architecture (SOA), scalability and flexibility. A high level of support is also available - delivering enterprise-grade functional & technical support, certified software patches and updates, and management tools that are available during every stage of the application lifecycle.
The updated platform provides a powerful and flexible infrastructure that meets the needs of large scale enterprises investing in SOA, with first implementations in the media, energy and defense sectors.
Paris, 18 October 2007 - Nuxeo, the pioneer and leader of open source ECM (Enterprise Content Management), announces Nuxeo Enterprise Platform 5.1, a new version of its ECM platform. This release is largely distinguished by its service-oriented architecture (SOA), scalability and flexibility. A high level of support is also available - delivering enterprise-grade functional & technical support, certified software patches and updates, and management tools that are available during every stage of the application lifecycle.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Demystifying the Gartner ECM Magic Quadrant | The Intelligent Enterprise Blog
Demystifying the Gartner ECM Magic Quadrant | The Intelligent Enterprise Blog
Demystifying the Gartner ECM Magic Quadrant
Posted by Alan Pelz-Sharpe
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
10:34 AM
Inclusion in the Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) is believed by vendors to have a very positive impact on sales. In the 2007 MQ for Enterprise Content Management, published late last month, it's clear that little (in Gartner's view) has changed in the ECM world. Well, we beg to differ: 2007 has been a period of major change! And so rather than harping on perceived weaknesses in this highly influential document, let's point out where the analysis in the CMS Watch ECM Suites Report differs from Gartner's.
1. CMS Watch recognizes that there are valid and increasingly plausible and popular open source options for ECM making an impact on the market as a whole. Alfresco, Nuxeo, Knowledge Tree, Jahia and InfoGrid are all credible options. Yet not even a mention of Alfresco (which has been almost ubiquitous in the press this year) has made the Gartner report.
2. We see regional richness and diversity among ECM suppliers around the globe. Examples include the impact of NewGen in India, Asia and the Middle East, and Saperion in Europe. Neither vendor gets a mention in the MQ.
3. We don't grade vendors on the size of their revenue, rather on their viability and the quality of their products. Many vendors make less than $20 Million a year (a criteria for inclusion in the MQ), yet are profitable, stable and produce very high-quality products.
4. We differentiate vendors by scenarios, i.e., by where its product would be best suited. For example Cimage, Spescom and Formtek (only Cimage is included in the MQ) might all be prime candidates in an Engineering DM situation. Vendors have both domain expertise and products that have been designed to excel in some situations but not others. We think it's important that you know those differences and are able to compare like-for-like products before selecting a shortlist based on vague concepts such as "leadership and vision."
There are other things about this report that baffle us, like why SAP is included in it (when even the report itself states that they do not have an ECM Suite) when others that do sell ECM Suites, such as those we mention above, are excluded. It may seem unfair to pick on another analyst firm — and, for the record, the authors of this particular report are all experts we have great respect for — but the importance of the MQ in the buying process is so huge that it demands a critical assessment and evaluation.
If there is a problem to identify, it is likely a business model that hinges on such charts, and a public's demand for ever simplified information, along with the vendors' addiction to getting the "right" placement in the chart. It is both the beauty and the curse of the MQ that it dramatically simplifies a marketplace. But ECM tools and choices are far from simple. In short, buyers of ECM beware.
Alan Pelz-Sharpe is a principal analyst at CMS Watch. Write him at aps@cmswatch.com
Demystifying the Gartner ECM Magic Quadrant
Posted by Alan Pelz-Sharpe
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
10:34 AM
Inclusion in the Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) is believed by vendors to have a very positive impact on sales. In the 2007 MQ for Enterprise Content Management, published late last month, it's clear that little (in Gartner's view) has changed in the ECM world. Well, we beg to differ: 2007 has been a period of major change! And so rather than harping on perceived weaknesses in this highly influential document, let's point out where the analysis in the CMS Watch ECM Suites Report differs from Gartner's.
1. CMS Watch recognizes that there are valid and increasingly plausible and popular open source options for ECM making an impact on the market as a whole. Alfresco, Nuxeo, Knowledge Tree, Jahia and InfoGrid are all credible options. Yet not even a mention of Alfresco (which has been almost ubiquitous in the press this year) has made the Gartner report.
2. We see regional richness and diversity among ECM suppliers around the globe. Examples include the impact of NewGen in India, Asia and the Middle East, and Saperion in Europe. Neither vendor gets a mention in the MQ.
3. We don't grade vendors on the size of their revenue, rather on their viability and the quality of their products. Many vendors make less than $20 Million a year (a criteria for inclusion in the MQ), yet are profitable, stable and produce very high-quality products.
4. We differentiate vendors by scenarios, i.e., by where its product would be best suited. For example Cimage, Spescom and Formtek (only Cimage is included in the MQ) might all be prime candidates in an Engineering DM situation. Vendors have both domain expertise and products that have been designed to excel in some situations but not others. We think it's important that you know those differences and are able to compare like-for-like products before selecting a shortlist based on vague concepts such as "leadership and vision."
There are other things about this report that baffle us, like why SAP is included in it (when even the report itself states that they do not have an ECM Suite) when others that do sell ECM Suites, such as those we mention above, are excluded. It may seem unfair to pick on another analyst firm — and, for the record, the authors of this particular report are all experts we have great respect for — but the importance of the MQ in the buying process is so huge that it demands a critical assessment and evaluation.
If there is a problem to identify, it is likely a business model that hinges on such charts, and a public's demand for ever simplified information, along with the vendors' addiction to getting the "right" placement in the chart. It is both the beauty and the curse of the MQ that it dramatically simplifies a marketplace. But ECM tools and choices are far from simple. In short, buyers of ECM beware.
Alan Pelz-Sharpe is a principal analyst at CMS Watch. Write him at aps@cmswatch.com
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
destinationCRM.com: Enterprise Content Management Is Growing
destinationCRM.com: Enterprise Content Management Is Growing
The market is expected to grow as enterprises seek to consolidate the vast amounts of unstructured data in word processing, spreadsheets, and other formats, according to a report
The market is expected to grow as enterprises seek to consolidate the vast amounts of unstructured data in word processing, spreadsheets, and other formats, according to a report
Monday, May 21, 2007
Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise Content Management Software Market Will Reach $4.2 Billon in 2010
Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise Content Management Software Market Will Reach $4.2 Billon in 2010
Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise Content Management Software Market Will Reach $4.2 Billon in 2010
STAMFORD, Conn., May 21, 2007 —
Due to the increasing need for companies to manage content at the enterprise level, the worldwide enterprise content management (ECM) software market is expected to grow more than 12 percent per year through 2010, from $2.6 billion in 2006 to more than $4.2 billion in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2007, worldwide ECM revenue is projected to total $2.9 billion, a 12.8 percent increase from 2006 (see Table 1).
The vast majority of the information a company has is unstructured data residing in word processing documents, presentations, rich media files, spreadsheets and other file formats. Companies must make this content available to workers, business partner’s customers, and applications across the organization to automate business processes, increase efficiency, reduce costs and repetitiveness, make employees more effective and gain competitive advantages.
“For many organizations, unstructured content is fundamentally out of control,” said Tom Eid, research vice president for Gartner. “Employees are creating all types of content for internal and external use with delivery through both formal and informal channels (such as wikis and blogs). While some of this business-specific content is now being managed through insurance claims processing, loan origination, case management and Web content management, the vast majority of this content is not being managed as an enterprise asset.”
Table 1
EnterpriseContent Management Software, Worldwide, 2006-2010 (Millions of Dollars)
2006 2,614.4
2007 2,949.3
2008 3,316.8
2009 3,755.2
2010 4,248.3
Total Software Revenue
Source: Gartner (May 2007)
Gartner analysts said many factors will shape the ECM market over the next several years. Vendors and the individual technology markets from which they come will continue to consolidate. The quality, performance and ease of use of software products will improve. ECM offerings will split into two tiers: broad, platform-based solutions will tackle heavy-duty chores, such as focusing on process-centric and mission-critical documents, such as compliance efforts, while streamlined basic content services (BCS) offerings will appeal to companies that need only entry-level functions, such as document security and library services.
“In many instances, it is appropriate to have BCS and ECM technologies being used together,” Mr. Eid said. “BCS will increase the adoption of ECM technologies. As more content is created, more content will need to be managed. As the content becomes more valued, it will become more of a corporate asset that is managed in a more comprehensive manner through ECM offerings.”
Additional information is available in the Gartner report “Forecast: Enterprise Content Management Software, Worldwide, 2006-2011, Update,” This report examines the state of the worldwide enterprise content management software market and looks at what trends are developing, and includes a full forecast for the market. The report is available on Gartner's Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=505618&subref=simplesearch.
Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise Content Management Software Market Will Reach $4.2 Billon in 2010
STAMFORD, Conn., May 21, 2007 —
Due to the increasing need for companies to manage content at the enterprise level, the worldwide enterprise content management (ECM) software market is expected to grow more than 12 percent per year through 2010, from $2.6 billion in 2006 to more than $4.2 billion in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2007, worldwide ECM revenue is projected to total $2.9 billion, a 12.8 percent increase from 2006 (see Table 1).
The vast majority of the information a company has is unstructured data residing in word processing documents, presentations, rich media files, spreadsheets and other file formats. Companies must make this content available to workers, business partner’s customers, and applications across the organization to automate business processes, increase efficiency, reduce costs and repetitiveness, make employees more effective and gain competitive advantages.
“For many organizations, unstructured content is fundamentally out of control,” said Tom Eid, research vice president for Gartner. “Employees are creating all types of content for internal and external use with delivery through both formal and informal channels (such as wikis and blogs). While some of this business-specific content is now being managed through insurance claims processing, loan origination, case management and Web content management, the vast majority of this content is not being managed as an enterprise asset.”
Table 1
EnterpriseContent Management Software, Worldwide, 2006-2010 (Millions of Dollars)
2006 2,614.4
2007 2,949.3
2008 3,316.8
2009 3,755.2
2010 4,248.3
Total Software Revenue
Source: Gartner (May 2007)
Gartner analysts said many factors will shape the ECM market over the next several years. Vendors and the individual technology markets from which they come will continue to consolidate. The quality, performance and ease of use of software products will improve. ECM offerings will split into two tiers: broad, platform-based solutions will tackle heavy-duty chores, such as focusing on process-centric and mission-critical documents, such as compliance efforts, while streamlined basic content services (BCS) offerings will appeal to companies that need only entry-level functions, such as document security and library services.
“In many instances, it is appropriate to have BCS and ECM technologies being used together,” Mr. Eid said. “BCS will increase the adoption of ECM technologies. As more content is created, more content will need to be managed. As the content becomes more valued, it will become more of a corporate asset that is managed in a more comprehensive manner through ECM offerings.”
Additional information is available in the Gartner report “Forecast: Enterprise Content Management Software, Worldwide, 2006-2011, Update,” This report examines the state of the worldwide enterprise content management software market and looks at what trends are developing, and includes a full forecast for the market. The report is available on Gartner's Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=505618&subref=simplesearch.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Forrester Research: Can Salesforce.com Reinvent Content Management?
Forrester Research: Can Salesforce.com Reinvent Content Management?
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The enterprise content management market is in tremendous flux with IBM's acquisition of FileNet, the introduction of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Oracle's acquisition of Stellent. Clearly, the industry's biggest vendors see a huge opportunity. Now salesforce.com has entered the fray with the acquisition of Koral and looks to redefine content management software as a service (SaaS) in the same way it redefined customer relationship management (CRM). The new offering, Salesforce Content, will be initially offered as a standalone collaborative document management system and will be optionally bundled with salesforce.com's CRM solutions. It is only the second application offered by the SaaS leader and will test the vendor's ability to move beyond its CRM roots and become a true infrastructure provider.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The enterprise content management market is in tremendous flux with IBM's acquisition of FileNet, the introduction of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Oracle's acquisition of Stellent. Clearly, the industry's biggest vendors see a huge opportunity. Now salesforce.com has entered the fray with the acquisition of Koral and looks to redefine content management software as a service (SaaS) in the same way it redefined customer relationship management (CRM). The new offering, Salesforce Content, will be initially offered as a standalone collaborative document management system and will be optionally bundled with salesforce.com's CRM solutions. It is only the second application offered by the SaaS leader and will test the vendor's ability to move beyond its CRM roots and become a true infrastructure provider.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Enterprise Content Management Marketplace: Opportunities and Risks -- CMS Watch
Enterprise Content Management Marketplace: Opportunities and Risks -- CMS Watch
Enterprise Content Management Marketplace: Opportunities and Risks
by Alan Pelz-Sharpe
23-Apr-2007
Enteprise Content Management (ECM) technologies can have a huge impact on your business. So naturally, buyers will do well to carefully assess both ECM products and the vendors that sell them.
It is all too easy to select vendors for your short list based on their supposed “leadership” status in the market – status given either by analyst firms or by the vendors themselves. As our ECM Suites Report amply describes, ECM represents a very wide range of technologies to solve an equally wide range of business problems. Your challenge becomes making the right “fit” for your specific needs.
Once you have identified toolsets that meet your requirements, you also need to consider the vendors. Again “leadership” status in a top right quadrant on an analyst chart does little more than tell you who has the biggest revenues in the sector, along with the widest array of technology to offer. It does not tell you whether the vendor’s corporate status is in state of flux, or whether the product set is currently undergoing an overhaul, or whether both are in the process of becoming somewhat irrelevant in the marketplace due to a lack of innovation and investment.
Major ECM vendors will gladly dazzle, and wine and dine your team, but though they may appear to be a safe and conservative choice, in fact today many are ironically higher-risk partners.
All of these factors involve risk to you, the buyer. So we'd like to provide you with some key indicators to recognize and weigh those risks. Interestingly, you'll see that major brands that would appear a safe and conservative choice actually, in some circumstances, represent higher-risk choices.
To gain maximum value from this analysis you need to consider two key factors: Your enterprise and the ECM marketplace. Each buying organization is different. What represents a high risk to one may represent a chance for innovation and a competitive advantage to another. What represents a staid, uninspiring, and somewhat slow-moving product set to one enterprise may represent a solid area of comfort and low risk to another. And of course, vendors and products are in constant flux.
Charting Risks
The chart below represents four key dimensions that we believe should supplement a functional, cost/value analysis in any major procurement decision. Use this tool in addition to the specific product research that looks in more detail at the detailed functional and technical capabilities of the technology sets.
There is no “right” or “magic” or “leader” location this chart. Buyers with strong internal IT processes and a predilection for “early adoption” may favor a vendor undertaking fundamental change, on the grounds that they can influence roadmaps and new technology and “leapfrog” competitors stuck with older tools and approaches. Other customers will prefer an ECM supplier evolving at a more moderate pace; while still other buyers will prefer a more conservative approach. It is for you to decide where your preferences sit.
The four dimensions we plot are:
1. Size – Denotes the relative size and importance of the vendor in the broad technology marketplace.
2. Focus on ECM – Indicates how much of the firm’s efforts are focused on ECM. For some it is a side activity, for others it is the sole focus.
3. Vendor Evolution – Weighs the current pace of change at the vendor itself: Is it evolving as the marketplace changes? Has it just been acquired, or acquired another product?
4. Product Development – Weighs the current pace of change for the ECM solution. Is the product line about to undergo a major revision? Is the firm in the midst of trying to piece together many disparate modules. Or is little happening, with a mature product undergoing minimal change?
Each buyer will rate the importance of these dimensions differently and we encourage you to make use of this tool interactively. Our placement of the vendors denotes our assessments as of mid-2007; we will update it substantially every six months. To be sure, the vendor are in motion but here is our quick snapshot.
The Vendors
EMC|Documentum
EMC|Documentum is going through a period of major change in 2007: not only is D6 (a major upgrade to the product) due in September, 2007, but the firm lost recently lost its charismatic leader Dave DeWalt – a loss seemingly unexpected by EMC, and one that will have a major impact on the executive leadership, and by default corporate and product direction of the Documentum product set. Hence our placement of EMC Documentum firmly in the Refresh sector toward the Turbulence sector of the chart.
IBM / FileNet
When IBM bought FileNet in late 2006, they took on a product set in P8 that had recently undergone a major revision to Version 4. There is integration work to be done to make sense of the two parallel product sets (IBM CM and FileNet P8) but there is less turmoil than may have been expected. Likewise, as the entire executive team from FileNet replaced the previous IBM team, there will be a period of settling down, and certainly there will be change over time to manage; hence our placement of IBM across the Turbulence and Shifting sectors.
Oracle / Stellent
Oracle will apparently allow the Stellent UCM product set to continue in its current guise for some time to come, and instead is concentrating on integrating elements to run on top of its Content DB and BPEL process manager, so there is less turmoil here than we might have thought. Nevertheless this is a period of major change for Stellent, albeit one we expect to settle down sooner rather than later, in large part due to Oracle’s enormous resources and the relatively small size of this acquisition for Oracle. Hence placement across the Turbulence and Refresh sectors.
OpenText / Hummingbird
Corporately Open Text has a clear, applications-oriented strategy, yet there can be no underestimating the scale of the task they face in rationalizing not just the Hummingbird acquisition, but a myriad of prior purchases. Hence our placement in Shifting albeit bordering Restructuring.
Alfresco
The new kid on the block in the ECM world, Alfresco has made a mark quickly on the market, and yet despite being a new firm, they are surprisingly stable and well-funded. They are not undergoing any major corporate change, and the product is reaching a point of some maturity (as an ECM platform), but the company is still experimenting with licensing and governance models; hence our placement in Shifting, bordering Balance.
Interwoven
The WorkSite products have clearly done well for Interwoven, yet it remains unclear whether the company will commit to them to the same depth as its traditional WCM tools. Interwoven operates as a group of fiefdoms, this particular group is in comparison to others moving slowly both at the product and corporate level, hence we have placed them in Stasis, bordering on Maintenance. They are potentially a good match for a conservative buyer.
Vignette
Like Interwoven, Vignette’s original WCM products seem to get more attention than the company’s acquired ECM tools. As such little of import is happening with the product set. Some elements from the Tower acquisition appear to be languishing, and corporately addressing this does not appear to be high on their agenda. Hence our placement of Vignette in the Maintenance sector bordering Stasis.
Xerox
Xerox is a very large firm, but DocuShare is a tiny part of this mammoth company – albeit a small part that has done well. The product is mature, and we expect changes to be organic and incremental. The executive team responsible for DocuShare also remains stable, though the larger Xerox company continues to show little real interest in DocuShare – hence our placement and weighting of Xerox in Continuity.
Microsoft
Despite all the hype around SharePoint, ECM is not a major area of focus for Microsoft as a whole, even if it is getting more attention now than in the past. But the deeper story here is that SharePoint remains nowhere near complete or mature, even if it is progressing well. As such, we expect it to undergo some major revisions over the next year or so. Hence we have positioned Microsoft in Overhaul.
Hyland
Hyland is a stable company with a stable product set, developing its technology continuously, if conservatively. Hence our placement of them in the Balance sector.
[Editors note: this article was excerpted from the recently released ECM Suites Report, which contains detailed evaluations of each of these vendors.]
Enterprise Content Management Marketplace: Opportunities and Risks
by Alan Pelz-Sharpe
23-Apr-2007
Enteprise Content Management (ECM) technologies can have a huge impact on your business. So naturally, buyers will do well to carefully assess both ECM products and the vendors that sell them.
It is all too easy to select vendors for your short list based on their supposed “leadership” status in the market – status given either by analyst firms or by the vendors themselves. As our ECM Suites Report amply describes, ECM represents a very wide range of technologies to solve an equally wide range of business problems. Your challenge becomes making the right “fit” for your specific needs.
Once you have identified toolsets that meet your requirements, you also need to consider the vendors. Again “leadership” status in a top right quadrant on an analyst chart does little more than tell you who has the biggest revenues in the sector, along with the widest array of technology to offer. It does not tell you whether the vendor’s corporate status is in state of flux, or whether the product set is currently undergoing an overhaul, or whether both are in the process of becoming somewhat irrelevant in the marketplace due to a lack of innovation and investment.
Major ECM vendors will gladly dazzle, and wine and dine your team, but though they may appear to be a safe and conservative choice, in fact today many are ironically higher-risk partners.
All of these factors involve risk to you, the buyer. So we'd like to provide you with some key indicators to recognize and weigh those risks. Interestingly, you'll see that major brands that would appear a safe and conservative choice actually, in some circumstances, represent higher-risk choices.
To gain maximum value from this analysis you need to consider two key factors: Your enterprise and the ECM marketplace. Each buying organization is different. What represents a high risk to one may represent a chance for innovation and a competitive advantage to another. What represents a staid, uninspiring, and somewhat slow-moving product set to one enterprise may represent a solid area of comfort and low risk to another. And of course, vendors and products are in constant flux.
Charting Risks
The chart below represents four key dimensions that we believe should supplement a functional, cost/value analysis in any major procurement decision. Use this tool in addition to the specific product research that looks in more detail at the detailed functional and technical capabilities of the technology sets.
There is no “right” or “magic” or “leader” location this chart. Buyers with strong internal IT processes and a predilection for “early adoption” may favor a vendor undertaking fundamental change, on the grounds that they can influence roadmaps and new technology and “leapfrog” competitors stuck with older tools and approaches. Other customers will prefer an ECM supplier evolving at a more moderate pace; while still other buyers will prefer a more conservative approach. It is for you to decide where your preferences sit.
The four dimensions we plot are:
1. Size – Denotes the relative size and importance of the vendor in the broad technology marketplace.
2. Focus on ECM – Indicates how much of the firm’s efforts are focused on ECM. For some it is a side activity, for others it is the sole focus.
3. Vendor Evolution – Weighs the current pace of change at the vendor itself: Is it evolving as the marketplace changes? Has it just been acquired, or acquired another product?
4. Product Development – Weighs the current pace of change for the ECM solution. Is the product line about to undergo a major revision? Is the firm in the midst of trying to piece together many disparate modules. Or is little happening, with a mature product undergoing minimal change?
Each buyer will rate the importance of these dimensions differently and we encourage you to make use of this tool interactively. Our placement of the vendors denotes our assessments as of mid-2007; we will update it substantially every six months. To be sure, the vendor are in motion but here is our quick snapshot.
The Vendors
EMC|Documentum
EMC|Documentum is going through a period of major change in 2007: not only is D6 (a major upgrade to the product) due in September, 2007, but the firm lost recently lost its charismatic leader Dave DeWalt – a loss seemingly unexpected by EMC, and one that will have a major impact on the executive leadership, and by default corporate and product direction of the Documentum product set. Hence our placement of EMC Documentum firmly in the Refresh sector toward the Turbulence sector of the chart.
IBM / FileNet
When IBM bought FileNet in late 2006, they took on a product set in P8 that had recently undergone a major revision to Version 4. There is integration work to be done to make sense of the two parallel product sets (IBM CM and FileNet P8) but there is less turmoil than may have been expected. Likewise, as the entire executive team from FileNet replaced the previous IBM team, there will be a period of settling down, and certainly there will be change over time to manage; hence our placement of IBM across the Turbulence and Shifting sectors.
Oracle / Stellent
Oracle will apparently allow the Stellent UCM product set to continue in its current guise for some time to come, and instead is concentrating on integrating elements to run on top of its Content DB and BPEL process manager, so there is less turmoil here than we might have thought. Nevertheless this is a period of major change for Stellent, albeit one we expect to settle down sooner rather than later, in large part due to Oracle’s enormous resources and the relatively small size of this acquisition for Oracle. Hence placement across the Turbulence and Refresh sectors.
OpenText / Hummingbird
Corporately Open Text has a clear, applications-oriented strategy, yet there can be no underestimating the scale of the task they face in rationalizing not just the Hummingbird acquisition, but a myriad of prior purchases. Hence our placement in Shifting albeit bordering Restructuring.
Alfresco
The new kid on the block in the ECM world, Alfresco has made a mark quickly on the market, and yet despite being a new firm, they are surprisingly stable and well-funded. They are not undergoing any major corporate change, and the product is reaching a point of some maturity (as an ECM platform), but the company is still experimenting with licensing and governance models; hence our placement in Shifting, bordering Balance.
Interwoven
The WorkSite products have clearly done well for Interwoven, yet it remains unclear whether the company will commit to them to the same depth as its traditional WCM tools. Interwoven operates as a group of fiefdoms, this particular group is in comparison to others moving slowly both at the product and corporate level, hence we have placed them in Stasis, bordering on Maintenance. They are potentially a good match for a conservative buyer.
Vignette
Like Interwoven, Vignette’s original WCM products seem to get more attention than the company’s acquired ECM tools. As such little of import is happening with the product set. Some elements from the Tower acquisition appear to be languishing, and corporately addressing this does not appear to be high on their agenda. Hence our placement of Vignette in the Maintenance sector bordering Stasis.
Xerox
Xerox is a very large firm, but DocuShare is a tiny part of this mammoth company – albeit a small part that has done well. The product is mature, and we expect changes to be organic and incremental. The executive team responsible for DocuShare also remains stable, though the larger Xerox company continues to show little real interest in DocuShare – hence our placement and weighting of Xerox in Continuity.
Microsoft
Despite all the hype around SharePoint, ECM is not a major area of focus for Microsoft as a whole, even if it is getting more attention now than in the past. But the deeper story here is that SharePoint remains nowhere near complete or mature, even if it is progressing well. As such, we expect it to undergo some major revisions over the next year or so. Hence we have positioned Microsoft in Overhaul.
Hyland
Hyland is a stable company with a stable product set, developing its technology continuously, if conservatively. Hence our placement of them in the Balance sector.
[Editors note: this article was excerpted from the recently released ECM Suites Report, which contains detailed evaluations of each of these vendors.]
Friday, March 02, 2007
Forrester Research: Microsoft's 2007 Enterprise Content Management Platform
Forrester Research: Microsoft's 2007 Enterprise Content Management Platform
March 2, 2007
Microsoft's 2007 Enterprise Content Management Platform
What Information And Knowledge Management Professionals Should Know
Microsoft's enterprise content management (ECM) support in Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the vendor's formal entry as an ECM platform provider. No longer focused solely on document collaboration, SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single environment for collaborative document management, Web content management, records management, workflow, and eForms support. But Microsoft is not a single source provider for all ECM needs. Information and knowledge management professionals should look at Microsoft Office as a platform for their business content initiatives and be patient while Microsoft matures its ECM capabilities to meet enterprise needs.
March 2, 2007
Microsoft's 2007 Enterprise Content Management Platform
What Information And Knowledge Management Professionals Should Know
Microsoft's enterprise content management (ECM) support in Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the vendor's formal entry as an ECM platform provider. No longer focused solely on document collaboration, SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single environment for collaborative document management, Web content management, records management, workflow, and eForms support. But Microsoft is not a single source provider for all ECM needs. Information and knowledge management professionals should look at Microsoft Office as a platform for their business content initiatives and be patient while Microsoft matures its ECM capabilities to meet enterprise needs.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
MarketScope for Records Management, 2007
MarketScope for Records Management, 2007
Enterprises must perform due diligence when selecting a records management vendor to address their compliance and regulatory needs as market consolidation has reduced the product choices and increased risk. Consider records management as an integral part of your content management infrastructure.
Enterprises must perform due diligence when selecting a records management vendor to address their compliance and regulatory needs as market consolidation has reduced the product choices and increased risk. Consider records management as an integral part of your content management infrastructure.
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