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Salesforce.com And Workday Get ChummyThere's been a good amount of buzz in recent months about whether Salesforce.com is prepping itself for a marriage of some sort. What about Salesforce.com and Workday? The two could make one heck of a SaaS powerhouse. Continue reading "Salesforce.com And Workday Get Chummy..." Baynote Offering Brings Business Value To Social SearchThe Long Tail, the now-famous reference to targeting customers that buy the hard-to-find or nonhit items, got a little shorter with the release of Baynote's Merchandizing and Editorial Console. Continue reading "Baynote Offering Brings Business Value To Social Search..." Alfresco's Social Computing Slant Shows ECM's EvolutionI had an interesting discussion with John Newton, the co-founder of Alfresco, recently. I'm a little star-struck by this guy. It's hard to get much higher on the food chain when you look at Newton's credentials. Not only did he co-found Documentum, he's also less than five years into the launch of Alfresco, arguably one of the biggest disrupters to appear on the enterprise software radar in years. Continue reading "Alfresco's Social Computing Slant Shows ECM's Evolution..." Reporter's Notebook: Sapphire Sets Stage For A Different Kind Of SAPWhen Harley-Davidson CIO Jim Haney drove a Harley onstage during Leo Apotheker's keynote address at Sapphire on Tuesday, there were more than a few gasps from the audience. This is the type of stunt typical of a California tech company, not the stoic German we know as SAP. But I saw it as just one example of SAP trying to reinvent itself, including the upcoming change in CEO leadership. Continue reading "Reporter's Notebook: Sapphire Sets Stage For A Different Kind Of SAP..." Reporter's Notebook: On The Eve Of SAP's Sapphire 2008It's Sunday night in Orlando, and I'm getting ready to attend Sapphire 2008, SAP's annual user conference. Tomorrow I meet with co-CEO Henning Kagermann, and am curious to hear more about this cross-pollination idea he mentioned last week between the company's new SaaS offering and its traditional licensed software. Continue reading "Reporter's Notebook: On The Eve Of SAP's Sapphire 2008..." Too Many Vendors Or Not Enough Innovation?One of our contacts in the PR world sent over some thoughts after reading our continuing discussion about why content management companies fail. His remarks might not be terribly surprising for those of you that live and breathe content management, but they warrant a re-visit. Continue reading "Too Many Vendors Or Not Enough Innovation?..." Barracuda Launches E-Mail Archive ProductThe anti-spam appliance vendor learned about the value of archives the hard way -- by getting sued by Trend Micro. Continue reading "Barracuda Launches E-Mail Archive Product..." What Will Oracle Acquire Next?So now that the BEA Systems acquisition is complete, what is next for Oracle? Given Oracle's pattern, it's due for about three acquisitions this spring. Continue reading "What Will Oracle Acquire Next?..." The Weekly Watch On Content ManagementLeading off this installment of The Weekly Watch is Alfresco, a company that's proven there's plenty of innovation left in the enterprise content management (ECM) sector. Alfresco sent InformationWeek some of its recent accomplishments and a few grabbed our attention. Continue reading "The Weekly Watch On Content Management ..." So Crazy It Just Might WorkStartup RevStor cuts your unstructured data into chunks and stores them on the PCs and servers on your network -- no NAS or SAN required. Is this plain crazy, or just crazy enough to work? Continue reading "So Crazy It Just Might Work..." 5½ More Reasons That A Content Management Company Will Go Out Of BusinessI seemed to have touched a nerve in my recent entry about the top five reasons a content management company will go out of business, judging by the feedback received via e-mail, tweets, IM, and the blog. Continue reading "5½ More Reasons That A Content Management Company Will Go Out Of Business..." Life Beyond The Four Largest BI VendorsAre IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP the only companies that matter in the business intelligence software market? Well, of course not. That's ridiculous. Independent BI vendors and even some surprises -- Google, anyone? -- are driving a lot of the innovation. Continue reading "Life Beyond The Four Largest BI Vendors..." The Weekly Watch On Content ManagementThis week's "Weekly Watch" on content management includes an ECM acquisition, Vignette's enterprise 2.0 moves, and a few lesser-known companies making their own noise. Continue reading "The Weekly Watch On Content Management..." Will Any Of Software's Emerging Stars Defeat SharePoint?Collaboration and community are two very big hills for vendors to climb these days. As the saying goes, many have tried and many have failed. Add Microsoft's SharePoint to the growing list of things you'll need to overcome and some might say you're spinning your wheels. Continue reading "Will Any Of Software's Emerging Stars Defeat SharePoint?..." Dthree Uses Oracle Infrastructure To Power Marketing 2.0I caught up with Oracle customer Dthree recently wanting to get the scoop on how Oracle's infrastructure is helping them deliver something meaningful to marketers. I'm always interested in how such technology-driven companies can speak to the business user. Continue reading "Dthree Uses Oracle Infrastructure To Power Marketing 2.0..." Hundreds Of Servers Compromised In Hannaford BreachMore details about the credit breach at the Hannaford grocery chain are becoming known, and they aren’t pretty. Continue reading "Hundreds Of Servers Compromised In Hannaford Breach..." The 'Weekly Watch' On Content ManagementWith all the activity in the content management market, I thought it would be a good idea to start a weekly ritual of quick blurbs and sound bites from vendors, users, and anyone else who'd like to throw their message in the mix. Continue reading "The 'Weekly Watch' On Content Management ..." Internet Evolution Reports On Test-Shy Peer-To-Peer FiltersMore than two dozen vendors say they can help ISPs filter unwanted P2P traffic. But only two were willing to put marketing claims on the line in an in-depth test of P2P filtering technology. Continue reading "Internet Evolution Reports On Test-Shy Peer-To-Peer Filters..." Will Content Management Be Most Affected By Open Source?Some of open source's biggest proponents were probably gloating this week over some results from North Bridge Venture Partners' annual open source survey (PDF). Most of the findings weren't terribly prophetic, but there were a few that caught my eye. Continue reading "Will Content Management Be Most Affected By Open Source?..." Mission-Critical Apps Continue To Descend From The CloudsThere's a lot of interesting scenarios these days around the intersection of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and content management. Thanks to companies like Google, Salesforce.com, and Amazon, cloud-based computing is no longer some mythical, business-led, revolutionary approach to accessing technology. Everyday, mission-critical applications are being neatly packaged and delivered to business users regardless of time, place, or device. Continue reading "Mission-Critical Apps Continue To Descend From The Clouds..." Green Agendas Continue To Influence Content StrategiesMy first post of 2008 was a content management trend watch: number two on the list was the movement toward green IT. Continue reading "Green Agendas Continue To Influence Content Strategies..." New Credit Card Breach Will Test PCIThe latest exposure of more than 4 million credit and debit card numbers may strain the validity and stability of the credit card industry's controversial security rules. Continue reading "New Credit Card Breach Will Test PCI..." FatWire Quietly Serves BillionsAfter hearing FatWire Software brag about one of the best quarters in its history, I thought it was a good time to catch up with its CEO, Yogesh Gupta. We spoke about everything from open source to SaaS, with Gupta also highlighting some of the company's recent enterprise 2.0 moves. Continue reading "FatWire Quietly Serves Billions..." T.J. Maxx To Hold 'We Got Hacked' SaleAs part of class-action settlement for one of the most egregious breaches of consumer credit cards in U.S. history, T.J. Maxx plans to hold a special one-day sales event. Seriously? Continue reading "T.J. Maxx To Hold 'We Got Hacked' Sale..." Fixing The Flaws Of The Web ExperienceA lot of the conversations I've had lately have revolved around the notion of the user experience, or in vendor speak, the Web experience. I'm not knocking the marketing messages (OK, maybe a little) but we've been talking about the Web experience since the Web 1.0 days, without much movement. Continue reading "Fixing The Flaws Of The Web Experience..." Oracle: They Do So Much But Can They Do Everything?It's always a challenge for something baked into an enterprise platform to be as competitive as the pure-play providers. And in most cases, if content management is the set of applications you're trying to incorporate, it can be even more daunting. Continue reading "Oracle: They Do So Much But Can They Do Everything?..." Is Drupal Finally Enterprise-Ready?The open source CMS platform Drupal is going commercial thanks to an 11-person startup named Acquia. It recently secured $7 million in funding and plans to sell a suite of services it says will make Drupal enterprise-ready. Continue reading "Is Drupal Finally Enterprise-Ready?..." E-Tech: Stamen's Stunning Approach To Data VisualizationOne of the most exciting concepts demonstrated during ETech was a data visualization concept, a phenomenally attractive and useful way to find information so quickly and thoughtfully, it seems at once elegant, clever, and obvious. The company: Stamen, a design studio in San Francisco. The application: Like anything in the visual world, it's easier if you just see it, but it involves a series of sliders that make underlying data come to life as you stretch the boundaries of the information you're looking for. Continue reading "E-Tech: Stamen's Stunning Approach To Data Visualization..." In Post-Enron Era, E-Mail Governance Still A ChallengeE-mail governance might not be the sexiest thing when it comes to content technologies, but don't tell that to your CIO or general counsel. Besides keeping them out of jail, a solid e-mail governance strategy drives compliance, improves information retrieval, and reduces paper. Continue reading "In Post-Enron Era, E-Mail Governance Still A Challenge..." OpenText's Enterprise 2.0 Strategy UnfoldsA good way of perfecting your trend-watching in the high-tech sector is by paying close attention to how and when vendors release their so-called strategic road maps. It's essentially their way of legitimizing themselves in an increasingly competitive and noisy marketplace. Continue reading "OpenText's Enterprise 2.0 Strategy Unfolds..." Where To Start With ILMLast week I hosted an ILM (Information Life-cycle Management) video Web cast. One of the questions that came up was "Where do I start with ILM without much risk?" It's a good question. Continue reading "Where To Start With ILM..." Telligent Wants A Piece Of The Content Management MarketRob Howard, CEO of Telligent, pulls no punches when he talks about his company's aspirations in the content management space. And the way Telligent markets its new CMS offering is just as brazen. Continue reading "Telligent Wants A Piece Of The Content Management Market..." Vignette, OpenText Retool For Enterprise 2.0For those of you who think Web 2.0 is a fad, you might want to take a look at what's on tap for some of content management's household names. Continue reading "Vignette, OpenText Retool For Enterprise 2.0 ..." CA Upgrades Mid-Market Backup ProductsThe company has launched a new version of CA Recovery Management, which includes modules for ARCserve Backup and two disaster recovery/CDP products. Continue reading "CA Upgrades Mid-Market Backup Products..." Alfresco Survey Provides Data On Enterprise Open Source UsageOpen source ECM provider Alfresco is publicizing the release of its second global survey of open source use in the enterprise. Continue reading "Alfresco Survey Provides Data On Enterprise Open Source Usage..." Baby Boomer 'Brain Drain' Will Be A Slow LeakEven before the first wave of baby boomers began reaching retirement age, predictions of an impending brain drain looked pretty dire. About 50% of the federal government's workforce was expected to retire over the next few years. Now, it looks like many of those people will be staying put longer. Continue reading "Baby Boomer 'Brain Drain' Will Be A Slow Leak..." Full Nelson: Coral8ing Paris HiltonDuring a recent flight from Boston to L.A., Paris Hilton was standing next to me as we all made our way to our seats. I saw her -- big glasses, platinum blonde hair, wispy frame -- but didn't make the connection until someone pointed it out later. So it may come as no surprise that I asked Coral8 whether numbers one through seven had been taken. They responded that it was just as it sounds, Coral8, as in "correlate, you idiot." Apt for a company that does complex event processing, the rarified air of correlating transaction data in motion. Paris Hilton; complex event processing. Hey, sometimes correlation is in the eye of the beholder. Continue reading "Full Nelson: Coral8ing Paris Hilton..." IT And Legal: Best Friends ForeverIf your IT department isn’t pals with legal, now's the time to strike up a friendship. Both departments must work together to produce e-mail and files related to litigation, otherwise known as e-discovery. Continue reading "IT And Legal: Best Friends Forever..." Clickability Clicks On All CylindersAre these guys the Salesforce.com of Web content management? To help you decide, I caught up with Clickability's CEO John Girard and Robert Carroll, its newly appointed head of marketing, to hear how it plans to reshape the Web content management landscape. Continue reading "Clickability Clicks On All Cylinders..." Economy To Test Storage Vendors' DurabilityIs the U.S. economy in a recession? With the Fed cutting interest rates like a tailor on speed, a streaky stock market, and no good news on the employment front, it's safe to say we're at least hip-deep in a contracting economy. And decent financial results from EMC, HP, and others have led some to conclude storage is recession-proof. That may be true, but here's why we'll know a lot better in 60 days. Continue reading "Economy To Test Storage Vendors' Durability..." Does This Storage Make My Butt Look Big?This is a curious link to follow if you agree that women as storage buyers: Continue reading "Does This Storage Make My Butt Look Big?..." Where's Your Credit Card Data?PCI regulations require companies to protect credit card numbers. But first you have to know where they are. Here's what I've learned from retailers and PCI auditors about step one of PCI compliance. Continue reading "Where's Your Credit Card Data?..." Startup Tackles E-Mail E-DiscoveryFortiva has launched an archiving service to address e-discovery for e-mail. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) demand that enterprises involved in litigation be able to produce relevant e-mails within prescribed time limits. Continue reading "Startup Tackles E-Mail E-Discovery..." Open Source Funding Signals CMS ShakeupThe last few years have seen a ton of movement in the open source software market. And the recent string of acquisitions are sure to shake up the business of content management. Continue reading "Open Source Funding Signals CMS Shakeup..." FCoE Enigma Wrapped In A RiddleAnd buried inside a mystery: It's where my mind goes when the subject turns to Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). And apparently I'm not alone. Continue reading "FCoE Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle..." Storage InsulationOil prices hit new highs daily. Federal aid to boost the economy. Whispers of inflation at every turn. It's economic doldrums, except here in Storageville, one of the few sectors of the economy (and IT) that appears relatively insulated from it all. Continue reading "Storage Insulation..." The Overwriting IssueThis isn't a partisan screed -- you've got plenty of places across the blogosphere to click for that sort of thing. So here goes: Why is the White House getting a free pass where overwriting the same backup tapes is concerned? Continue reading "The Overwriting Issue..." Oracle’s BEA Acquisition Makes Things InterestingIf you’ve been following the BEA/Oracle saga over the last few months, Wednesday’s announcement that Oracle finally bought BEA probably wasn't surprising. Continue reading "Oracle’s BEA Acquisition Makes Things Interesting ..." Solid State Will Require Deep PocketsEMC's trying to break some new ground by adding flash-based, solid-state drives (SSDs) to its high-end Symmetrix arrays. The thinking is that these high performance drives can be used for especially processing-intensive applications (think database backup and replication) or for data that's frequently accessed. Continue reading "Solid State Will Require Deep Pockets..." Top 5 Content Management Trends For 2008I'm excited to be a part of InformationWeek's blogging community and hope you'll join me as I explore the world of content management. Continue reading "Top 5 Content Management Trends For 2008..." Go on to the weblog archives... |
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