Content Management Matters ™

CMS Watch has a pretty interesting content management vendor map (see link below), laid out in the format of a subway map, which makes for intriguing viewing. The diagram is overtly enterprise-oriented, and links vendors according to their scope of operations across various content management arenas like Enterprise CMS, email archiving, DAM, XML management, etc.

It's interesting to note that there are five main 'Hubs' -- extending the subway metaphor -- of vendors who can provide pretty much everything. Microsoft, IBM, OpenText, EMC and Oracle.

IBM has released new extensions to it's ECM platform designed to support eDiscovery and help its clients manage compliance better.

The new eDiscovery software integrates with IBM's auto-classification and records management technology as well as it's BPM capabilities.

Did you know that the Enterprise Portal Market is expected to break over US$ 1.4 billion this year? That's what the experts are saying and IBM intends to continue its leadership role in this market. They have just released the latest version of the IBM WebSphere Portal -- v6.1 -- and it looks packed with some really nice enhancements including some Web 2.0 capabilities every portal needs today.

Content is a big deal these days, in case you haven't noticed. However, its exponential growth over the years has left some businesses struggling. IBM has stepped up its game by unveiling their integrated approach to helping organizations manage enterprise content with software that helps control and manage all types of content created and shared by workgroups across an organization.

It's called a Business Content Services strategy, and it's designed to help businesses of all sizes cope with the rapid growth of content, including business documents that have been created both individually or collaboratively across diverse and even global workgroups.

CMSWire spends a fair amount of time bringing you news and information about products or services that help you integrate SharePoint data into your other systems. It's pretty rare to find a vendor who doesn't want to integrate with Microsoft's flagship CMS system.

If there was ever to be one though, it should come as no surprise that IBM is that vendor. The newest release of their Collaboration software, Quickr, comes with a content integrator tool designed to help organizations move away from the dreaded viral software that SharePoint is fast becoming to the software company that use to claim that "viral" title.

We often bring you news of financial successes and troubles of content management vendors in the industry. This time, happy cheers come from a related product line -- online HTML editor tools -- produced by Ephox. With the line up of integration partners, it's no wonder they are doing well.

Enterprise mashups are hardly commonplace in most businesses. But they are growing in use at an alarming rate. And until recently small start-ups controlled the world of the mashup. But that is changing -- and IBM is leading the pack.

If the dream for your installation of IBM FileNet P8 4.0 is that users have the ability to recover content and metadata at an even more granular level, and honestly who doesn't have that dream, then prepare for CYA Technologies to make your millennium.

Have you made that investment in SharePoint 2007 that you've been thinking about for the last year? Or do you already have it and just aren't sure what to do with it? Independent analyst CMS Watch has just released their latest report entitled: The SharePoint Report 2008: A Comprehensive Evaluation of SharePoint in the Enterprise.

Well known for their independent and objective evaluation of content management and associated technologies, CMS Watch provides us with a review of SharePoint that helps us understand where and how it best fits -- or doesn't -- into the enterprise and how if we aren't careful, SharePoint will become the next Lotus Notes.

IBM has created a new technology to secure "mashups" -- Web applications that can be constructed and utilized by everyday business folk, that pull information from multiple sources, such as Web sites, enterprise databases, or emails. These sources unite to form a single unified view that provides functionality greater than the sum of its parts.

IBM has been selected by Iron Mountain Incorporated to power its new Digital Record Center for Images, which provides organizations with hosted storage and quick access to scanned images, PDFs and other digital files.

IBM is moving further into the collaboration and social networking realm. They are offering new services designed to help their clients understand how to take advantage of these capabilities to maximize employee performance: Enterprise Adaptability Services.

IBM is pretty busy these days. They have released a new version of their OmniFind enterprise search product, making it the first enterprise search software that support the latest Lotus collaboration and social software. Of course it is their product, so one would assume they should be the first to support their own software.

But maybe it's just me being silly.

Day Software, content management and content infrastructure provider, has announced their December 31, 2007 fiscal year numbers and they look pretty nice!

The biggest news -- total revenues for 2007 were up 28.8% to CHF $26.44M compared to the year prior.

No doubt as an organization today, you have compliance regulations to consider in everything you do. If you are currently an IBM customer then there's a solution fit for you. If you are not, have a look anyway - it may be just the ticket you need.

IBM has launched the IBM Compliance Warehouse for Legal Control. It's an integrated software, hardware, and services environment that will aide organizations in managing legal and compliance mandates.