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Bigger is better. It’s a lesson that’s drilled into us from childhood -- whoever ends up with the most toys wins. Everywhere you look there are people, groups or even entire countries trying to be the biggest one thing or another. Biggest building, biggest car, biggest ball of twine -- they're all out there. You ate the biggest steak on the menu? You're awesome -- here’s your big tee shirt.

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There have been a number of interesting announcements this week in the document management space. Nuxeo Drive for content synchronization was released, Adobe EchoSign has upgraded its Salesforce offering to v13, while Alfresco is now offering users a single sign-on to cloud services. M-Files has also announced nearly US$ 8 million in Series A funding. 

IBM’s Smart Planet strategy has been a work in progress for the past five years. This week, it adds another piece to it in the shape of MessageSight, which IBM describes as a cornerstone of the whole Smart strategy.

If you've ever wondered where information management and related IT fields are going, or where all the different strands will come together, new research by SAP may have the answer -- Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies across a vastly expanded internet are the next step in information and data management.

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Communities are the perfect way to improve collaboration and engagement. Here's what one community manager learned about growing a successful community. You should also have a read of these 4 steps to lead your customer community.

The Adoption Obsession
Put aside the adoption metric and focus on user experience metrics that demonstrate the real value of new technology.

Big Data, Cloud & BYOD in the Enterprise
Some vendors, like EMC, say the convergence of cloud and big data will change the enterprise computing game. Others, like Dell, are banking on the growth of mobile and support for BYOD in the enterprise.

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This week we talked customer experience and the need for smart technology. We also looked at Employee Engagement -- how it can improve the bottom line, and the Cloud growth within Europe. 

Over the past few years there has been an increasing move towards providing products for specific verticals. The pace of specialization has been increasing. The latest vendor to provide such product is Box, which just this week has announced a number of new apps for the healthcare vertical.

With all those cloud-based apps, shouldn’t they talk to each other? That’s the reason cloud-based app integration is beginning to heat up, including new vendor Kevy. The Atlanta-based startup announced this week a platform that offers plug-and-play cloud connectors for quick integration. 

The convergence of Big Data and Cloud will radically change the Enterprise Computing game. EMC’s Chairman, Joe Tucci, and his lieutenants have been evangelizing on this idea for years, though they’ve used different variations of the words.

We’ve been talking about the cloud for years now, and providers have done plenty to hype it too. But most customers have been very wary about it, especially in Europe.

Given OpenText’s performance over the past year, its Q3 figures, which were released last night, were bound to be interesting given the fragile state of the global economy. And they didn't disappoint. Depending on how you look at it, profits were either down from the same period last year -- if you didn't take financial adjustments -- or up 25% if you do. 

This week there has been a lot of talk about SharePoint and while there are as many opinions as there are use cases, SmartLogic in a new paper says it could be a lot better. Elsewhere, newbie SkyKick has launched its Application Suite, while DocPath has integrated its document management system with Dynamics AX.

Our industry event planner gives you the heads-up on what key industry events are coming around the corner. If we've missed something, don’t hesitate to add your event to the list. (You can view the full calendar here.)

How can you find the Ideal Buyer? Prospect finder Leadspace says that it has developed the first-of-its-kind automatic modeling of Ideal Buyer Profiles by analyzing Big Data.