Snowbound Update: Wrapping up the fall trade show season – on to 2011
Ah, fall is in the air! Here in New England, the leaves are dropping (as are the temperatures – and like a stone I might add), and for many businesses it is trade show time. We at Snowbound Software have just finished a busy trade show schedule covering events both here in the US and abroad, showing our wares to clients, prospects and partners…more on that later…
We have lots on the calendar for the remainder of this year and 2011. Later this month (November) we’re relocating as we’ve outgrown our current office space. Our new address as of November 20, 2010 will be:
ECM specialist the Content Group recently reported companies, particularly the housing association market, can potentially benefit from implementing ECM solutions, such as document management and information governance.
Market research firm Gartner has awarded Documentum, the enterprise content management solution designed by EMC, with the best possible rating of “strong positive” in its recently released report. The study focused on the booming ECM management market, which has become increasingly important for companies as regulatory responsibilities have grown.
Throughout 2010, the ECM world has been focused on Open Text and Microsoft SharePoint, as the solutions most likely to positively impact adopting companies. However, earlier this year, EMC announced its solution, Documentum, will be refocused to leverage the growth of cloud computing in the enterprise IT world.
Companies that depend upon ECM solutions and the organizations that develop them are currently investigating methods of making the software available on smartphones and other mobile devices, according to CMSWire.com. For organizations involved with ECM, there are three pivotal areas to investigate to ensure success with the imitative.
Market research firm Frost & Sullivan recently reported the market for content management solutions in the Asia-Pacific sector is expected to generate more than $520 million in revenue for vendors by the end of 2010. Increasing global concern over data security and compliance has driven similar market growth in Europe and North America.
Strong sales and anticipated growth may result in content management solution SharePoint becoming a $2 billion product for Microsoft. The company has released several items that have yielded sales north of $1 billion, including Xbox and SQL Server, but few have pushed the $2 billion mark.
Strong sales and anticipated growth may result in content management solution SharePoint becoming a $2 billion product for Microsoft. The company has released several items that have yielded sales north of $1 billion, including Xbox and SQL Server, but few have pushed the $2 billion mark.
Market research firm Gartner recently reported companies must direct the same focus toward storing their web content as they have with their other data in recent years, according to Reuters.
Nuxeo recently announced the launch of its Marketstore, a single location for purchasing its applications and add-on solutions, to help users of its comprehensive ECM solutions.
Nuxeo recently announced the launch of its Marketstore, a single location for purchasing its applications and add-on solutions, to help users of its comprehensive ECM solutions.
Open Text recently announced the development of semantic navigation, a tool that will allow users of the company”s ECM suite to quickly navigate through data.
Autonomy recently announced it is in the top spot on the “Forrester Wave List” measuring the merits of companies offering online testing to customers for the third quarter of 2010. Using online testing allows Autonomy to ensure its ECM and other solutions operate in line with customer expectations.
Autonomy recently announced it is in the top spot on the “Forrester Wave List” measuring the merits of companies offering online testing to customers for the third quarter of 2010. Using online testing allows Autonomy to ensure its ECM and other solutions operate in line with customer expectations.
Open Text recently released the latest version of its web ECM solution, Web Site Management 10.1, which includes new social networking tools for customers to leverage the growing trend. Among the social networking tools included are integration solutions, which allow companies to easily use and archive their posts on popular social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter.
IBM recently announced the acquisition of Datacap, which both companies expect will result in a highly productive relationship based on their offering of industry-leading ECM solutions and services. The organizations had worked together for 15 years prior to IBM”s acquisition, which will eliminate any possible time that would have been required to integrate Datacap products to IBM solutions.
KnowledgeLake recently received Microsoft”s 2010 U.S. West Region Excellence in Competency Award for its contributions to the ECM industry. ECM has become a business-critical solution for most companies required to store and organize data, whether for compliance purposes or other reasons.
ONLC Training Centers recently announced an increased need for experienced ECM specialists led it to start classes for SharePoint 2010 training in Denver. The company, which offers IT training to professionals in more than 200 subjects in 46 states, will offering five five-day courses to help people update their SharePoint skills.
Northbridge, a business collaboration solutions provider, recently announed a series of implementations of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 aimed at boosting efficiency within its customers” IT operations. The company found new features in SharePoint 2010, which Microsoft released in May, enable its users to improve several tasks previous editions of the ECM suite could not help.
