Building a Custom Contract Life Cycle Management Solution on ECM
I’ve been researching the Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM) ecosystem which has started to overlap the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) ecosystem. In yesterday’s post, I grouped the CLM vendors...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Lexmark
I have to apologize that I have not been contributing to this blog recently. To be honest, besides the fact that I have been insanely busy actually selling, most recently I have been avoiding it...
View ArticleContract Life Cycle Management from an ECM Perspective
As I have researched the Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM) environment, I have been concerned about the lack of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) vendors paying attention to the space. ECM...
View ArticleA Busy Year for ECM Investments
This was posted less than one hour before Open Text announced it would buy Documentum (a.k.a. EMC-ECD). My assessment of the acquisition is here. You have to look closely but there’s really a lot...
View ArticleOpenText Acquired Another Legacy ECM Platform
Today’s announcement that OpenText bought Documentum (a.k.a. Dell) EMC – ECD) was really not a surprise. It was pretty much a prewritten story with just the details missing. The question is does it...
View ArticleStrange Days
“Strange days have found us, Strange days have tracked us down” – The Doors I have been competing with OpenText using Documentum for quite a long time. Now with the sale of ECD by Dell/EMC those days...
View ArticleWhy OpenText will not Lead ECM
Oh what a few weeks we’ve had in Enterprise Content Management (ECM)! After the news that OpenText will acquire its competitor Documentum, we’ve seen some comments from Alfresco, with a simple reply...
View ArticleThoughts on Momentum Barcelona 2016
[WARNING – the following unapologetically contains work related commentary] I had the privilege this week of attending the beginning of Momentum Europe 2016 as ECD was finally able to bring this great...
View ArticlePredicting the Future of Documentum and EMC’s ECD
With the new year, I began a new endeavor. I am now a monthly contributor to DOCUMENT Strategy Media. In these articles I will be more focused on the business impacts of content management. This is...
View ArticleRoadmaps – The Ugly Truth
Every one has one question in mind when they ask me about the OpenText acquisition of ECD (Documentum). What about the roadmap? It is the wrong question. Our entire industry is addicted to selling the...
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