Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Web Content Management (WCM), Document Management (DM). Whatever you call it this category covers market happenings and lessons learned.
Content software scramble ahead?. <CMSWire> This is a good article describing some of the impact of the Documentum acquisition by EMC and how the ECM market is going to be shaping and shifting in the coming months. Future acquisitions by other storage and infrastructure… [cms~wire]
I agree. A good overview and some insight on how it might affect the rest of the market.
Microsoft Moves – Internal Integration of CMS and SharePoint Portal. Announced just today, Microsoft is integrating its Content Management Server and Share Point Portal engineering groups. This is a significant move and reflects more than just a little of the thought, value and strategy that Microsoft is building around content… [cms~wire]
Open-source CMS survey results. Karim Yaici has published the results of the open-source CMS survey he conducted two months ago, as part of his dissertation. There are some interesting results in this, including: General Open Source Software Usage CMS Distribution Organization Sector and Use… [Column Two]
No Zope?! There’s something wrong there, especially with the high percentage of European respondents.
IBM Sweeps Enterprise CMS Readers’ Choice Awards. IBM today announced it received six awards across its software portfolio for its leadership in enterprise content management from Transform Magazine, the CMP Media publication that serves those choosing, managing and using content and collaboration technologies. IBM was recognized for… [cms~wire]
Vignette to Acquire Collaboration Leader Intraspect. Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Intraspect Software Inc., a leading provider of enterprise collaboration solutions. The acquisition will bring together the acknowledged market leader in content management and… [cms~wire]
We were just meeting with the Vignette partner folks the other day and I asked them if a collaboration purchase was on the horizon. I think all the big players have now hooked up with a collaboration vendor. As Gartner predicted, the Smart Enterprise Suite cometh.
What to Make of ECM Mergers and Acquisitions. Major CMS vendors are on a path to becoming “ECM” vendors. CMSWatch founder Tony Byrne points out that this won’t upend the marketplace as a whole, but software buyers should remain wary of newly-assembled product “suites”…… [CMSWatch Trends and Features]
Good advice regarding what to do if your CMS vendor acquires or is acquired by another company.
Open Text to Buy Gauss. The cash acquisition is valued at $11 million and is expected to close during the fourth calendar quarter. [eWEEK Technology News]
Stellent Buys Ancept. Conent management vendors extends video management offerings with purchase. [eWEEK Technology News]
Interwoven and iManage are merging. Interwoven is making a play to compete directly with IBM and Documentum by adding collaboration to their offering. And, this makes iManage more of a player in ECM. See the press release for more details.