Day and Omniture to be married – Adobe to pay for the wedding

July 28th, 2010 - 9:56 am § in Observations, The Engagement Tier | | No Comments
Alright, hands up who didn’t approach the Adobe acquisition of Omniture with some puzzlement and surprise?  Well, now it’s making sense as these proud parents arrange the wedding of their blushing analytics bride to a handsome CMS beau that should deliver the web engagement off-spring that they crave. [ read more ]

Taking the W out of CMS?

June 24th, 2010 - 10:46 pm in The Engagement Tier

Next in my occasional series where I refer to a different to letter to the one in a TLA (after discussing the R in ECM) - I wondering if it's time we took the W out of CMS and thought about [ read more ]

Yes, but what does it do?

June 8th, 2010 - 10:24 pm in Observations

I was in a briefing call today by a large software vendor, it wasn't a one to one briefing there were a few of us on the call - I am not going to say who they were and if you know I'd rather you [ read more ]

Just Read: The Tipping Point

June 1st, 2010 - 6:19 pm in Books

In a departure from my normal waffle, I wanted to share a book I've just read "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell, that I've come to very late - it was first published ten years ago and that [ read more ]

Things I Learned at Gilbane San Francisco

May 28th, 2010 - 3:14 pm in Observations

Last week was my first Gilbane conference as a Gilbane analyst, having in previous years only served variously as vendor booth bunny, guest speaker or panellist  and it was great to focus [ read more ]

The 'M' in ECM and ERP

May 13th, 2010 - 11:51 am in Observations

In the discussion of what ECM is, we've seen a few analogies lately of comparing ECM (Enterprise Content Management) with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)- me included. Most of this discussion is [ read more ]

On the Jon Marks EPFDW Dilemma

April 22nd, 2010 - 3:20 pm in Observations

Jon Marks (@mcboof) has set a challenge to vendors on his blog - to prioritize various elements of what makes a great CMS product, to choose between Editors, Performance, Features, Developers and [ read more ]

CMS – The Knowledge Workers Industrial Revolution?

April 12th, 2010 - 4:11 pm in Observations

Last week it was reported in the UK press that journalists for a local newspaper are going to strike over the implementation of a Content Management System. I found this really interesting and it [ read more ]

Leaving the Tribes and Becoming a Real Boy

April 8th, 2010 - 8:24 pm in Observations

As you probably know, last week I left Alterian, a marketing platform vendor (who just over 18 months ago acquired my previous WCM vendor employer Mediasurface) for The Gilbane Group. Whilst, I'm [ read more ]

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