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The cloud sync tower of Babel by , for

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Cloud document syncing services are all the rage nowadays, but for a regular user, their usage might quickly become the equivalent of a document syncing tower of Babel. Like in the old mythology... read more

Be careful who you trust with your data ! by , for

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Nowadays, especially with an on-going global economic crisis, companies are under a lot of pressure to reduce costs, and hope to do so with the many services are available in the cloud: social s... read more

Looking Back by , for

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Unless something happens that requires a pretty quick response, this will be my last post of 2011. And since it’s the end of the year I thought I’d do like so many others and take a... read more

Open Source Communities as Social Business in Action by , for

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While some goals and aspirations of Social Business seem new to many organizations, they are not new in the software world. The fundamentals of a successful open source development project are o... read more

Open Source ERP: When Open Source Collaboration Breaks Down by , for

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Open source software development at its finest is a communal effort. It has proven itself a viable model in several areas of software development. However, there is one area where the community... read more

Beware the evils of content lock in by , for

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Last month, Cheryl McKinnon brought up an excellent point when looking at ECM technology vendors and when you evaluate your existing technology- vendor lock in isn't the issue, con... read more

How do you compete with free? The challenge SharePoint poses to ECM vendors by , for

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Microsoft's move into the enterprise content management space, and in particular their decision to include free SharePoint client licences with Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, poses a huge... read more

Pricing Models and What Drives The Decision by , for

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As I’ve been consulting companies of all sizes and talking to folks within many age groups I’ve started to see what may be a trend in regards to pricing model and ages. Older folks s... read more

Enterprise 2.0 In A Small Company by , for

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The company I work for is small, in the 1-25 employee category. We hardly qualify as an "Enterprise" but that hasn't meant that we haven't marched forward with our Enterprise 2... read more

A Perspective on Enterprise 2.0 by , for

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Today marks the beginning of my new blog for AIIM's Enterprise 2.0 expert group. This is exciting stuff for me because I have seen dramatic changes in AIIM's industry over the last 25 ye... read more