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Records Management: The Meaning and Importance of the File Plan

By Dick Weisinger

Records Management systems are becoming ever more important in their role of protecting against risks that might result from litigation or disaster.  RM systems are often a key component of a Compliance strategy, such as those mandated by regulations like…

Oracle: ECM Consolidation continues with Stellent Purchase

By Dick Weisinger

One week after a highly-attended and successful OpenWorld conference and one week prior to AIIM’s ECM West Conference, Oracle announced yesterday their purchase of Stellent. The announcement comes as a surprise, at least to us.  Oracle has been heavily promoting the use…

SaaS: Profile of an On-Demand Buyer

By Dick Weisinger

What is the profile of a candidate buyer of services sold using the SaaS model?  A new report by market research company Celent discusses SaaS trends in the European insurance market.  A Tekrati article quotes Catherine Stagg-Macey, senior insurance analyst and author…

Oracle: Oracle & Open Text CM Relationship Deepens

By Dick Weisinger

Consolidation and Cooperation within the ECM space continues.  On Tuesday Oracle and Open Text announced a co-seller agreement that allows both companies to bundle each others software.  This follows up a June announcement of a partnership between the two companies…

ECM Trends: Gartner's Magic Quadrant 2006

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner has announced an updated 2006 Magic Quadrant ranking of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Companies.  Not too many surprises. (The report was made available from Stellant.) Gartner reports that ECM was a $2.3 billion software market in 2005 and has…