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Embedded Document MetaData

By Dick Weisinger

There was a blog here a few months back about PDF/A, a version of Adobe’s PDF file format that is intended to be used for long-term document archival.  AIIM recently updated their FAQ about PDF/A, and it provides good information.…

Data Access up in the Air

By Dick Weisinger

Two announcements over the last couple of days stand in an interesting contrast to each other.  One is Google’s announcement of Google WiFi and the availability of free WiFi access across all of the city of Mountain View.  The second is Boeing’s announcement…

XBRL: Financial Content Management Language

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last week Jon Udell of InfoWorld has had a podcast and a number of blog entries about XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).  Since 2000, many have expected to see a revolution in the accounting and financial industry because…

Consolidation in the ECM market

By Dick Weisinger

A May 2006 report by Gartner shows that OpenText, IBM, FileNet and EMC were market leaders in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) marketplace.  The report said that the “ECM market is dynamic” and “marked by technology consolidation”.  That consolidation is happening…

ECM and Standards

By Dick Weisinger

AIIM did a recent survey to try to determine end-user opinions about standards and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Systems.  Their survey was sent to 1200 end-users of content and document management systems in nine different countries.  The top three benefits of…