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Technology: Google on Collaboration

By Dick Weisinger

Google has announced their vision of web Collaboration, and they’re calling it ‘Wave’. There’s similarities between Google wave and Microsoft SharePoint and Alfresco’s Share application, but there’s a lot that’s new or at least has been recrafted with a different…

Alfresco: Community Version 3.2 is now Available

By Dick Weisinger

Alfresco has just released the Community version of their ECM suite and it can be downloaded from the Alfresco wiki. It’s a preliminary release of new features which are slated for delivery in the Enterprise version due out sometime in…

Open Source: Big Investments in Open Source Search

By Dick Weisinger

The Open Source Lucene Search engine has seen a sudden roar of interest and investment so far this year. Lucene powers the search capabilities in a number of Open Source projects, including Alfresco, the leading Open Source ECM solution. Earlier…

ECM: Acceptance Solidifies around PDF/A as Standard Archival Format

By Dick Weisinger

In Europe acceptance of the ISO archival standard PDF/A has become widespread.  The PDF/A Competence Center conducted a survey in late 2008, and compared to the 2007 numbers, there has been a steady increase in the number of companies using…

Records Management: Lawyers Aren't Walking the Talk

By Dick Weisinger

Lawyers often advise their clients of the importance of having a solid records management policy in place to avoid the high costs of litigation.  In fact, 77 percent of lawyers view RM as something that companies need to jump on. …