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ECM: Where to Start?

By Dick Weisinger

Many small and mid-sized companies are beginning to realize that ECM isn’t just a technology that is useful for large companies. All companies, of all sizes, have files and documents that need to be secured, managed and made available in…

ECM: The Chemistry Behind CMIS

By Dick Weisinger

CMIS (Content Mangement Interoperability Services) is a relatively new ECM proposal to specify a common interface for document library services capabilities of a repository.  The specification covers core ECM functionality and the goal is for it to become a standard…

ECM: One Step Closer to a PaperLess Office

By Dick Weisinger

The term ‘paperless office’ has been around since the late 1970’s and the introduction of personal computers. The idea was that office automation and electronic documents would make paper documents redundant and unneeded. But desktop publishing and the laser printer…

Open Source: How Much is OS worth?

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source is free, but how much value does it provide? Does $387 billion sound about right?  That’s the conclusion of Black Duck Software.  They estimated how much money and development time would be needed to recreate today’s Open Source…

EHealth: IBM and Mayo Clinic Team Up on Health Records

By Dick Weisinger

Days after IBM got approval for UIMA as an OASIS standard, IBM and the Mayo clinic have announced that they’ve set up a web site dedicated to UIMA-based annotators that target Health records.  The wiki pages and source repository is…