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Electronic Data Retention and FRCP Rule 26

By Dick Weisinger

Changes were proposed to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that will impact litigation and the eDiscovery process.  The FRCP lays out rules that are applied in civil cases that are held in US federal courts.  FRCP rules attempt to create…

ECM Consolidation

By Dick Weisinger

Major consolidation among the top-tiered ECM vendors has created uncertainty as the vendors are rebranding and repositioning their acquisitions.  Open Text’s purchase of Hummingbird closed over the last week. After the recent acquisitions, the top 3 ECM market players will now be…

The GIF File Format is Finally Free

By Dick Weisinger

On Sunday the last remaining patent on the GIF file format expired.  From the GNU web site: We were able to search the patent databases of the USA, Canada, Japan, and the European Union. The Unisys patent expired on 20…

SOA Governance — What is it?

By Dick Weisinger

SOA Governance has been headlined in the IT news over the last couple of months, and analysts like Gartner’s Paolo Malinverno say things like “Service-oriented architecture governance isn’t an option — it’s an imperative.”  But just what is SOA Governance? A major goal of…

And Some Stats on SaaS Adoption…

By Dick Weisinger

Yesterday I gave some SOA adoption numbers.  There are some new numbers out this week too about SaaS and are showing the SaaS delivery model gaining momentum.  SaaS is a hosted deployment that is sold on a pay-for-use or subscription…