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Technology: Pushing the Envelope on Database Sizes

By Dick Weisinger

It wasn’t long ago that talk of terabyte databases seemed unfathomable. It hasn’t taken long for terabyte-size data to become commonplace. So it’s not too much of a surprise that now companies are boasting of their petabyte capabilities — that’s…

Technology: Why business Online communities often Fail

By Dick Weisinger

You can build something, but will people come? In the world of online business communities, getting people to participate is hard. Deloitte surveyed more than 100 companies that have attempted to build on-line virtual communities. Interestingly, more than 60 percent…

Alfresco: Embedded in Traditional Software Application

By Dick Weisinger

In June, Adobe significantly enhanced their LifeCycle Enterprise Suite (ES) application by adding new content service capabilities. The announcement shows the importance of content management services and how products can be expected to increasingly embed content services in the future.…

ECM: Governance Lacking around Unstructured Data

By Dick Weisinger

Unstructured data refers to data that does not fit neatly into a structured schema of a database. It typically refers to files or documents that include things  like e-mail files, word-processing text documents, PowerPoint presentations, JPEG and GIF image files,…

SaaS: Four Waves Under the Clouds

By Dick Weisinger

Saugatuck Research identifies four waves of SaaS in their 2008 report on the state of SaaS: Wave I — isolated single-point solutions Wave II — solutions that integrate with on-premise data and processes Wave III — inter- and intra-company collaboration…