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ECM TrendWatch, by Alan Pelz-Sharpe
Alan Pelz-Sharpe is a principal and analyst at CMS Watch, covering enterprise content management technologies and practices. An 18-year veteran of the document technology industry, we was formerly a strategist at Wipro and VP North America for analyst firm Ovum. See More by Alan Pelz-Sharpe When Search and Content Management Collide
"When Search and ECM Collide" was the title of a tutorial I ran in New York this week. It's an important topic to explore as both Search vendors and ECM vendors both seem to believe that either A. They can do without the other,
At present too many Search vendors cling to the nonsense that search is in someway a replacement for content management, while at the same time enterprise content management vendors refuse to get serious about working deeply with search vendors. Search is not just an added piece of functionality, but potentially a powerful analytics tool that can fully integrate and make use of the rich management information that ECM systems produce and hold. At present, though, no ECM vendor has a strong enterprise search strategy, and no Search vendor really understands ECM. The result is disappointed buyers with emptied pockets. Alan Pelz-Sharpe is a principal analyst at CMS Watch. Write him at aps@cmswatch.com  E-MAIL | SLASHDOT | DIGG This is a public forum. CMP Technology and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. CMP Technology makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of CMP Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in CMP Technology's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.
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