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SEM - Insert SharePoint Joke Here... | Real Story Group

SEM — Sat, 8 Mar 2014 15:26:52 +0000

Every dollar you spend on SharePoint will yield $6 - $9 in sunken treasure.

Tony - RSG - Insert SharePoint Joke Here... | Real Story Group

Tony - RSG — Thu, 6 Mar 2014 19:16:20 +0000

"We're sorry, this helicopter has been checked out by someone else..."

Kevin - OpenText RedDot - Three Years Later... < Real Story Group Blog

Kevin — Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:47:08 +0000

Right on the mark, but unfortunately our organization is determined to be the last US subscriber. The link to to a "copy of the last update we did to our RedDot chapter, in late 2009" is dead. Do you have this available online somewhere?

@adriaanbloem - The Case Against Adobe CQ - WEM < Real Story Group Blog

@adriaanbloem — Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:44:50 +0000

I've been hearing about CQ's success in the U.S. from halfway across the globe (yes, the noise around it is that loud). And it worried me. I think this about sums it up; "Successful CQ licensees tend to have extremely strong internal teams: large, well-oiled technical development shops, exceptionally tight program and vendor management, and above-average digital sophistication on the business side." We all wish we're like that. But let's face it, most teams are at least slightly dysfunctional -- it almost comes with the territory, aiming at that moving target that is online marketing. I really like complex, sophisticated systems like CQ. But I'd still think twice about buying into it.

Elizabeth Keathley - The Case Against Adobe CQ - WEM < Real Story Group Blog

Elizabeth Keathley — Mon, 3 Mar 2014 21:11:09 +0000

Adobe's scambled offering in the DAM space has me scratching my head as to why they are a gold sponsor at the upcoming DAM convention. Not only does Adobe's system end up costing clients buckets of money, it lacks scalability due to lack of ID Codes, limited folder space, and an outdated (Lucene) index system.

Joshua Ranger - What does a vendor really mean when they say they cloud? < Real Story Group Blog

Joshua Ranger — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:56:40 +0000

In addition to reviewing the vendor's services and infrastructure, it's also important to look at what your own purposes and reasoning for using cloud servies are, such as the types and sizes of files, access requirements, and level of operational importance to your organization. We've been looking at cloud storage from a preservation point of view, which requires a much higher degree of infrastructure, storage space, and policy development/enforcement than materials that may be used primarily for access only or short term retention. AVPreserve has begun publishing our findings in this area, beginning with our white paper Nine Things To Consider When Assessing Cloud Storage. Joshua Ranger Senior Consultant AVPreserve

David Diamond - What does a vendor really mean when they say they cloud? < Real Story Group Blog

David Diamond — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:15:48 +0000

To your last point, Apoorv, I would extend this warning to apply to vendors too. At least in the DAM space, I've seen a few vendors seem to pop up overnight with "Cloud" versions of their long-time, on-premise software. Yet, in order to manage the software, a Windows Remote Desktop Connection is required, and the software cannot scale on demand. And, as you mentioned, unless the services of a partner are involved, the customer finds it still must running installers and deal with all the updates itself. In other words, they're running the same old legacy software on someone else's virtual machine and calling that a "Cloud solution." Your #2 point above addresses this. But I would encourage people who are looking for true Cloud solutions to find out a few things: 1. Are you required to ever launch a RDP or VNC client just to access another UI remotely from which you manage *any* aspect of the system? This is primary evidence that it's not a true Cloud solution, but an on-premise solution that's running remotely. 2. Does the system scale up and down on demand? This is a primary advantage of true SaaS software but when on-premise software is deployed in a virtual instance, this is typically not an option. Instead, for better performance, the customer has to pay for always-on processing. 3. Does the system require an up-front license purchase? Enterprise Cloud systems usually have some upfront startup costs but there is no license purchase involved. You know you're buying on-premise software for Cloud deployment when you have that upfront license purchase. And, worse, this is typically the worst of both worlds, cost wise; because you have to pay for that license and you have to pay that ongoing "rent" for the Cloud infrastructure. Then, if you don't want to be doing all the updates yourself and dealing with maintenance and downtime recoveries, you have to be paying someone for that too. So always do at least a 5-year cost calculation before signing any contracts. 4. What's the update cycle? SaaS typically has a more frequent update cycle, which means new features (and sometimes bugs) are rolled out faster. On-premise offerings more typically see major updates once a year, or less. If someone is looking for a Cloud solution, I think they should find one that was born and bred a Cloud solution. Vendors that are throwing their aging on-premise software into virtual instances just to remain relevant are just trying to confuse the market. David Diamond Director of Global Marketing Picturepark (Disclaimer: SaaS DAM since the year 2000, and now on-prem too)

Boris Kraft - What does a vendor really mean when they say they cloud? < Real Story Group Blog

Boris Kraft — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:37:22 +0000

Maybe follow up with an article about "what does the customer really mean when they talk about cloud" ;-)

Irina Guseva - 2013 Zeitgeist for SaaS CMS and Cloud CMS - Cloud Nein < Real Story Group Blog

Irina Guseva — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:21:38 +0000

Hi Daniel, Overall, SaaS CMS has been a somewhat volatile segment of the market. Without knowing much about your micro enterprise, I would still say be cautious in general, regardless of the number of employees. Best, Irina

Daniel - 2013 Zeitgeist for SaaS CMS and Cloud CMS - Cloud Nein < Real Story Group Blog

Daniel — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:08:09 +0000

Hi Irina, how do you see the potential for a SaaS CMS for micro enterprizes, like the 5 employee cafe next door? cheers, Daniel

@eaton - When open source CMS vendors try to re-invent application development communism < Real Story Group B

@eaton — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:08:01 +0000

I was one of the vocal proponents of this approach in the Drupal community years back (we called it Smallcore). While I think it was a net win for our codebase, it wasn't the beginning of a cross-community renaissance. As @MKSECom says, once you get beyond basic stuff like authentication and templating, most CMS features are deeply rooted in the philosophical assumptions the product makes about content, organization, and so on. Drupal 8 is taking a slightly different approach: instead of trying to popularize small chunks of Drupal's codebase as general purpose libraries, it's refactoring its own internals to leverage existing third-party frameworks like Symfony. That approach HAS led to more productive collaboration with other development communities, and reduced the amount of home-grown code that's exclusive to the Drupal development pool.

@MKSECom - When open source CMS vendors try to re-invent application development communism < Real Story Group B

@MKSECom — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:30:06 +0000

Well, Content Management Interoperability Services didn't really turn out a success, right? So why should Joomla even try on their own? Three years later as well, must be even harder. And this kind of CMS-feature code must be easier to rewrite than to rewrite twice and adopt to any central frameworks standards.

StuckWithCQ - The Case Against Adobe CQ - WEM < Real Story Group Blog

StuckWithCQ — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:44:29 +0000

If you only spent 1 million, you got off easy!

Matt Wilkinson - Newsgator Social Sites Internal Communications Solution - A Quick Take < Real Story Group Blog

Matt Wilkinson — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:51:21 +0000

Bart - how can tiles be configured so that users cannot remove them?? interesting write up Kashyap

john coaxum - Metadata management in DAMs still inadequate < Real Story Group Blog

john coaxum — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:10:52 +0000

would it not be easier to converge all this on one platform as an enterprise?

Alexander Kogan - The Difference between SharePoint and Lotus Notes < Real Story Group Blog

Alexander Kogan — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:12:07 +0000

You forgot to mention that Lotus/Domino comes with a powerfull C-API functions. By that you can write many Server-Tasks that runs under Domino server for allmost any need in your company. Sure, you may need some C skills but it is well dicumented with a lot of samples. Lotus provieds a powerfull COM Objects as well that can be used by any Microsoft Office program for reporting and printing perposes. As a software develeper with about 27 years of experience I can recomend Lotus Notes as a rapid development environment to solve business workflows and quickly sharing data across the globe. A.Kogan

lucasneetham - Apache Cordova supports Ubuntu Touch -- How long before IBM, Oracle, and others follow? < Real Story

lucasneetham — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:59:48 +0000

nice post

Ian McNemar - Adobe To Acquire Day - Second Take - DAM Perspective < Real Story Group Blog

Ian McNemar — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:24:26 +0000

3 years after purchasing Adobe CQ, I still believe this all to be true. It's a weak offering that doesn't hold up to the more tried-and-true DAMs on the market.

Theresa Regli - Update to our Digital Marketing and Digital Workplace vendor map < Real Story Group Blog

Theresa Regli — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:23:07 +0000

Hi Albert, We renamed it because Content Technology is a very broad term and our analysis is particularly focused on digital marketing and the digital workplace / intranets. We don't evaluate ERP systems for example, but some may put that in the category of content technology. We wanted to be more specific with our terminology. Hope that makes it clear why we changed the name. Thanks for your comment!

rahulkuma007 - Mobile App Development is about much more than UI creation < Real Story Group Blog

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