ezPhpPortal.com CMS Portal - Latest Stories http://www.ezphpportal.com/ Latest Stories The case for PDF/A as an archival format http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17259 All enterprises need to archive certain documents, but what's the best approach? Specifically, are there better alternatives to the traditional TIFF format? In a new advisory briefing, we argue that PDF/A brings several advantages Vendor Landscapes and Horse Races http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17258 There's an odd fascination with equestrianism in technology. Vendor landscapes are often described as horse races; there's leaders and laggards, winners and losers. That's great for gamblers, investors, and jockeys. But it's not very useful IBM and Coremetrics: A Second Look http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17256 After discussions with several Coremetrics customers, we've taken a second look at IBM's acquisition of the web analytics vendor. To quote What Exactly is IDOL, Anyway? http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17257 There's a lot of mysticism shrouding Autonomy's mega-search offering, "IDOL." Not in the least bit because every piece of software that is acquired by the vendor is either "plugged into," "powered by," or "integrated with" IDOL. Supposedly, Join me for DAM in Chicago or Hollywood http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17255 Beware the WEM trap http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17254 You should be forewarned that in their quest for improving presentation management, vendors are soft-pedaling many core CMS concepts which haven't really seen a lot of innovation in recent times, and this, too, could impact your website visitor experience. SharePoint's FAST 2010 is not as cheap as you might think http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17253 However, make no mistake: FAST may be a lot less expensive, but it's certainly not going to come cheap. Not in the least bit because implementing it right will still be an expert's job. CMS Vendor EPiServer Not Going Public http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17251 This year's big plan for Swedish Web CMS vendor EPiServer was to go public on July 30th. In the end, though, that didn't quite work out: EPi withdrew at the last minute Making sense of IT gibberish http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17252 Explaining technical concepts -- which are often quite abstract -- can be quite a challenge. So at the Real Story Group we often try to be creative in how we go about explaining things Microsoft and the CMIS standard - What it means for you http://www.ezphpportal.com/./index.php?pageid=itemdetails&catid=home&cntid=17250 In a new Advisory Briefing for our SharePoint and ECM subscribers, we evaluate how the CMIS connector targets different use cases where SharePoint needs to inter-operate or co-exist with other applications.