Tag Archives: Chris_Preston

When BI and ECM Worlds Collide

I recently presented at the EMC Momentum Conference in Sydney with my good friend and colleague David Le Strat on the intersection of Big Data and Case Management.  After flying nearly half-way around the world, it was exciting for us to … Continue reading

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Using BPM and Case Management to Transform Your Business

It’s interesting when talking about “business transformation,” that many of us immediately think of Business Process Management (BPM).  And for good reason considering the life’s blood of an organization is really the collection (or more importantly, the summation) of the hundreds … Continue reading

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Extending the Value of SharePoint

“What’s IIG’s SharePoint strategy?”  I’d love a dollar for every time I’m asked this question.  It’s undeniable that SharePoint has spread like wild fire across organizations of all sizes.  However, it’s also true that the Post-PC Era (social, mobile, local, … Continue reading

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Why Crawl When You Can Federate? Seeking a Better Approach to Enterprise Search

To better understand the basics of Enterprise Search, I recently spent some time with Ed Bueche, Distinguished Engineer for all Search products at IIG.  In this segment, Ed walks us through the basic requirements and technologies used for Enterprise Search.  … Continue reading

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Understanding Pervasive Governance

As a follow-up to my recent interviews with AIIM and CMS Wire, I caught up with Jeroen VanRotterdam (Chief Architect for EMC’s IIG division), to get his perspectives on Pervasive Governance.   In this segment, Jeroen outlines the market challenges and … Continue reading

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Delivering Instant ECM – OnDemand

There is no escaping the overwhelming hype when it comes to the Cloud.  Everywhere you go, someone has something to sell that’s now available “in the cloud.”  I’m reminded of a t-shirt I once saw – “Remember when the Cloud … Continue reading

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Cloud Innovation

As part of my ongoing video blog/interview series exploring innovation in information management, I recently met up with Paul O’Brien, Vice President & General Manager of EMC OnDemand.  Here we discuss what’s new and different in bringing ECM to the … Continue reading

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A Look Ahead, From Behind the Scenes – IIG’s Innovation Strategy

Throughout my travels, one of the requests I consistently get from customers is for a closer look at what’s shaping the next level of innovation at EMC’s IIG division.  To help with this, I’ll be conducting a series of short … Continue reading

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Reflections from Strata

Last week over 2000 disciples of Big Data descended on Santa Clara, California for the second annual Strata Conference. While small as tradeshows go, by all accounts attendance exceeded expectations and you couldn’t help but feel the buzz and entrepreneurial … Continue reading

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The Big Deal about Big Data

It’s been said that we’re now living in the era of Big Data.  Amidst the declaration of the revolution taking place, many may believe that we’ve been here before.  Is this another overhyped technology (following in the footsteps of Web … Continue reading

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