Knowledge, Content, and Document Management and Search Technologies
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Business Intelligence: Consolidation and Beyond (Strategic Focus)Against the backdrop of a looming recessionary environment in its major end-market, the BI market is witnessing a flurry of large ticket acquisitions and rampant commoditization leading to slowdown in growth rates. This report aims to provide clarity to vendors and investors in BI solutions by simplifying the dynamics of this changing market and forecasting future growth opportunities.
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Document and Records Management: Controlling Information Risk and Aiding ComplianceWe are now in the second wave of Document and Records Management, with many organisations that implemented DRM systems a few years ago now looking to replace or roll out their systems to a wider audience. The provision of solutions built on top of DRM systems has greatly extended the capabilities of DRM so that organisations are now able to bring together information from multiple sources –structured data as well as unstructured information – to complete tasks initiated by the DRM system.
There are two approaches to DRM: one is to deploy an Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM) system that focuses mainly on DRM and workflow; and the second is to implement a much larger Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform with additional capabilities such as Web Content Management, Business Process Management, and Digital Asset Management. The ECM vendors have also been much more proactive in creating vertical and horizontal solutions that sit on top of their platforms.
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Understanding Adoption of Business Intelligence Solutions (Customer Focus)This brief analyses enterprises' attitudes to Business Intelligence (BI) following Datamonitor's Technology Trends survey conducted during the first half of 2007. The survey covers 500 IT decision makers from Western Europe, the US and Australia. The brief focuses on current BI penetration and investment opportunities and addresses deployment, procurement and mindshare preferences.
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Enterprise Search Deployment, Usage, and TrendsInformation Today, Inc., Shore Communications, Inc., and respected analyst Jean
Bedord recently completed an in-depth study of the dynamic enterprise search
marketplace. More than 250 search professionals – users, buyers, and champions
of the technology – provided unique insight into the trends driving and shaping
enterprise search. This primary market research was supplemented by in-person
interviews with representatives of market leading vendors.
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