Brilliant Leap

SharePoint and Documentum a Marriage?

I was talking to a very smart, very experienced Documentum engineer on the coast today (he does not work for EMC) and he made mention of the fact that the MOSS (Microsoft Office Share Point Server) regime was taking over the leadership role in the ECM part of IT at his company (meaning the company he works for).

I had lunch with someone in December who forecasted that only four viable partners will exist in the Content/Document Management space in the near future:

* EMC w/Documentum and Captiva

* IBM w/ its acquisition of FileNet

* Microsoft with MOSS

* Alfresco (because it is Open Source)

Google and Yahoo search Documentum

Surprise, surprise, s-u-u-u-u-rprise! For anyone who has ever watched reruns of the Andy Griffith show, you'll remember the ever-happy Gomer Pyle uttering these words. Why am I mentioning them now? Because it's my reaction to Google's January 5 announcement that they've added features to their Search Appliance which give Enterprise customers the ability to customize search results for their individual corporate environments. The Google Search Appliance now also offers improved integration with Google services as well as additional content sources. Features include Hit Clustering and Source biasing that work together with Documentum and other Content Management software.

On Being Brilliant

When you're a headhunter, you hope to recruit people, be they clients, candidates, or consultants, who are remarkable. People whose eyes sparkle when they talk about their work. People who make you feel like you're missing out on something if you're not where they're at. The draw to these people is tremendous; working with them is fun, not only for us, but for everyone who comes across them (lazy people would be the exception.)