Special Section: Return On Innovation
Analysts' Insights: Trends & Challenges 2002
Penny Lunt
What lies ahead for content and collaboration technologies? We asked leading analysts for their opinions.
Among the trends: content management and portal software will converge; collaboration tools and
all-in-one enterprise content management will come to the fore; and document management may enjoy
a back-to-basics resurgence.
Products Of The Year 2001
Penny Lunt, Doug Henschen, & Lowell Rapaport
Choosing the Products of the Year for 2001 was challenging, but with the help of 24 experts, we have selected
24 products offering breakthrough features, new combinations of functionality and more value for users of
content and collaboration technologies.
Business Rules
Track the 'Paper Trail' of Web Content
Bruce Silver
Yet one more challenge for Web content management software is maintaining an audit trail of your site.
This feature not only protects your company from legal and regulatory threats, it's an essential feature if
Web content is to become the trusted content behind e-business.
Information Lifecycle
Records Meet Workflow
Julie Gable
If content is a pair of silver slippers, then records are sensible, everyday shoes. Studies have
shown that employees' patience for records management chores is exhausted within 15 seconds.
The time has come for automated workflow for records management, and a few vendors have
answered the call.
Theory and Practice
What's Next For Magneto Optical Users?
Lowell Rapaport
Magneto optical storage is a popular archival format, but it's nearing the end of its development
life cycle. The next generation, Ultra Density Optical, will have at least three times the storage
capacity and will become the new format of choice for the most rigorous demands.
Ask Lowell
Optical Storage Tips
Lowell Rapaport
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Context
Clarify Content Confusion
Words from the Editor
Content & Collaboration
Microsoft's 'New' CMS
When Microsoft acquired nCompass, the Vancouver-based developer of Resolution, some thought the giant
of Redmond, WA, would reinvent Web content management. However, with the exception of incremental
improvements and bug fixes, Microsoft Content Management Server is a familiar product.
Transactions
Automate With Ease
Metastorm's e-Work is business process automation software focused on ease of integration
for administrators and ease of use for knowledge workers. England's Nottingham University is
using the software to convert a paper-intensive hiring process into a smooth, automated workflow.
Metastorm's next generation of e-Work will bring integration with Microsoft's .Net initiative, extending
business processes outside the corporate firewall.
Scan & Capture
A New Value in Production Scanning
High-volume document imaging demands more than speed. To get through tens or even hundreds of
thousands of documents per day, you need usable throughput. Kodak's new i800 series scanners combine
superior image quality, smooth paper handling and fast color scanning to minimize rescans and jams,
and maximize readability and automation.
Tech Selections
Product Briefs
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