Stories about: Interwoven

IT management efforts to focus on service delivery within the enterprise are hamstrung by traditional IT management tools that view the world from a bottom-up perspective -- a method of managing individual components within a network under a specific category or silo. What's needed is a top-down perspective.

With BEA and Cognos gone, the question shifts from who's going to get bought next to which sector if ripe for consolidation? The answer is enterprise content management. Maybe.

In 2007,we designated more than 90 start-ups as worth watching. After a second look, we picked these 10 as offering what matters most in the enterprise -- agility, seamless integration and pervasive connectivity.

Local enterprises are taking advantage of a low barrier to entry into content management with the open source Alfresco ECM system for a range of new projects - from records keeping to image hosting.

It's not always practical or affordable for large enterprises to consolidate their disparate systems that store unstructured content such as documents, Web material, and digital media. Yet maintaining these siloed applications introduces different costs and risks, including lack of security and records management. ECM (enterprise content management) systems address these shortcomings while leaving your existing file servers and other repositories in place. Although ECMs typically require yet another database, users continue accessing their existing desktop files and processes, while the content manager provides centralized storage, indexing, versioning, workflow, retention, and other services.

When it comes to custom Web applications most companies are struggling to manage releases, ad hoc fixes, and global distribution in the time required to be competitive online, especially as rapidly shifting customer expectations and increased pressure to speed time-to-Web place a greater burden on IT.

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is deploying a document management system to accommodate the growth in digital content, which has replaced paper-based records.

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has renewed its 10-year outsourcing contract with Unisys for an additional two years to continue major redevelopments of its IT infrastructure.

When last surveying open source Web CMSes (content management systems) I provided some common-sense advice. For example, it's important to look for not just functionality but also frequent updates, a healthy user community, and the availability of professional support. Some points are still true today, but new offerings may get you rethinking the role of these products in your enterprise.

Clad in his pajamas, Red Hat co-founder Marc Ewing arrived at work at 11 a.m. one day in 1998, unlocked the office for a new employee, and promptly left to go back to sleep.

Content management vendor Interwoven has appointed a new Australia and New Zealand managing director based in Sydney.