It's hard to find a decent enterprise business application written in the last ten years that doesn't run on something owned by Oracle. The same cannot be said for EMC/Documentum and vertical content oriented enterprise applications. The list is extremely sparse. To be fair - either by default or design, none of the major ECM players have done a good job at making their applications the backbone of major COTS offerings.

The balance of EMC's catalog is heavily weighted to commodity storage. There is little practical difference between an application running on EMC versus IBM storage. So, they either invest heavily themselves or continue rounding out the application platform and encourage CEVA developments from ISV's. The risk shifts to the ISV when they commit to a CMS. For Oracle's acquisitions, they may not have been built on UCM but there is nevertheless an affinity with other products in the catalog.

HP's Tower acquisition is an indicator that it is in a similar position as EMC but they don't have the baggage associated with a major ECM product so they started with records management. Oracle's position is not unique though. There is one other player with similar cross-over potential from business apps to true CEVA offerings. Microsoft.

Editia din acest an va rezerva o multime de suprize cinematografice si nu numai.

Consiliul Judeţean

Constanţa

UPFAR - Uniunea Producătorilor de Film şi Audiovizual din România

COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ

IPIFF 2008 se pregăteşte de start!

IPIFF 2008 - Festivalul Internaţional al Producătorilor de Film Independenţi - se apropie de start.

IPIFF este organizat de Consiliul Judeţean Constanţa şi produs de Uniunea Producătorilor de Film şi Audiovizual din România - UPFAR.

Ajuns la cea de-a treia ediţie, IPIFF 2008 se va desfăşura în Constanţa (locaţia unde a avut loc prima ediţie a Festivalului) între 14-20 IULIE 2008. Festivalul va păstra aceeaşi atmosferă plăcută de vacanţă şi va combina vizionarea celor mai importante filme româneşti şi străine (unele în avanpremieră) cu întâlnirile producătorilor cu publicul cinefil.

Primul Festival de acest gen din România, IPIFF abordează fenomenul cinematografic punând accentul pe un element mai puţin discutat şi cunoscut în mod obişnuit, dar absolut esenţial - producţia de film şi oamenii angrenaţi în această meserie. Astfel, şi la această ediţie producătorii îşi vor prezenta cele mai noi producţii.

Festivalul va fi structurat în 3 secţiuni:

1.Competiţie

a - LUNG METRAJ: de ficţiune şi documentar,

b - SCURT METRAJ: de ficţiune şi documentar,

c - PRODUCŢII DE TELEVIZIUNE: scurt metraj de ficţiune, documentar, reportaj,

d. - ŞCOLI DE FILM: ficţiune şi documentar

2 . Panorama Filmului Românesc.

3. Avanpremiere (româneşti şi străine).

Spectacolele vor avea loc zilnic la Cityplex Tomis Mall - Constanţa, Arenele Tomis - Constanţa, Palatul Festivalurilor din Mamaia

Un eveniment important cu care IPIFF va atrage spectatorii la aceasta ediţie o constituie prezentarea în premieră excepţională în România a celor două filme Grindhouse (Planet Terror / Planeta terorii şi Death Proof / Maşina morţii).

Grindhouse este alcătuit din aceste două părţi diferite, semnate de doi dintre cei mai influenţi, controversaţi şi apreciaţi regizori ai momentului, Quentin Tarantino şi Robert Rodriguez.

Un alt punct de atracţie al IPIFF 2008 este al 3-lea training de producţie de film, organizat pe întreaga perioadă de desfăşurare a Festivalului, la Mamaia, cu sprijinul prestigioasei organizaţii britanice New Producers Alliance (NPA), care se ocupă de 10 ani cu organizarea de programe de pregătire în materie de producţie pentru tineri cineaşti.

Training-ul va fi susţinut de Anita Lewton şi Rebecca Knapp şi va cuprinde două cicluri: unul pentru începători şi unul pentru avansaţi. Cursurile urmăresc concis toate capitolele producţiei de film: dezvoltare de scenarii şi proiecte, trecerea de la scurt la lung metraj, finanţare, programare, vânzări, distribuţie.

IPIFF 2008 este organizat de Consiliul Judeţean Constanţa şi produs de Uniunea Producătorilor de Film şi Audiovizual din România - UPFAR cu sprijinul Centrului Naţional al Cinematografiei.

Sponsori: Kodak Cinelabs România, Santal

Parteneri media: TVR, TVR Cultural, România Actualităţi, România Cultural, Kiss FM, 24 Fun, TV Neptun, România Liberă, Ziua, Revista 22, Best Magazin, Jurnalul Naţional, Evenimentul Zilei, Observator Cultural, Telegraf, Filmul tău.

Parteneri media online: www.CineFan.ro, www.Port.ro, www.Videofil.ro, www.HotNews.ro, www.RadioLynx.ro

Conferinţa de presă va avea loc miercuri 25 iunie 2008, ora 11,00 la sediul Centrului Naţional al Cinematografiei (Str. Dem I. Dobrescu, nr 4-6, Sector 1). Acreditările pentru Festival se vor face după conferinţa de presă, pe baza legitimaţiei de jurnalist.

Pentru informaţii suplimentare şi propuneri de colaborare, vă stau la dispoziţie.

Emanuel Lăzărescu (0723.486.333)

Press Manager IPIFF 2008

www.ipiff.ro

Deci, ti-a placut? Hai, spune drept daca iti place mult de tot acest eveniment.

Platform = B
The platform that EMC is bringing to the table is admirable.  The base architecture can meet most needs of the OEM community.  The system is designed to support a single site with 500 users and over 10 million documents.  The entire installation fits on one server requiring only 2-4 gigs of memory and there are minimal inputs required in the installation, there are no administration requirements, and the database is self tuning.  Most typical integrations to other line of business applications and simple content management applications (SCMA?) can easily be developed with the platform.

Unfortunately there is no UI included.  The opinion is that the vendor would comply develop their own front end for their applications.  While this would be true in cases like integrations to line of business applications, it misses the opportunity to set a standard for simple content management applications (SCMA).  The Magellan front end would be great for SCMA.

The platform is also it's own branch of the code line.  The branch used for the OEM platform was based on the 5.5 release.  This means that as the Documentum platform continues to grow, changes will be needed in both lines to continue with parity.  They actually felt that it was better to do so as the OEM release would include features that no one using the regular platform would want.  Personally, I feel every customer would want the ability for zero administration and a self-tuning database, but it appears that neither will make their way into the standard platform. 

The separate platform also means that those vendors looking to take advantage of a customer's existing Documentum environment need to think ahead.  The OEM edition uses an open source database and search engine and this may mean that customer will want to go with their existing platform instead of adding an OEM instance to their environment.  This means that it's probably best to first develop on a standard instance of Documentum and then port the application to the OEM platform. 

Support = D
Support was mentioned at the beginning of the presentation as a very important part of any OEM solution, unfortunately when it came to the Content Services OEM they felt there was nothing left to improve.  While I have a huge amount of respect for the 3rd and 4th lines of traditional Documentum support and their dedicated support is superb, it's the front line that is see a problem with especially for an OEM edition.

Those of us that have been developing Documentum applications for some time know that there are words you never use when on the phone with Documentum support.  Those are: "customized", "configured", "changed", "code", and anything involving a minor release number.  Using those words immediately gets, "I'm sorry but we don't support customized installations" and the phone goes dead.  But with an OEM solution especially one with no UI or reference application this means you are basically on your own at the start.

Now this does not mean you are dead on arrival.  First, if you already have a Documentum Guru in house you probably won't need to call support and if you do they probably know how to get past all the gate keepers to get to the support needed.  But EMC also has an answer, sign up for dedicated support.  Now this may not be a bad way to go, especially if you can get the right margins defined.  But I say hire an experienced developer that can be your Documentum Guru.

Marketing = A
Probably the biggest change to the original OEM release was the recognition that marketing was missing.  Most vendors see OEM as the opportunity to work with EMC and gain access to the existing Documentum customer base.  The first iteration of the OEM edition not only had no access to existing customers but seemed to be focused on new customers exclusively.  This all changes with the new strategy.

EMC announced the EMC Inside program.  EMC Inside is a marketing program focused on bringing attention to applications that have built their solution on an EMC OEM platform (not just the Content Services OEM).  Vendors are able to have their solutions listed on the site and include VMWare working trial copies of their applications.  This trials are timed and the clock is automatically set at download.  EMC also lets the vendor know which customers are downloading applications so that they can follow up with the customer directly.

This is an incredible leads engine from EMC and it appears to be the only one of its kind in the entire ECM space.  The visibility that EMC Inside will have to all of the existing customers tied to tracked downloads means that there are solid prospects for your sales teams.  While it will not eliminate the need for your own lead sources and demand generation programs it does mean that you start with access to a solid collection of candidates. 

A Little Better than Average
First to re-emphasize an earlier opinion about the conference in general, the session was held only once and at a time when the booths were open.  This meant that those mostly likely to be interested in this session couldn't attend and be in their booth they spent $25k on.  Why sessions targeted towards partners were not held before the booth were opened was beyond me.  The partner community was incredibly underrepresented at the session and this is the big reason I wrote this article. 

But overall, EMC has a solid understanding of what OEM means they just need to deliver on the whole picture.  They have a solid start on the platform and with some minor changes it could be much better.  And while a great amount of energy is spent on the marketing of completed OEM solutions, no thought was given to support.  This means that vendors new to Documentum need to expect some ramp up time that they will need to develop themselves.  But for those already familiar with the platform, the marketing program makes it all worthwhile.

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mod_2, guarda che questo post è dedicato al tuo primo Cesenatico!

Em... vediamo... ho la memoria a pezzi e non riesco a scrivere niente di discorsivo, anche perché ci sarebbe troppo da scrivere...

Giovedì 8

- Sul treno di andata: io e Mele studiavamo la legge di gravità (ma...) con la bottiglia mentre Vischi e DiMa giocavano a Magic
- Arrivati a Cesenatico all'Hotel Camay, ci sistemammo in camera, io ero in camera con Ricci e FeddyStra;
- Tutti noi di Torino (compresi gli ex-olimpionici) che giocavamo a schiaccia sette sulla strada;
- La partita Roma-Catania che c'era in trasmissione, dopo la cena;
- FeddyStra che mi spiegava il teorema di Menelao e di Ceva.

Venerdì 9
- Ritrovo davanti alla colonia Agip, conosciuto fisicamente Eucla e Carlein;
- Durante la gara: c'erano 2 problemi di geometria, 1 funzionale, 1 di combinatoria, 1 della Teoria dei Giochi e 1 della Teoria dei Numeri; avevo perso 1 ora e 40 minuti per la prima di geometria perché ero convinto che 75*2 fosse uguale a 140 XD, e poi in quella della Teoria dei Numeri avevo concluso (tra altro tutto convinto) che l'unica soluzione fosse (1,1,2) XD

- Dopo il pranzo, aspettammo quasi un'ora l'arrivo del pullman per portarci alla gara a squadre;
- Alla gara a squadre: ci lasciarono portare dentro solo una penna o eventualmente una matita, ci sequestrarono l'astuccio degli occhiali perché ritenuto "contenitore" XD, io che facevo quasi una pagina di calcoli per un problema che poteva essere benissimo fatto in 5 minuti (l'idea mi era venuta dopo), io e Schimmy che facevamo salti di gioia perché non eravamo gli ultimi e che non eravamo passati alla finale (due giorni di vacanze!), FeddyStra che si lamentava di essere passato con la sua squadra XD
- Passeggiata in gruppo di sera, dopo la cena;
- Io che per la quarta volta perdo la finale del film "50 volte il primo bacio".

Sabato 10
- La camariera della pulizia che fece un "salto" quando scoprì che Ricci era ancora sul letto (FeddyStra aveva posato le chiavi sotto dal custode perché aveva la finale e quindi erano convinti che in camera non ci fosse più nessuno);
- Le partite a beach, prima con i miei compagni di squadra e poi con gli individuali;
- A pranzo, io che dimenticavo le cose che avevo ordinato il giorno precedente XD;
- Io, FeddyStra e quelli di Treviso (Trieste, Trento??? Boh...) che giocavamo a Licantropo e stavo pure vincendo!
- Alla premiazione delle squadre: la nostra squadra del pubblico (io escluso :-( ) sul podio!
- La conferenza di pomeriggio che era "molto comprensibile" XD
- Io che andavo a trovare la mia squadra;
- Dopo la cena, io e Ricci che chiudevamo Gregory (detto House XD) fuori sul balcone:
"Perché stai andando sul balcone?"
"C'è FeddyStra che sta facendo la doccia e dal balcone si vede lui nudo."
"Davvero?? Vengo anch'io!" XDXDXD
- Gregory che stupiva quelli che c'erano nell'hotel con i suoi giochi di prestigio (devo ammettere che era veramente bravo!)
"L'alieno che fa i suoi bisogni nell'area 51"
A:"Ma dove hai imparato ste cose?"
B:"In India! Ho 18 anni e sono stato lì per ben 27!"
- Passeggiata (eravamo in una trentina) fino alla spiaggia: io e l'altro (di cui non ricordo il nome) del mio hotel che discutevamo delle costellazioni;
- Cacciati dalla spiaggia dopo un invano tentativo di giocare alla Mafia
"Ragazi non potete stare qui!"
"Scappiamo!!!"
- Al ritorno, Ricci che si era addormentato in camera e che non sentiva neanche il telefono che squillava

Domenica 11
- Dopo la colazione (ci eravamo svegliati troppo presto), guardavamo il cartone animato (molto istruttivo, io direi);
- Alla premiazione degli individuali: FeddyStra che cercava di spiegarmi il cubo e il tetraedro (non seguivo tanto la premiazione perché ero convinto di non aver preso nulla), Leslie e Kiril (tornato la sera prima da Macedonia) che si giravano e mi dicevano "Guarda che ti hanno chiamato!" (In quel momento non credevo a quello che sentivo!)...
- Al ritorno sul treno: Lorenzo studiava Arte, io cercavo, disperatamente, di mettere in pratica ciò che mi avevano insegnato del cubo, Gregory che faceva il suo spettacolo sul treno...

E tante altre belle cose che però non ricordo più XD

Mi hanno detto che ho vinto un viaggio all'estero. Dove? Quando? Che cosa si farà? Lo sapremo fra poco.
Senior? Spero che mi prendano...

Settimana prossima? Si va a Pracatinat! Altri 3 giorni di Matematica, altre verifiche da saltare...:-)

The Singapore operator is about to start a 6-month consumer trial with 200 customers who take both post-paid mobile and residential broadband services from StarHub.

Telecom Italia Mobile interested in femtocells

Telecom Italia is very interested in deploying femtocells and is in trials with femtocell suppliers, but it wants the cost of femtocell units to come down. Luigi Licciardi (executive VP of TIM) says, "We think femtocell is...one of the most attractive solutions for our customers is to have a flat rate, a cheap rate, to use the mobile handset at home and femtocells can solve some problems like inside coverage."

Nokia Siemens Networks partners with Pirelli

Pirelli Broadband Solutions is building femtocell technology into its home gateway products. A wide range of femto-enabled CPE models will integrate with NSN's Femto Gateway. The announcement does not specify whether Pirelli is going it alone, or partnering with a specialist supplier for femtocell access point technology that integrates with the NSN gateway like its rivals Netgear and Thomson. NSN recently denied a rumour that it is looking to work directly with home CPE suppliers (supplying the femtocell CPE technology itself), but the story refused to go away last week.

In-Stat's "Itty Bitty Basestation" forecast

In-Stat predicts that by 2012 shipments of femtocells, picocells and microcells will exceed 31 million units.

ABI says femtocells will boom in 2010

Analyst Stuart Carlaw says that femtocells will get off to slow start this year with around 100,000 units shipped, but will be booming by 2010, when shipments will likely total tens of millions.

picoChip is braced for the femtocell boom

picoChip says its biggest order to date is for 10,000 femto chips, but they expect femto shipments to overtake their WiMAX business next year. Here's a video of picoChip's HSDPA femtocell reference design demo.

26 million US households will cut the cord by 2012

Approximately 12 million households currently opt for a wireless-only phone connection, with that number expected to increase to about 26 million in 2012 (equal to about 22% of market share.) "The maturing of the younger, more tech-savvy demographic combined with emerging technologies (such as femtocell) set to improve wireless coverage and reduce costs, will further promote the position of wireless services," says Ian Olgeirson, Senior Industry Analyst for SNL Kagan.

3G coverage in the UK

Vodafone estimates its 3G network covers more than 92% of the UK. O2 meanwhile has recently met the terms of its 3G licence in the UK by reaching 80% national coverage. "O2's strategy has been to roll out our 3G network in areas where there is the most demand, providing high quality, in-building coverage in those areas," said an O2 spokesman.

In other news...

• New York Times confuses femtocells with WiFi
• FT Digital Business Review discusses femtocells
• Ubiquisys, Alcatel-Lucent and ip.access top ABI's femtocell vendor matrix
• Ubiquisys makes it into the Fierce 15
• Lime Microsystems promises cheap programmable silicon for universal femtocells
• PA Consulting believes femtocells can reach mass market price points
• Yankee Group says only consumers who have poor indoor service will be tempted to purchase a femtocell initially
• BT blames Fusion's failure on lack of competing WiFi / dual mode offerings
• 63% of Americans would switch to an FMC service if they knew such a thing existed
• ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, plans to test femtocell security
• Ceva targets its "silicon intellectual property" at femtocells
• O2 UK extends fixed broadband offering - Ovum suggests link to femtocell trials
• Gary Kim questions femtocell business models
• Some good femtocell FAQ over at Think Femtocell...
• ...and discussion about femtocell handover
• What are people willing to pay for a femtocell?

And finally...

Three cheers!!! Exradia is dead! These cynical snake oil merchants were trying to sell mobile phone batteries supposedly designed to protect you from THE RAYS. It had been suggested that they might get away with this scam, but fortunately they didn't.

Suspect...totul este suspect , eu , tu , el , ea , noi , voi , ei , ele , TOTI si TOT este suspect.Viata este suspecta , prietenii sunt suspecti , natura este suspecta , scoala este suspecta , politica este suspecta , Planeta Terra este suspecta , dar niciodata familia nu va fi suspecta , cel putin pentru mine , de ce? Le voi multumi mereu pentru ca au fost alaturi de mine la bine si la greu , si niciodata nu s'au schimbat ,totul a fost , este si va fi la fel in relatia mea cu familia. Nu pot zice la fel si in relatie cu prietenii , viata, scoala,natura etc.Viata este ca un tren in care persoanele intra in viata ta printr'un vagon si ies prin altul , de ce trebuie sa mai iasa? O prietenie falsa este usor de gasit , de realizat , dar o prietenie sincera este greu de gasit si de pretuit. Nimeni nu pretuieste ce are decat atunci cand pierde.

Ma uit in urma mea , vad 13 trepte urcate , pe o scara de X trepte [ cat o vrea bunul Dumnezeu ] , dar merg inainte , desi drumul meu este intunecat , pot sa cad de pe scara , sau sa urc inainte , este decizia mea.Stiti ce?Aleg sa merg inainte , pentru ca viata nu inseamna numai rautate si intuneric , la un moment dat va fi si o raza de lumina care imi va orbi ochii lipsiti de lumina. Este usor sa fii fals , este usor sa furi , este usor sa minti , este sa usor sa faci orice lucru "negru",dar este greu sa il repari.Viata unui om, copilaria , increderea,etc. nu pot fi readuse si nici momentele"negre" nu pot fi sterse ca si cum nimic nu s'ar fi intamplat.Este multa cruzime pe aceasta planeta in care "banii" conteaza cel mai mult.Oamenii sunt in stare sa si omoare pentru bani.Cand vei muri la ce iti vor mai fi de folos banii?Dumnezeu nu tine cont de cati bani ai , ce functie ai , cine esti pe dianfara , ci tine cont de ce esti in interior , de sufletul tau.

Stiu, am incercat sa vorbesc despre un anumit subiect , un sentiment ce imi
cutreiera sufletul acum , dar mii de ganduri imi vin in minte , si parca
incearca sa isi faca loc pe aceasta pagina , lipsita de aparare.

Prefer sa ma opresc momentan , sa'mi adun gandurile risipite prin minte si sa meditez in liniste.

Moshe & Mordechai blog

"Deci vă invit la ceva mai mult decât o leapşă. La o atitudine. Şi vă e adresată tuturor celor din blogroll. Şi tuturor cititorilor. Susţineţi “VOT CANCI”. "

Si filmele si talk-show-rile si cam tot ce tine de tv e in spiritu' asta, chiar si umoru'. Sau ceea ce vand ei ca fiind umor. Eu m-am reprofilat pe net. Aici gasesc ce vreau si am de unde alege. Nu tre' sa ma multumesc cu ce imi ofera cretinii astia ... Din cauza lor ma uit mai rar pe Discovery.

Cand ati prins ultima data o stire despre o inventie, despre un roman care a facut ceva bun, despre arta, ma rog, ceva decent, ceva lipsit de senzatia de 2 bani ???

Imagine, a business communicating with their current clients, handling their service request, sending their personalized bills with transpromo, managing the relationship lifecycle, turning existing clients into leads for new products, stretch campaign management to actual document production, archive and relate inbound response and act acccordingly, starting new cases, closing cases, etc.

YES, All in one environment and i challenge all sceptics to have a closer look and get in contact so that ISIS Papyrus can show it to you, and not on powerpoint but in practice.

Anchored by their Papyrus WebRepository, the ISIS solution covers the full spectrum of Enterprise Content Management being capturing, archiving, document management, records management, distributed output management, portal and offline working and a full-fledged Automated Document Factory.

The secret is in the WebRepository, it not only stores instances (whatever content or data) in the ObjectRepository and closing the loop between inbound and outbound. It also stores all class definitions, templates, resources, business rules, process patterns, User Interface definitions and task definitions and put them under version control. The concept of Projects allow the business (without the need for IT) to control release new versions to Test and Production of course with approval workflows. Also the BPM engine is part of the WebRepository. It´s not a conventional limited flow-drawing tool but a Complex Event Processor that acts on state changes in the objectmodel. On top of that we have what we call an User Trained Agent, that can be trained by experts to perform tasks. No programming, just feeding examples as in doing your normal job.

ISIS Papyrus is known to be the best in Distributed Output Management. Transactional, interactive, personalized, transpromo, correspondence, full colour, graphs, all languages more than 2000 customers around the world rely every day on it.

ISIS Papyrus is maybe in the US less known for their Capturing but Transactional Content Management is done every day with ISIS Papyrus. Insurance companies processing thousends of claims per day, Invoices are automatically processed and when the Swiss let their Vote´s automatically processed by ISIS Papyrus it has to be precise :-).

Document Management applies to all type of object instances, either being a generated document by ISIS, scanned document, imported Word or Excel file, Audio, video, X-ray, CadCam, every binary and text file.

Retention policies make sure that objects (any content) are archived and can be retrieved later. Papyrus WebArchive stores both inbound as outbound documents.

I can go on forever, ISIS Papyrus clearly doesn´t fit in any of the known quadrants because they have created years ago their own quadrant. The quadrant where users are in control, not IT. A quadrant where users get their Value by their Content Applications. Utilizing the fully integrated ECM Infrastructure and the Content.

Yes, ISIS doesn´t pay Analysts but does that make the product or company bad? They rather invest the money in their product and listen to what Clients really need instead of try to become equal to others.

It's simple to say that we should relate CEVAs to relational database platforms, but even this level of clarity doesn’t exist for CEVA.  There are basic questions around CEVAs that have not been answered.  So let's answer them. 

ECM Platforms are Overkill
One of the first statements critics make is that ECM platforms are overkill.  My first response is, so what.  I wonder if these people also complain when they are offered a free desert with dinner.  Yes, today most CEVAs would only use 25% of the features an ECM platform has to offer.  But the level of effort to develop that 25% is not that easy.   

The minimum feature set an applications requiring content would us is library services, file locking and versioning to ensure integrity and security to control access.  Building these services from scratch requires at least two or three developers six to nine months to design, develop, and test.  Once in production the functionality is unique enough that it would require some dedicated time for customer support.  While it may seem easy, code lines rarely go bug free nor does a vendor stop at version 1.0.  This means you would have four people dedicated to developing and maintaining library services year round.

And let’s say you developed library services in house, what’s next?  Customers will want to add transformation services to support PDF renditions.  Well add another developer.  Now your customers need simple retention services.  Add yet another developer.  If you think I’m wrong just look at the team that John Newton at Alfresco had to pull together to develop a competing platform in three years.  Over time your resource commitment will continue to grow.  To parrot our parents, “You’ll grow into your ECM Platform.” 

ECM Platforms are to Expensive
Well here I would tend to agree with you.  If you look at the base level of features library services have offered for the past ten years nothings changed.  One hundred dollars still gets you the same basic library services, everything else costs extra.  When you talk to an ECM vendor as a VAR (value added reseller) they see you as a direct source of revenue rather than a pathway towards additional customer revenue, and want to charge through you the same dollar value for the basic library services, even if you bring ten times the functionality to the table. 

If you talk to any of the major platform vendors, they want you to put your product’s technical future at risk by building on their platform and they want you to pony up a wad of cash for even the privilege to try.  For this lump payment they offer no additional services to make platform enablement easier.  It’s not surprising that when their platform strategy fails they blame the customer rather than themselves for their lack of success.  They really don’t recognize the fact that working with a VAR means working together. 

Instead of choosing a major vendor, work with open source solution, like Alfresco or Joomla, as the platform for your CEVA.  You get a solid platform to build on and a vendor or community looking for ways to increase customer adoption.  Using open source also means that the additional software costs are kept to a minimum ensuring that you get a majority of the reward for value that you are adding.  The one drawback is that you will need to support it yourself, but you would have had to support your own ECM platform if you had built from scratch. 

It won't take long that the attention your product starts to get from customers becomes visible to the major ECM vendors.  Ultimately ECM vendors will work with CEVA vendors, just look at the pricing strategy from Oracle. 

Which ECM Platform to Choose
It’s only in science fictions movies that “there can be only one.”  Take a hint from all of the ECM vendors.  Most ECM systems work on both Windows and UNIX platforms and with both Oracle and SQL Server.  Why should your CEVA strategy be any different?  CEVAs should be vendor agnostic and don't let your ECM vendor tell you any different.  And if you’re about to say it will cost me more, remember you were thinking of building your own library services.  Building an integration with two or three ECM will still take less time and money then building your own.    And it gives you a larger market base for your solution.  But which platforms to choose? 

You need to start by looking at the problem in the industry you are looking to solve.  Find out which ECM platform is being used by your customers and try to work with them at least and one other.  For instance in the legal space you should probably look to work with Open Text or in pharmaceuticals you would work with Documentum.  Then find another vendor that’s hungry, open sources fit this bill.  So you go in with the lead vendor but due to costs you also work with the open source solution.  Not only do you get to platforms to hedge you but on you also get a “Plan B” for sales opportunity. 

Building the integrations to different ECMs can be easy.  Key is to start by normalizing the calls into a series of functions that you call in your own application.  Never call their APIs directly from within your logic.  Once you start calling the ECM’s APIs directly you’re locked into their platform.   

One Major Point to Consider
Most of the questions asked when considering CEVAs can be answered quickly.  Are ECM platforms overkill?  This may be the case today but in the long run their features offer growth potential.  Are ECM platforms to expensive for me to use?  Some vendors are but there are other vendors and platforms that can achieve the same results.  Which ECM platform to choose?  Be Switzerland and work with at least two.  But their one major point that needs to be considered. 

In building a solution to solve a business problem, you have limited resources.  Just as you wouldn’t build your own database platform from scratch, why would you even consider building an ECM?  By building on an existing ECM platform you can use your limited resources to build additional business value and limit some of your risk.  In the end your market opportunity today is probably limited by another vendor but against your prospects building their own.

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Multa lume crede...dar crede in ce? Intr-un lucru pe care nu il cunoaste... o forta care lumea i-o conduce. Asa ne-a fost destinat inca de la inceput... o viata in necunoscut.

Cred si eu, dar cred degeaba... lumea din jur nu se mai indreapta. A pornit pe un drum pe care a ajuns sa il vada ca destin. Nu putem sa facem mai nimic pentru aceia care isi lasa viata condusa de lumea ce ii inconjoara. Daca nu isi dau seama de viata lor scurta in comparatie cu timpul avut, noi nu putem sa facem nimic...

Lumea este condusa de o forta... o forta generala... interioara, exterioara ce are grija de tot...

Avem grija de ce primim... avem grija de ceea ce avem... avem grija si de ceea ce dam, de ceea ce lasam in urma noastra? Viata, fericirea furata prin credinta lumii de azi...

Avem trecut,

Ramas undeva-n necunoscut...

Avem prezent,

Omul devine transparent...

Avem viitor,

Speram sa fie satisfacator...

Viitorul doar singuri il putem schimba... trebuie doar sa credem ca putem, ca suntem in stare sa schimbam ceea ce acum ni se intampla, ceea ce acum avem...

Am ramas pe loc. Pentru noi prezentul este ca un joc. Avem nevoie de ceva care sa ne readuca pe pamant, sa observam cat rau am facut. Cu timpul ce trece, viitorul se face tot mai negru. Credinta se indeparteaza si noi nu ne dam seama ca oricum ceva exista sa ne controleze destinul, trecutul, viitorul.

Ceva ne-a creat. A avut grija de noi tot acest timp... Ceva exista acolo undeva. Paralel cu timpul, paralel cu spatiul, el ne controleaza destinul, ne stie finalul. Trebuie sa avem credinta si totul va fi bine. Nu avem cum sa stim ce exista, ce urmeaza si ce a fost.

Totul ramane ascuns... viata trebuie sa ti-o faci singur mai buna, nu astepta de la altii daca nu astepti de la tine. Trebuie sa ai credinta... credinta in tine. Prin vointa proprie, totul este posibil. Omul de langa tine te lasa, te prinde, dar niciodata nu te tine...

Viitorul de mine, de tine....de noi depinde pentru a avea succes in ceea ce facem... o clipa necunoscuta in care putem sa facem orice... un timp avut, pierdut... un timp in care am crezut... intr-un spatiu nevazut...

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In ultima vreme eu cred in tine...

Si in lumea care vine...

Ca isi va crea doar fericire,

Pe pamantul transformat de mine,

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Ramane sentimentul de tristete,

Apasat cu nostalgie,

De clipa in care nu se stie,

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Undeva in timp

Undeva in spatiu,

Cand lumea devine un singur cadru...

Sec... esti un simplu martor...

Ce priveste si nu vrea,

Sa isi vada lumea-asa...

Si.... am facut-o si pe asta. Mi-am facut propriul blog. Stiu ca scriu asta cam tarziu, dupa ce deja am mai scris pe el si am primit si un prim comentariu.... dar... daca nu va convine... "sufletu' " nu pot multumi intreg universul :)

Inca nu pot spune ca am inteles de ce am ajuns sa facem asta si sa scriem aceste bloguri, care pentru unii au devenit inceputuri si chiar afaceri in toata regula. Nu inteleg asta. Dar astept oricand lamuriri si comentarii. Cine stie?! Poate maine voi fi mai destept decat am fost astazi.

A fost o mica provocare sa ii aleg un titlu potrivit... AC/DC sunt buni tot timpul la casa omului, ce pot sa zic. Daca i-as gasi si o tema principala, poate ar fi mai bine. Sau mai bine ramane un haos semi-ordonat in care doar eu voi sti sa gasesc ceva.

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Vreau o tigara... si sa dorm. E sesiune si maine la serviciu.

Solusi
Gunakan teorema Ceva

$latex \dfrac{\text{AQ}}{\text{QB}} \times \dfrac{\text{BM}}{\text{MC}} \times \dfrac{\text{CN}}{\text{NA}} = 1$.

Perhatikan bahwa $latex \text{BM}=\text{MC}$, maka

$latex \dfrac{\text{AQ}}{\text{QB}}\times\dfrac{\text{BM}}{\text{MC}} \times \dfrac{\text{CN}}{\text{NA}}=\dfrac{\text{AQ}}{\text{QB}}\times\dfrac11\times \dfrac{\text{CN}}{\text{NA}}= 1$.

Ini menghasilkan

$latex \dfrac{\text{AQ}}{\text{QB}}=\dfrac{\text{AN}}{\text{NC}}$.

Artinya $latex \triangle \text{AQN} \sim \triangle \text{ABC}$, yang artinya $latex \text{NP} \parallel \text{CB}$.

Menggunakan identitas sudut-sudut dalam garis sejajar, didapat $latex \angle \text{CBN}=\angle \text{BNP}$.

Karena $latex \angle \text{CBN}=\angle \text{NBQ}$, maka $latex \angle \text{BNP} = \angle \text{NBP}$, yang artinya $latex \triangle \text{BNP}$ adalah segitiga sama kaki, dengan $latex \text{NP}=\text{PB}$.

Content Enabled Vertical Applications  can be defined as Foundational Blocks that  are created using a Combination of the Following

Content

Process

Domain

A good example of CEVA would be Claims Workflow System that is used to Manage Content through Out the Claims Lifecycle at the same time provide BPM Capabilities  to enable Straight through Prcoessing

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Păi eu aş spune că uamenii ăştia nu au minte. Mai degrabă ei sunt idioţi, iar ceea ce au ei în cap se numeşte „plantă”! Oricum, asta este o greşeală mare a secolului XXI. Înainte de a se da un nume ar trebui să mai se gândească şi ei puţin dacă e bine sau nu ce vor să spună...

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Injoi!

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