March 2007 Archives

Join us on April 11, 8:30am at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco for Gilbane San Francisco 2007

We have expanded our opening keynote to include a special debate between Microsoft and Google on Enterprise Search and Information Access, in addition to our discussion on all content technologies with IBM, Oracle & Adobe.

You still have time to join us for this important and lively debate at the Palace Hotel, April 11. The keynote is open to all attendees, even those only planning to visit the technology showcase. The full keynote runs from 8:30am to 10:15am followed by a coffee break and the opening of the technology showcase, and now includes:

Keynote Panel: Content Technology Industry Update PART 2
Google and Microsoft are competing in many areas on many levels. One area which both are ramping-up quickly is enterprise search. In this part of the opening keynote, we bring the senior product managers face to face to answer our questions about their plans and what this means for enterprise information access and content management strategies.

Moderator: Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair, CEO, Gilbane Group, Inc.
Panelists:
Jared Spataro, Group Product Manager, Enterprise Search, Microsoft
Nitin Mangtani, Lead Product Manager, Google Search Appliance, Google

See the complete keynote description.

Registration information
http://gilbanesf.com/registration_information.html

Gilbane San Francisco 2007
Content management, enterprise search, localization, collaboration, wikis, publishing ...
Complete conference information is at http://gilbanesf.com/conference_grid.html

http://gilbanesf.com

Free Exhibit Hall to Showcase Technologies and Solutions for Improving and Streamlining Information Creation, Management and Delivery

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2007 - The Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars, today announced that the Gilbane Conference San Francisco 2007 (http://gilbanesf.com), taking place April 10-12 at the Palace Hotel, will offer a free technology showcase that will play host to many of the industry's most innovative developers of enterprise content management and Web 2.0 solutions. This year’s event has broadened its focus to include coverage of web and other enterprise content management applications, enterprise search and information access technologies, publishing technologies, wikis, blogs and collaboration tools, and globalization and translation technologies. (http://gilbanesf.com/index.html)

Attendees will see some of the most innovative and cutting-edge content management solutions available on the market today. To view the entire list of exhibitors visit:

http://gilbanesf.com/exhibitors_sponsors.html

The following is a brief look at what some of the companies will announce and showcase next week:

• Acquity Group – learn about their content management expertise and implementation best practices for Portals, Enterprise Content Management, and Information Architecture
• Across Systems GmbH – The across Language Server is a collaborative business solution for all language resources and translation processes, including a translation memory and terminology system as well as tools for the project and workflow management
• Acumium – will provide LIVE customer demos to see how easily Acumium content/e-commerce/globalization solutions power large multi-lingual retail sites and information portals
• AuthorIT – will present its entire product line, including a sneak preview you won’t want to miss. From Component Content Management to Web Content Management, AuthorIT has one source for content, one solution for technology
• Clay Tablet – presents the best way to connect any content system to any translation technology - helping clients achieve translation efficiency as the content management and globalization worlds converge
• Day Software – Web 2.0 applications are ideally suited for efficiently managing today’s explosion of digital information. Day will showcase how their global content management applications deliver Web 2.0 to the Enterprise
• fasoo.com, Inc. – Will showcase 'DRM ONE', the Total Enterprise DRM solution, which serves as the perfect solution to cover the document security area for enterprises that are considering CMS/ECM deployments
• FatWire Software – introduces Content Server 7. Faster to deploy and easier to use. Whether you are a casual content contributor, a copy editor or a power user, FatWire CS7 is the first content management software designed to work the way you work
• Hot Banana Software – is a Web CMS that helps marketers build and manage SEO-friendly Web sites that can be automated and optimized for maximum lead generation and conversion performance
• Idiom Technologies Inc. – Idiom® WorldServer™ automates the translation and localization of multilingual content to enable the cost effective delivery of websites, products and marketing materials in multiple languages
• LISA – The Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) is a repository for globalization business standards, publications and events. It will display its new Globalization Industry Primer (http://www.lisa.org/products/primer/) – free to organizations to help them jump-start their international business expansion
• Sansui Software – will show PublishNow! offering web-based self-service publishing solutions that let front line sales and marketing teams create localized marketing collateral with brand management and corporate standards centrally controlled
• The Level Consulting Ltd. – The Level’s Enterprise Portal and Content Management Software controls the creation, localization and delivery of content for local audiences worldwide. Powers multilingual websites, ‘dashboard’ intranets and extranets
• Tridion – Discover why over 400 customers trust their brands to Tridion. Come see Tridion demonstrate their newest product that will infuse globalization into your websites and render your persuasive content

Registration information:
http://gilbanesf.com/registration_information.html

About Gilbane Group, Inc.
Gilbane Group Inc. is an analyst and consulting firm that has been writing and consulting about the strategic use of information technologies since 1987. We have helped organizations of all sizes from a wide variety of industries and governments. We work with the entire community of stakeholders including investors, enterprise buyers of IT, technology suppliers, and other consultant and analyst firms. We have organized over 50 educational conferences in North America and Europe. Information about our widely-read newsletter, reports, white papers, case studies and analyst blogs is available at http://gilbane.com.

About Lighthouse Seminars
Lighthouse Seminars' events cover information technologies and “content technologies” in particular. These include content management of all types, digital asset management, document management, web content management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, web and multi-channel publishing, electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information architecture, and e-catalogs. http://lighthouseseminars.com

Contacts:
Welz & Weisel Communications
Evan Weisel, 703-218-3555
Cell: 703-628-5754
evan@w2comm.com
or
Lighthouse Seminars
Jeffrey V. Arcuri, 508-759-8180
jeff@lighthouseseminars.com

Executives Will Address Strategic, Business and Technical Enterprise Content Management Issues and Trends

SAN FRANCISCO - March 20, 2007 - The Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars, today announced that executives from Adobe, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle will participate in the Gilbane San Francisco 2007 keynote panel, “Content Technology Industry Update,” on Wednesday, April 11th at 8:30 a.m. at the Palace Hotel. Taking place April 10-12, the Gilbane Conference San Francisco has greatly expanded its collection of educational programs, including sessions focused on web and other enterprise content management applications, enterprise search and information access technologies, publishing technology, wikis, blogs and collaboration tools, and information on globalization and translation technology.

The “Content Technology Industry Update” keynote panel will focus on the most important strategic issues technical and business managers need to consider for both near and long term success in managing content and content technologies in the context of enterprise applications. The keynote panel discussion is completely interactive (i.e., no presentations).

“Before embarking on a content management, search, publishing, collaboration or globalization strategy or project, you need to understand not only the vertical and horizontal solutions from the technology suppliers that address specific content-oriented business applications, but also what the major platform providers are doing and how their offerings fit into your plans, or not,” comments Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair, CEO, Gilbane Group, Inc. “In San Francisco this year we look at what the largest software suppliers are doing that will affect enterprise content strategies both directly and indirectly.”

With six tracks and 35 sessions to choose from, attendees have the opportunity to participate in a conference program focused on educating attendees about the latest content management technologies from experienced content management practitioners, consultants, and technologists.

Complete conference schedule:
http://gilbanesf.com/conference_grid.html

Pre-conference tutorials:
http://gilbanesf.com/gilbane_preconference-tutorials.html

Conference session descriptions:
http://gilbanesf.com/gilbane_session_descriptions.html

Registration information:
http://gilbanesf.com/registration_information.html

About Gilbane Group, Inc.
Gilbane Group Inc. is an analyst and consulting firm that has been writing and consulting about the strategic use of information technologies since 1987. We have helped organizations of all sizes from a wide variety of industries and governments. We work with the entire community of stakeholders including investors, enterprise buyers of IT, technology suppliers, and other consultant and analyst firms. We have organized over 50 educational conferences in North America and Europe. Information about our widely-read newsletter, reports, white papers, case studies and analyst blogs is available at http://gilbane.com.

About Lighthouse Seminars
Lighthouse Seminars' events cover information technologies and “content technologies” in particular. These include content management of all types, digital asset management, document management, web content management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, web and multi-channel publishing, electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information architecture, and e-catalogs. http://lighthouseseminars.com

Contacts:
Welz & Weisel Communications
Evan Weisel, 703-218-3555
Cell: 703-628-5754
evan@w2comm.com
or
Lighthouse Seminars
Jeffrey V. Arcuri, 508-759-8180
jeff@lighthouseseminars.com

For those of you familiar with my work in the area of taxonomies, I'd like to encourage you to attend the workshop that I am doing in San Francisco even if you have attended some of my prior workshops and taxonomy community of practice conference calls. The reason is things are evolving in some very interesting ways and I am seeing new trends in how organizations are approaching taxonomies and how senior executives are considering taxonomy issues.

I have recently been working with some large organizations on content strategy and taxonomy development and am noticing a big change in the landscape. Rather than going through the downside of the hype curve as I have predicted in the past, my experience has shown that organizations are really learning how to practically leverage taxonomies and more fully integrate them into all kinds of applications.