Gilbane Events & Announcements

We hope to see you at Gilbane San Francisco. There is still time to take advantage of early registration discounts until this Friday, May 16th.

Register for the Conference Plus package, The Conference & Tutorial package or the Conference Only and receive an additional $200 discount - Just use the discount code "Gilbane"

Topics to be covered in the conference include:

* Web Content Management (WCM)
* Enterprise Search, Text Analytics, Semantic Technologies
* Collaboration, Enterprise Wikis & Blogs
* "Enterprise 2.0" Technologies & Social Computing
* Content Globalization & Localization
* Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
* Enterprise Rights Management (ERM)
* Publishing Best Practices
* XML Content Strategies

For more details about the keynotes and conference sessions visit http://gilbanesf.com

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Be our guest with a Complimentary Technology Showcase Pass. Your Technology Showcase Pass Includes:

* Attendance to one or all Keynotes
* Full Access to the Exhibit Area
* Attendance to the Sponsor Reception in the Exhibit Area on June 18th

Click here to sign up today

Main Conference:
June 18 - 19, 8:00am - 5:00pm
June 20, 8:30am - 11:30am

Post-conference Workshops:
June 20, 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Technology Showcase:
June 18, 10:00am - 7:00pm
June 19, 10:00am - 2:00pm

2008 Gilbane Conference San Francisco Keynotes:

Special Keynote on Search Quality and Continuous Innovation:
Udi Manber, Vice President Engineering, Search, Google

Beyond Content Management Panel:
Denis Browne, Senior Vice President, Business User Imagineering, SAP Labs
Dan Farber, Editor-in-Chief, CNET News

Industry Analyst Debate:
Rita Knox, Research VP, Information Infrastructure, Gartner, Inc.
Rachel Happe, Research Manager, Digital Business Economy, IDC
Rob Koplowitz, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch
Leonor Ciarlone, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group

Full List of Conference Speakers

CM Pros 2008 Spring Summit: Dynamic Delivery Across Multiple Media Channels

The 2008 CM Pros US Spring summit will take place on June 17, the day before the Gilbane Conference in San Francisco. Plan now to attend.

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The recording of the Internet radio broadcast that Bill and I did last week with Scott Draughon is now available for listening and download. Scroll down to May 1 on the past programs page on mytechnologylawyer.com. The broadcast focused on hot topics at Gilbane San Francisco, June 18-20.

One highlight of the show is the segment with Bill Rosenblatt, recognized authority on enterprise rights management and progam lead on Gilbane's upcoming research on Enterprise Rights Management: Business Imperatives and Implementation Readiness. Bill provided an overview of ERM technology and its use for enterprise content, which will be the focus of a panel in San Francisco. Read more about our upcoming report on ERM adoption. There's still time to take the survey.

The broadcast also featured a segment with Brad Kain, co-founder and president of Quoin, who's talking about XML content strategies in San Francisco; a summary of our coverage of enterprise search topics; and a nod to the session on software-as-a-service, with senior executives of some of the leading suppliers of SaaS solutions for content management.

We'll be doing at least one more Internet radio show prior to Gilbane San Francisco. Please send us an email if there's a topic of specific interest to you and your colleagues.

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• The number of business-to-business (B-to-B) publications offering digital editions has increased over 300% from 2005 to 2007, with total subscriptions also increasing over 300%.
• The number of consumer publications offering digital editions has increased over 200% from 2005 to 2007, with total subscriptions also increasing over 200%.
• Digital vs. print penetration of B-to-B subscribers is up from 13.3 to 15.0%, while digital penetration of consumer publication subscribers is down from 2.2 to 1.4%.

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Summit to Take Place on June 17 Prior to Start of Gilbane Conference; Full-Day Event to Focus on Dynamic Delivery Across Multiple Media Channels
 
San Francisco, CA – May 6, 2008 – The Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars, today announced that the 2008 CM Pros U.S. Spring Summit will take place on June 17 to coincide with the fourth Annual Gilbane San Francisco Conference which is June 18-20 at the Westin Market Hotel in San Francisco (http://gilbanesf.com).  The CM Pros Summit offers attendees an in-depth forum for discussing the business drivers and technical issues of managing and delivering dynamic content.
 
Content Management Systems are viewed by many as being comprised of three predominant components: acquisition, management, and delivery.  This summit will empower attendees with tangible and tactical real world solutions for the delivery component of content management. 
 
"The Summit program focuses on content management delivery and the increasing demands of content presentation,” said Andrew Wilcox, CM Pros Technology Director and Summit Program Manager.  “We have packed a one-day program with sessions that will deliver practical, real-world solutions and provide attendees with a competitive industry edge. The program includes 'Quiz the Experts', a lively game show format offering attendees the opportunity to ask questions of industry experts, and introduces the 'Use Case Challenge' where CMS vendors demonstrate their solutions for publishing content from one source to multiple channels.”
 
The CM Pros Summit includes users, practitioners and vendors of every aspect of content and digital asset management including: information architecture, usability, implementation, metadata and taxonomy, search, change management, software and tools. At the CM Pros Summit, speakers and attendees will:

• Leverage best practices for dynamic delivery
• Hear the latest research, case studies, and best practices
• Share experiences with others and learn from peers
• Network at the event
• Identify next steps in content management implementations
• Collaborate for solutions. Meet with partners, suppliers, and potential customers
• Hear about new aspects of content management; drive new technology development

Keynoting the summit is Steve Powers, Senior Analyst with Forrester Research.  Enterprises are increasingly using rich internet applications (RIA) frameworks - such as Ajax, JavaFX, Flex, and Silverlight - to provide more interactive and dynamic customer experiences on their Web sites, and this has prompted many to question their investments in Web content management. In this session Steve will address how usage of RIAs may force organizations to re-think Web content management strategies.
 
“We are extremely pleased that the CM Pros Summit will take place in conjunction with our annual conference in San Francisco,” said Frank Gilbane, Chair of the Gilbane Conferences.  “Partnering with CM Professionals only increases the value we offer attendees in providing actionable information on current content management technologies that attendees can implement immediately.”
 
Attend the Summit and join CM Pros for $75, a 25 percent discount off the regular fee.  To take advantage of this offer, visit www.cmprofessionals.org and enter discount code: GILBSPR2008. Current members who renew before June 17 will also receive the discount with a year added at the date of renewal.  Also, CM Pros members receive a $200 discount off the cost of the Gilbane conference.  
 
Program
http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/program?utm_source=Gilbane&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spring%2BSummit%2B2008

Presenters
http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/presenters?utm_source=Gilbane&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spring%2BSummit%2B2008

Register
http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/register?utm_source=Gilbane&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spring%2BSummit%2B2008

Summit Home
http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/?utm_source=Gilbane&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spring%2BSummit%2B2008
 
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, consulting & advisory services, 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
 
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Contacts:
Welz & Weisel Communications
Evan Weisel, 703-218-3555
Cell: 703-628-5754
evan@w2comm.com
 
Jeffrey V. Arcuri
Lighthouse Seminars
508-759-8180
jeff@lighthouseseminars.com
 

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(Cross-Posted from the WCM Blog)

While many of our clients use analytics applications to support their WCM projects and e-commerce initiatives, other clients not yet using analytics often ask what value can be derived from doing so. The answer depends on the purpose of the client’s website.

For online commerce sites, analytics functionality can be invaluable in that it allows companies to track user behavior on the site and to correlate user behavior with conversion rates, average sales prices, and other useful sales metrics. The bottom line is that analytics almost always increase online revenues. Analytics can also be of great value to non e-commerce clients by enabling them to monitor content consumption rates and to gauge the relevance and effectiveness of content through the analysis of consumption patterns. This naturally makes analytics (sometimes built into “campaign management” modules) indispensable to marketing professionals interested either in optimizing content dissemination on information-based sites (“content portals”) or in maximizing profitability on retail sites.

Please join us on May 8, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern), for a webinar sponsored by Bridgeline Software entitled: “Marketing Trends: Enabling Intelligent, Analytics-Driven Content.”

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