Registration is still available on site at the Palace hotel through Thursday. The main conference start this afternoon. If you can only get away for one day, make it Wednesday for the keynote with Adobe, Google, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. The technology showcase opens on Wednesday (with a reception) and Thursday. http://gilbanesf.com/conference_grid.html
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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
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
Update 3/26/2007: Google Joins Keynote.
See: http://gilbanesf.com/gilbane_session_descriptions.html#keynote
See: http://gilbanesf.com/gilbane_session_descriptions.html#keynote
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. Here is a comparison of some trends that I saw a year or so ago and now. 1 year ago:
- Many people perceived taxonomy to be strictly a web/user interface/navigational construct
- Few resources were devoted to the efforts
- The efforts were part of existing workstreams of defined duration projects
- Line of business people could not see the value or applicability
- Organizations had no idea of how to mobilize business leadership to give this work the attention it required
Today:
- Taxonomy is considered part of enterprise architecture and data standards as well as web applications
- Projects are being more fully resourced as large scale enterprise initiatives
- In addition to having a specific project context, taxonomy and classification projects are seen as being cross project, foundational, and deserving of significant internal allocations of resources
- Business people are requesting that their voices be heard and that their areas represented in taxonomy projects
- Leadership (C Level executives) are paying attention to and understanding what is required to ensure long term viability of taxonomy and metadata projects
What do I base this on? Well, just over a year ago, projects with price tags in the low 5 figures (say in the 50k range) prompted reactions of surprise and sticker shock. Now, it is not uncommon to see $200 - $500k or more being allocated for these kinds of projects (excluding technology costs). There are still smaller scale projects, but when developing any initiative that has a global scale, the price tag is not insignificant. Business leaders are recognizing this and recognizing the need for consistent taxonomies to support even larger ECM projects.
More parts of the organization are being mobilized. Whereas in the past, people would not make time for meetings or would blow them off, we frequently see meetings where more people show up than expected and where interview calendars quickly fill up. Rather than saying "why do you want me there?", it is "when can I meet with you?"
There is also more communication and collaboration between the data side and the content side of the house. This may be due to the fact that each side better understands the perspective of the other, but also because there is more of a blurring of the lines between structured and unstructured applications. A claims process for an insurance company is based on a transaction, but supporting unstructured documentation needs to be associated with that transaction. E-commerce engines are increasingly requiring structured facets in order to make the experience more effective and enjoyable.
People's non working online experience is changing their perspective and understanding of the value of taxonomy in search and navigation. When I was explaining faceted search at a recent workshop, one attendee finally lit up and said "It's like shopping!".... Yes, it's like shopping! <smile> The new ways of navigating commerce sites have led to a greater appreciation of classification and filtering and the role of consistent terminology.
I also had a series of meetings with business leaders at a large financial services organization. These were executives who were just below the CEO of a multi billion dollar firm. Many of them asked about taxonomy governance processes and how we'd integrate with existing standards in the organization. After one of the meetings, the CIO said "we need to get ____ and ____ and ____ together" (rattling off the names of his senior level peers) "and we need to do a workshop on governance"...
Do my ears deceive me? A group of C level executives wanting to get together and discuss taxonomy governance?
Be still my beating heart!
Times have certainly changed.
(Do you want to learn ways to get the attention of senior management and prove the value of taxonomy projects? - I will tell all in our session in San Francisco. See you there... :-))
Seth Earley
Take advantage of the early bird discounts for each of the three conferences at the "Content Management Conference Trifecta": Gilbane San Francisco, the LISA (Localization Standards Association) Forum & the CM Pros (Content Management Professionals Association) Summit. (Thanks to our friends at CMSWire for the racing analogy)
And don't forget to make your hotel reservations while the special rate is still available.
Premier content management event offers business and technology decision makers with strategic, technical and market opportunities in the expanding field of content management
SAN FRANCISCO--FEBRUARY 28, 2007--The Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars, today announced that 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. Taking place April 10-12, 2007 at the Palace Hotel, the event offers attendees an opportunity to learn about the latest information management trends and how Web 2.0 technologies can improve internal and external business operations.
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. Many of the sessions in this unique event address the increasing importance of Web 2.0 technologies within the enterprise, such as:
Web Content Management Tools & Strategies for Marketing
Recognizing the importance of the customer experience on your site is one thing, but measuring and fine-tuning the experience to encourage customers should be an ongoing exercise. This session, moderated by Mary Laplante, Vice President Consulting, Gilbane Group, Inc. will look at both web analytics tools and strategies for guiding visitor behavior. Participants include Tony Byrne, Founder of CMS Watch, David Terry, VP of Marketing, Hot Banana Software, Jeff Cram, iSite Design, and Dion Record, IT Director, Meyer Corporation
Search and the User Experience
Usability has ruled the market success of Web search engines but users do not often have a voice in the selection of what they must use to search within the enterprise. Products with embedded search are most often selected for technical architecture and interplay with other tools. Search platforms enter the enterprise through the back door, an IT-driven process, or as an afterthought once other content systems are in place. Given that worker productivity should be a major driver for good usability we will explore how, if, and when users' needs can be part of the selection and implementation of search products to achieve great search experiences in the enterprise. This session will be moderated by Lynda Moulton, Lead Analyst, Enterprise Search, Gilbane Group. Speakers include Glen Barnett, Molecular, Erik Schwartz, Director Product Management (Enterprise), Convera, and Marco Varone, Expert System, CTO.
Enterprise Wiki CEO/CTO Panel
The Gilbane Group has covered the use of blog, wiki, and syndication technology for enterprise applications at our last five conferences and has seen the growth reach a point where the vendors are now able to point to a large number of impressive deployments at some very large companies. The use of wikis, in particular for collaborative projects, is something all organizations should be considering. In this panel we have brought together the leading suppliers to A) share the scope of enterprise adoption, and B) answer the tough questions you may have about using enterprise wikis in your own business and IT environments. This session will be moderated by Geoffrey Bock, Lead Analyst, Collaboration, Gilbane Group.
The conference program schedule, tutorial, track and session descriptions are all available on the conference site. For more information visit:
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://www.lighthouseseminars.com
Contacts
Welz & Weisel Communications
Evan Weisel, 703-218-3555
Cell: 703-628-5754
evan@w2comm.com
or
Jeffrey V. Arcuri
Lighthouse Seminars
508-759-8180
jeff@lighthouseseminars.com
Posted on behalf of Tony:
The Gilbane conferences are known for closely examining the business case and potential project pitfalls in undertaking more automated content management. In short, the sessions can give you a good sense for the "why" and "what."
In my pre-conference tutorial, "Web Content Management Systems: Architectures and Products," I try to plumb the "how." How do the tools work, and specifically, what are some key architectural considerations you should understand before licensing any product? The session concludes with a critical look at various categories of Web CMS vendors in the marketplace today. Please join me in either San Francisco or Washington. Hope to see meet you then!
Navigating the Selection and Procurement of a Search Software Product, Lynda Moulton, Lead Analyst, Enterprise Search, Gilbane Group
Software procurement is a perilous business exercise and you won’t find many courses on how to make it a successful experience. From the vantage point of a twenty plus year veteran vendor (since before software was an industry), I have seen my share of bad processes but also enough successful ones to feel qualified to help you steer a better path.
You know the old adage, haste makes waste; nothing could be a more characteristic cause of software selection disasters. It isn’t so much the swiftness of the process for selection but the short cycle on several key elements that can lead to disaster. This session will help you understand where the time of a selection team is best spent and where you can short circuit some real prolonging time wasters. You will learn that the best solutions often come through:
- a streamlining of needs assessment
- a focus on a few targeted products
- a clear determination of the resources you have to implement the selected product
- identifying “drop-dead” issues
- setting realistic expectations
A good part of the session will be interactive. You will have a chance to get a lot of your questions answered and have your toughest problems addressed through dialogue with me and the rest of the participants. In the end what you need most is the confidence to be able to proceed with a process in which you, and not the vendor, are in charge of the outcome. When you begin with firm ground rules and a method for making choices decisively, you will have a much better shot at achieving solid business success.
Gilbane Boston 2011
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