Re: Mid-Market Content Management

At 04:30 AM 12/08/2005, Matthew Clapp wrote:

>James, you give me too much credit - I'm more of a CM Amateur. I keep
>finding that I know less than I thought I did. I've spent all of my
>time over the past 8 years working with what Tony* calls the
>Enterprise Platforms. I don't even have much experience with Upper
>Tier other than IBM and Microsoft. I do know that the enterprise
>platforms have failed to deliver on their promises. I'm hoping that
>some of the mid-market solutions will deliver better user experiences
>with less consulting fees for clients and more agility in development
>and deployment.

Hi Matthew,

Well, you're in for a pleasant surprise. Most of the newer generation
of CMS products are a lot smaller, more usable, more "out of the box"
and more powerful than the earlier generation of solutions.

The challenge is the sheer number of products in the marketplace at
this level. But if you can wade your way through to find the right
product, I think you'll discover that these products can actually
succeed (!) in organisations.

The key thing, when working with these products is to let go of
ideas about "market leading" products, and to focus on your business
requirements first. This then allows you to meaningfully evaluate
one product after another, in the search for the "best fit" solution...

Cheers,
James

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James Robertson
Step Two Designs Pty Ltd
Knowledge Management / Content Management / Intranets

http://www.steptwo.com.au/
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