ADVSIORY/Documentum and Vignette CEOs To Keynote AIIM 2002 Conference & Expo.

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ADVISORY...(Tues.-Fri) March 5-8

SILVER SPRING, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001

Event to Focus on Enterprise Content Management Technologies and

Solutions - March 5-8, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco 

AIIM International, the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) industry association connecting users and suppliers of e-business technologies and services, today announced that the AIIM 2002 Conference and Exposition, held March 5-8 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California, will focus on "Connecting to the Power of ECM."

AIIM 2002 offers attendees the information necessary to build ECM solutions for their organization.

Distinguished keynote speakers offer attendees the opportunity to grasp an understanding of recent trends, issues, and solutions of the constantly evolving ECM market.

Keynote presenter Greg Peters, chairman and CEO of Vignette, will discuss the evolution of the content management market while Dave De Walt, CEO of Documentum, will present the importance of putting information assets to work in the content ecotecture.

Martyn D. Christian of FileNET Corporation will moderate a panel discussion on the importance of ECM and its impact in New York's disaster recovery efforts.

The Evolution of Content Management Greg Peters, Chairman and CEO, Vignette Wednesday, March 6, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

The content management market is evolving in a climate of great pressure: pressures to deliver for our customers and for our customers' customers. This demand is developed as businesses reassess their objectives and core competencies, and strive for success through e-business strategies, making commitments to technology at exciting new heights.

This keynote highlights how these influences will mold a more-evolved enterprise content management industry, where content management integrates with primary business systems; is extensible into partner enterprises; and offers analysis to reveal what's working and what's not.

"Integrated" content management will be the pivotal tool for delivering the personalized business content - in all its forms - to the right person at the right time. Greg Peters will address his view of the most important advancements in content management, and the content-dependent strategies that allow customers to drive the business relationship.

Tomorrow's content management leaders will be those who exploit these advancements and strategies to create a lucrative metamorphosis for their customers.

The Importance of Enterprise Content Management and Its Impact in September 11th's Disaster Recovery Efforts Panel Moderator: Martyn D. Christian, senior vice president, Worldwide Corporate Marketing, FileNET Corporation Wednesday, March 6, Noon - 1 p.m.

In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, many U.S. companies are reevaluating their IT strategies, particularly related to Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and disaster recovery planning.

It has now become imperative for organizations that depend on document-intensive business processes to employ ECM solutions to become less vulnerable to disasters, and to quickly restore business-critical processes, related content and severed technology infrastructures.

Martyn D. Christian of FileNET Corporation, will lead this panel consisting of technology vendors and end-user organizations affected by the World Trade Center tragedy. They will discuss the importance of ECM technology, issues faced by the organizations during the disaster recovery efforts, and exchange lessons learned to help other organizations plan for the future. Panel participants include:

-- Kodak Document Imaging

-- Deutsche Bank

-- Aon Corporation

Putting Information Assets to Work in the Content Ecotecture Dave De Walt, CEO, Documentum Thursday, March 7, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

As Web Services emerge as a new model for building e-business applications, Dave De Walt will speak about the link between the strategic vision of Web Services and the near horizons for revenue-producing reality.

De Walt addresses some of the strategic "why's and how's" of Web Services, and demonstrates in a compelling way how they are building blocks of a more revolutionary paradigm, the Content Ecotecture - a dynamic ecosystem of technology providers, architectures, and information.

The core of De Walt's message is that content is a fundamental driver for both Web Services and successful, competitive business dealings within the Content Ecotecture - and he provides real-world examples of the critical significance of content in e-business right now and in the Web Services future.

The seamless information exchange of the Content Ecotecture calls for open standards, and De Walt describes content management components that can be accessed as Web Services and "built into" applications that can be deployed on the Microsoft .NET and the Java J2EE platforms.

De Walt closes on the "3 C's" of content-specific Web Services that can help all companies become more agile, flexible, and competitive: construct, connect, and communicate.

Despite the economy's halt in its upward development, the ECM industry has gained momentum by facing document and content management challenges with industry-changing, turn-key solutions. 300 exhibitors will be on the show floor to display such technologies and solutions.

Examples of vendors exhibiting at the expo include Captiva Software, Documentum, Eastman Kodak, FileNET, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, LizardTech, Open Text, and Vignette. A current list of exhibitors can be found at http://www.aiim2002.com/exhibitor_list.html.

In addition to the exposition, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in more than 100 targeted conference sessions. These sessions offer educational, unbiased information on topics, issues, and technologies critical to an effective ECM solution. Giving insight and knowledge to create synergies between paper, documents, and Web content, conference tracks include:

-- Content Communication, Presentation, and Delivery

-- Content Management

-- e-Business and Internet Technologies

-- Electronic Records and Document Management

-- Industry Standards and Best Practices

-- Strategic Management Issues

And for more information on attending or exhibiting at AIIM 2002, please visit http://www.aiim2002.com.

About AIIM International

AIIM International is the global industry association connecting the users and suppliers of e-Business technologies and services. AIIM International represents the specific area of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) within e-Business - the technologies used to create, capture, customize, deliver, and manage enterprise content to support business processes.

These technologies are key enablers of e-Business and include: content/document management, business process management, enterprise portals, knowledge management, image management, data warehousing, and data mining.

A neutral and unbiased source of information, AIIM International produces educational, solution-oriented events and conferences, provides up-to-the-minute industry information through publications and its industry web portal, and is an ANSI/ISO-accredited standards developer. Additional information about AIIM is available on the Web at: www.aiim.org.