Acquisitions all around. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).The research firm Meta Group predicts the enterprise content management market will exceed $10 billion by 2004. Furthermore, by 2006 more than 90 percent of "Global 2000" companies will have formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. electronic records management policies and the technology infrastructure to support them. A few recent acquisitions have underscored the increasing popularity and tremendous growth of the content management segment. In the fourth quarter of 2002, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) acquired all the assets of privately held Tarian Software of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Tarian provides technology for e-records management software, which is a growing requirement in regulated industries such as insurance, finance, and government. IBM says the acquisition enables it to address a key customer need to digitize To convert an image or signal into digital code by scanning, tracing on a graphics tablet or using an analog to digital conversion device. 3D objects can be digitized by a device with a mechanical arm that is moved onto all the corners. , integrate, and manage information across the enterprise in an effort to improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs. Specifically, IBM plans to * integrate Tarian business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and personnel into its data management software group, which is led by Janet Janet: see Clouet, Jean. JANET - Joint Academic NETwork Perna, general manager * market and sell Tarian technology worldwide through an integrated IBM and Tarian sales force * leverage Tarian technology across the entire IBM software portfolio--including IBM Content Manager, DB2 Database, and Lotus software Lotus Software (called Lotus Development Corporation before its acquisition by IBM) is an American software company with its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Another acquisition bombshell bomb·shell n. 1. An explosive bomb. 2. One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing. bombshell Noun a shocking or unwelcome surprise Noun 1. came from Documentum, which signed an agreement to acquire TruArc, a records management technology company also based in Ottawa. Through the addition of TruArc technology, Documentum said it will be able to accelerate delivery of the records management capabilities that were announced as part of Documentum 5, an updated version of its content management (CM) platform. With this product, Documentum aims to expand the scope of enterprise CM with support for what it calls "fixed CM," which applies to content not expected to change, such as scanned images or archives. New capabilities include enterprise-grade imaging support for scanning images into the system and records management tools designed for archives and records. Documentum 5 also includes collaboration add-on modules to enable project team collaboration, real-time communications, and cross-enterprise content distribution. |
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