RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-10-30 Thread Matt Liotta
Some feel that the market is moving towards a Smart Enterprise Suite, which includes content management, knowledge management, and collaboration. See http://www3.gartner.com/resources/106700/106738/106738.pdf for example of this trend. I should note that we have designed our product suite with thi

Re: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-10-31 Thread Lennart Regebro
From: "Apoorv Durga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Earlier Plumtree jumped into CM space in order to provide CM and Portal > services and Now Vignette has done the reverse - acquired a Portal offering > to provide both. Is this a new trend where all big players want to be > everything to everyone rather th

Re: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-10-31 Thread emad
October 30, 2002 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric > From: "Apoorv Durga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Earlier Plumtree jumped into CM space in order to provide CM and Portal > > services and Now Vignette has done the reverse - acquired a

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-10-31 Thread Rex Chung
Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cms-list-admin@;cms-list.org] On > Behalf Of emad > Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2002 7:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric > > > Thanks > What are the main Different betw

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-10-31 Thread Stewart Manley
> What are the main Different between CMS and Portal??? > I think CMS with personalization and search tools provide us with what > portal offer! As with many terms in our industry, the word "portal" is heavily overloaded. In this case, it really means two things: 1. A "user experience model" if

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-10-31 Thread Nuno Lopes
Well said Stewart. But enterprise customers are looking for further end to end solutions due to the following reasons: 1) Out of the box realizable business benefits within their core processes; 2) Less custom development when automating processes within their business scope; 3) Easier maintenance

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Steve Williams
"A true CMS should only be dealing with content management and not with presentation. ie. It should provide tools that let users update and manage content easily, eg. Submitting word doc, versioning, workflow." Rex - I would love to know where it written down what a CMS can and cant be ? As a sec

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Rex Chung
> Maybe you could answer the question; > > What are the main Different between CMS and Portal??? > with > "Time" - since it is likely that most CMS's will continue to allude to > offering portal capability and most Portal's will also refer to their > ability to offer content management. Given a co

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Steve Williams
maybe you can enlighten me as to your own distinction between 'portal' and 'portal capability' ? Steve -Original Message- From: Rex Chung [mailto:rex@;rexchung.com] Sent: 01 November 2002 10:35 To: Steve Williams Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cms-list]

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Peter Dresslar
ick up the TeamPortal piece... ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cms-list-admin@;cms-list.org] On Behalf Of emad Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric Thanks What are the main Different betwe

Re: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Adam Fields
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 10:40:44AM -0500, Peter Dresslar wrote: > The easy comparison that comes to my mind is: > > Interwoven's TeamSite is *not* a portal. So whatever a portal is > Vignette will do it and Interwoven won't. Maybe this gives us a better > idea of what a portal is in the first plac

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Tony Byrne - CMSWatch
Does anyone have a positive opinion of Vignette's Epicentric acquisition? My own initial take is mildly negative: EIP and CMS vendors benefit more from "playing the field" with multiple counterparts in the other camp, because most buyers make the decision to buy one or the other fairly independent

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Peter Dresslar
Something positive: I'll bet it was cheap. ;-) Regards, Peter Dresslar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cms-list-admin@;cms-list.org] On Behalf Of Tony Byrne - CMSWatch Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cms-list] Vig

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Peter Dresslar
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric Does anyone have a positive opinion of Vignette's Epicentric acquisition? My own initial take is mildly negative: EIP and CMS vendors benefit more from "playing the field" with multiple counterparts in the other cam

RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-01 Thread Stephen O'Grady
ay, November 01, 2002 4:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric I just realized I should have checked into the details before being a jerk about it... http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/021029/1711000907_1.html Here is an article about the transaction, in

Re: [cms-list] Vignette to Acquire Epicentric

2002-11-02 Thread Scfarnsworth1
The troubling thing about the Vignette/Epicentric aquisition is that the Epicentric employees will lose all of their stock options. See http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1025 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text bod