UPDATE: We’ve solved the mystery moderator question. He’s Russ Edelman, CEO of Corridor Consulting and author of many articles on SharePoint.
UPDATE: There’s a break in the action, we’re going to go get a bagel. Back shortly.
Nuance: how we integrate with SharePoint – our focus is on collaboration side. Data extraction is OCR too. For our imaging solutions, our focus is the collaboration side. We liked what SharePoint was doing in the early stages because of its reach. Our focus has been accessibility to the content and how users work at their desk.
How do you work with MSFT Word, Excel, PPT? We have a great PDF product for people who are MSFT centric; it’s better than Adobe’s products.
Nuance: we’ve created a sharepoint clan; as a user you see your site, those around you and the ones in which you participate.
Nuance: We’ve taken some of the more complex character recognition to task and make that easy.
KnowledgeLake – We’re completely integrated with SharePoint. Encryption tech included (they’re HR focused, so much of her discussion has a compliance angle). Have built in OCR scanning for documents, using AABBY engine.
Update: Speed round: Q: what techniques are you using to work within the confines of SP’s architecture?
AABBY: OCR straight from your PDA into Sharepoint! (how’s that for acronym soup? – 
Optical Character Recognition, like scanning business cards.
Q: what’s the vehicle that connects the mobile device to the SP back end? .NET, app install on the phone.
SharePoint has a huge 3rd party constellation around it.
Update: Discussion has shifted to records management.
Panelist is talking about the site issue (SP creates these as more and more content is added into it). It’s really about getting usable data, and the desktop crowd. Although, the Cloud is looming, but SharePoint is well positioned for the transition from the desktop to the Cloud.
Update: EMC panelist – “we have 1200 sites in our organization, how do we back them up?” It’s an awesome user experience, but the amount of content it can handle is huge, and can get unruly.
Update: Moderator–and I apologize, we’ll get his name momentarily. I’s not listed on the agenda and he’s a quick talker; missed his introduction–is now asking questions of the panel.
Ed from Nuance: SharePoint started as a WCM system; integration with web services was a novel approach. Where SP did excel is its ability to build sites that solve very specific business needs.
Mod: SharePoint requires knowing a whole other language; if you don’t know the lingo, it’ll be a steeper learning curve.
New Panelist: SharePoint empowers the information worker on the desktop.
Mod: What has fundamentally driven SharePoint’s success: adoption being equal to ease of use and flexibility. It can also be overwhelming; “there’s a tiger underneath the slick exterior.”
EMC Panelist: talking about a customer that wanted to scan 28 mm documents into SharePoint; EMC loves SP as a front end, but EMC wants to be the capture side of the house.
Update: moderator is telling a story about his experiences with ECM systems, and how well thought out they were vs. his perceived experiences with SharePoint. The notion of enterprise content management systems have not been deployed and used the way they should be. Then, SharePoint came along–moderator argues that SharePoint is the first TRUE ECM system.
Update: The discussion will revolve around these companies and their uses of and integration with SharePoint. Discussion is expected to be interactive, and a bit biased on the part of the participants – they’ve all got a different approach.
Update: event is underway, first speaker is warming up the crowd and making introductions for the panel, consisting of:
ABBYY USA – Craig Laue, Eastern Regional Manger
EMC Captiva – John Travers, Senior Sales Engineer
KnowledgeLake – Melissa Craig, Regional Sales Manager
Knowfax – Brad Davis, VP Development Capture
Nuance Imaging Division – Ed White, Product Manager
The panel is now introducing themselves.
…..at the MSFT offices here in soggy Waltham, MA. We’re covering today’s AIIM New England chapter meeting and will be blogging live the local “Paper-free Day” discussion. Since we’re live we’ll beg forgiveness ahead of time for any slight typos.
More in a moment. AIIM is doing its chapter business, and we’ll pick up as soon as the paper free discussion begins.
Annnnd, we’re LIVE from AIIM New England
by GuestNovember 10, 2010
UPDATE: We’ve solved the mystery moderator question. He’s Russ Edelman, CEO of Corridor Consulting and author of many articles on SharePoint.
UPDATE: There’s a break in the action, we’re going to go get a bagel. Back shortly.
Nuance: how we integrate with SharePoint – our focus is on collaboration side. Data extraction is OCR too. For our imaging solutions, our focus is the collaboration side. We liked what SharePoint was doing in the early stages because of its reach. Our focus has been accessibility to the content and how users work at their desk.
How do you work with MSFT Word, Excel, PPT? We have a great PDF product for people who are MSFT centric; it’s better than Adobe’s products.
Nuance: we’ve created a sharepoint clan; as a user you see your site, those around you and the ones in which you participate.
Nuance: We’ve taken some of the more complex character recognition to task and make that easy.
KnowledgeLake – We’re completely integrated with SharePoint. Encryption tech included (they’re HR focused, so much of her discussion has a compliance angle). Have built in OCR scanning for documents, using AABBY engine.
Update: Speed round: Q: what techniques are you using to work within the confines of SP’s architecture?
AABBY: OCR straight from your PDA into Sharepoint! (how’s that for acronym soup? –
Optical Character Recognition, like scanning business cards.
Q: what’s the vehicle that connects the mobile device to the SP back end? .NET, app install on the phone.
SharePoint has a huge 3rd party constellation around it.
Update: Discussion has shifted to records management.
Panelist is talking about the site issue (SP creates these as more and more content is added into it). It’s really about getting usable data, and the desktop crowd. Although, the Cloud is looming, but SharePoint is well positioned for the transition from the desktop to the Cloud.
Update: EMC panelist – “we have 1200 sites in our organization, how do we back them up?” It’s an awesome user experience, but the amount of content it can handle is huge, and can get unruly.
Update: Moderator–and I apologize, we’ll get his name momentarily. I’s not listed on the agenda and he’s a quick talker; missed his introduction–is now asking questions of the panel.
Ed from Nuance: SharePoint started as a WCM system; integration with web services was a novel approach. Where SP did excel is its ability to build sites that solve very specific business needs.
Mod: SharePoint requires knowing a whole other language; if you don’t know the lingo, it’ll be a steeper learning curve.
New Panelist: SharePoint empowers the information worker on the desktop.
Mod: What has fundamentally driven SharePoint’s success: adoption being equal to ease of use and flexibility. It can also be overwhelming; “there’s a tiger underneath the slick exterior.”
EMC Panelist: talking about a customer that wanted to scan 28 mm documents into SharePoint; EMC loves SP as a front end, but EMC wants to be the capture side of the house.
Update: moderator is telling a story about his experiences with ECM systems, and how well thought out they were vs. his perceived experiences with SharePoint. The notion of enterprise content management systems have not been deployed and used the way they should be. Then, SharePoint came along–moderator argues that SharePoint is the first TRUE ECM system.
Update: The discussion will revolve around these companies and their uses of and integration with SharePoint. Discussion is expected to be interactive, and a bit biased on the part of the participants – they’ve all got a different approach.
Update: event is underway, first speaker is warming up the crowd and making introductions for the panel, consisting of:
ABBYY USA – Craig Laue, Eastern Regional Manger
EMC Captiva – John Travers, Senior Sales Engineer
KnowledgeLake – Melissa Craig, Regional Sales Manager
Knowfax – Brad Davis, VP Development Capture
Nuance Imaging Division – Ed White, Product Manager
The panel is now introducing themselves.
…..at the MSFT offices here in soggy Waltham, MA. We’re covering today’s AIIM New England chapter meeting and will be blogging live the local “Paper-free Day” discussion. Since we’re live we’ll beg forgiveness ahead of time for any slight typos.
More in a moment. AIIM is doing its chapter business, and we’ll pick up as soon as the paper free discussion begins.
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