Press Releases & Announcements

Webinar: The Top 5 Predictions for Publishers in 2009

2009-02-04T20:55:22Z

Webinar: The Top 5 Predictions for Publishers in 2009 Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:00 am PST Gilbane's Publishing Strategy & Technology Practice lead analyst Steve Paxhia, makes his top five predictions for 2009. Steve will share highlights from a year-long study on digital publishing which included interviews with numerous industry leaders and visionaries. In this forthcoming report, entitled "Digital Platforms and Technologies for Book Publishers: Implementations Beyond eBook," Steve identifies five important trends that are drastically and quickly changing the landscape for information providers. Learn more about these trends and find out if your company has the tools, processes and attitudes in place to ride them to dominance in an uncertain market. All attendees will receive a copy of the completed research report from Gilbane. Register Today. Sponsored by Mark Logic

Webinar: Making the Business Case for SaaS WCM

2009-01-26T14:05:32Z

January 27, 2009, 2:00 pm ET When customer experience becomes increasingly important even as budgets are tightening, the SaaS value proposition--faster time to results, reduced dependency on IT resources, predictable costs--can be especially compelling. If your organization wants or needs to move ahead with web business initiatives in today's uncertain economic climate, you're probably investigating software-as-a-service solutions for web content management. But SaaS WCM is fundamentally different from licensing software (open source or proprietary) and installing it on your own servers. Which means the process of evaluating solutions is different. It's not all apples when SaaS is on the short list, but rather apples and oranges.This webinar explores the implications for technology acquisition. How do you make a business case that enables your organization to fairly evaluate all options and make the best decision for the business? Join us in a lively discussion with Robert Carroll from Clickability. Register today. Presented by Gilbane. Sponsored by Clickability. Based on a new Gilbane Beacon entitled Communicating SaaS WCM Value.

Webinar: Ingersoll Rand, Club Car's Strategy for Multilingual Product Documentation

2009-01-14T14:35:51Z

Tuesday, Febuary 3rd, 2009: 11am EST / 10am CST / 8am PST In the manufacturing industry, the pace of innovation in multinational product design and engineering can create a gulf between product availability and multilingual product documentation delivery. The result can negatively affect customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance programs, and global perception of product quality. In this webinar, you'll learn how the technical publications group at Ingersoll Rand, Club Car has closed this gap by:

Introducing manufacturing innovation into technical publications processes.
Collaborating with sales support to maintain and increase customer satisfaction.
Automating links between authoring, localization/translation, and publishing with technologies such as XML and translation memory.
Increasing the volume of multilingual product documentation without raising costs.

Join us to hear first-hand experience and best practices advice from Jeff Kennedy, Manager of Engineering Information and Systems at Ingersoll Rand, Club Car. Joined by Gilbane Senior Analyst Karl Kadie and Sajan Chief Marketing Officer Vern Hanzlik, this webinar discussion is a companion to Gilbane's Club Car case study. Register today. Moderated by Gilbane Group. Hosted by Sajan.

Meet Gilbane: SDL GIM Chicago

2009-01-08T22:15:03Z

We travel to the Windy City on January 21 for the next event in SDL's series on global information management. Speakers from Fair Isaac and Garmin will share their experiences with creating, translating, managing and publishing multilingual content. Gilbane's kick-off presentation looks at trends and best practices emerging from our research on how companies are aligning multilingual content practices with business goals and objectives. Registration is open to anyone with an interest in managing content for global audiences.

Webinar: WEM and Effective Marketing in Any Business Climate

2008-12-18T14:42:35Z

January 15, 2009, 12:00 noon ET Worldwide economies are undergoing tremendous change. New markets emerge. Developing markets continue to take shape. Established markets wait for stability. Smart global organizations see the Web as a constant in the midst of all this change. It's the most efficient and effective channel for reaching prospects and communicating with customers. Delivering the very best web experience is now a mandate for attracting, engaging, and retaining customers. As a result, web experience management (WEM) matters now more than ever. Learn how global companies are using WEM to achieve business goals. The panel discusses strategies for centralized multi-site management, personalized content and promotions, and multilingual web communications. Speakers:

Christoph Schacher, Head of New Media, Wienerberger AG
Brendan Sullivan, Product Manager, Portals, Elsevier, e-Education Products
Loren Weinberg, VP Marketing and Product Management, FatWire

The webinar discussion draws on the Gilbane white paper entitled Engage Me! Web Experience Management as the New Business Imperative. Register today. Moderated by Gilbane Group. Hosted by FatWire.

Call for Papers Deadline: Gilbane San Francisco 2009

2008-12-17T17:41:30Z

The call for papers deadline for Gilbane San Francisco is January 14th, 2009. See: http://gilbane.com/blog/2008/12/call_for_papers_deadline_gilba.html

Gilbane Boston Starts with Opening Keynotes Tomorrow - Pre-conference Workshops This Afternoon

2008-12-02T15:11:35Z

Cross post from our news blog: Lighthouse Seminars announced the opening of the 5th annual Gilbane Boston conference at the Westin Copley hotel. The main conference opens Wednesday, December 3rd with keynotes from Prabhakar Raghavan, Head of Yahoo! Research, and Michael Edson, Director, Web and New Media Strategy, Office of the CIO, Smithsonian Institution. Technology demonstrations from over 50 exhibitors take place along side the main conference on Wednesday and Thursday. Pre-conference Workshops take place today starting at 1:00pm. Registration is available on-site at the Westin Copley Hotel.

SharePoint at Gilbane Boston

2008-11-13T20:08:30Z

Everyone in IT needs to understand what SharePoint can do and how it might, or might not, play a role in their content or collaboration strategy. At Gilbane Boston in 3 weeks, we have a half-day intensive workshop, as well as a less time-consuming conference session devoted to SharePoint - and they cover different aspects so you could benefit from both. D: Making SharePoint Work in the Enterprise Instructor: Shawn Shell, Principal, Consejo, Inc. SharePoint has become virtually ubiquitous in many organizations. Whether through inclusion in an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft or a definitive business need that can be satisfied with the technology, SharePoint is popping up everywhere. However, organizations are still struggling with how this technology will complete "integrated" with their environment. Whether it's real integration with other line of business applications like SAP, PeopleSoft or Oracle Financials, or how SharePoint can be used in concert with other portal technologies like PlumTree, WebSphere, Broadvision and others is still a major challenge. To compound these challenges, not all aspects of SharePoint's technology suite are created equal or well understood. During this half-day seminar, Shawn Shell, founder of Consejo and internationally recognized SharePoint expert, will help attendees better understand the latest version of SharePoint. Key Points:

What is SharePoint (it's not just one product)
What are SharePoint's strengths and weaknesses
How can you integrate SharePoint with other Portal Technologies
Performance and Scalability
Governance

CTS-1: Web 2.0 and Microsoft SharePoint Moderator: Shawn Shell, Principal, Consejo, Inc. Blog: http://blog.consejoinc.com Microsoft SharePoint is fast becoming a fixture in many enterprises. At the same time, the very nature of online applications is fast evolving, leaving enterprises trying to understand how to apply new constructs like wikis, blogs, social networking and content syndication in the enterprise. Shawn Shell will explore how SharePoint enables organizations to take advantage of this new platform and integrate many web 2.0 constructs, improving overall information sharing and productivity. In this session, the following topics will be covered:

Brief overview of Web 2.0 in the broader market
What SharePoint provides
Demonstrations on leveraging native Web 2.0 SharePoint features like Wikis, Blogs, & Social Networking
How to effectively implement these capabilities in your enterprise
Best practices

See the Leading Content Technology Suppliers in Boston

2008-11-02T23:09:00Z

Gilbane Boston 2008 sponsors

Now is not the time to let your web site or intranet get in the way of business!

See the latest in web content management - commercial or open source, enterprise-ready social media tools, enterprise search, multilingual technology, and more at Gilbane Boston. Below are some of the technology and service providers you'll find there.

Exhibiting or Sponsorships Questions?
Please Contact: Marc Goldstein at 781-821-6652 or through mgoldstein@lighthouseseminars.com

Don't Miss the Gilbane Boston Discount Deadline - November 7th

2008-10-30T17:15:03Z

If you have not yet signed up to attend the Gilbane Boston Conference at the Westin Copley Place, December 2 - 4, 2008, there is still time to get the early-bird discount! In addition to our in-depth coverage of information technologies and content strategies, we are pleased to once again have the Content Management Professionals Fall Summit co-locate with our event. Both programs are available at http://gilbaneboston.com. You can still sign up for the free Technology Showcase pass, which gives you access to conference keynotes, the exhibit area and the networking reception on December 3rd. Or take advantage of the $200 discount off the already discounted rate for the ConferencePlus, ConferencePlus & CM Pros Fall Summit, Gilbane Conference & Pre-Conference Workshop or the Conference Only options. Just sign up by November ~~4th~~ 7th at http://gilbaneboston.com/registration_information.html and use the discount code - gilbane. Complete conference schedule: http://gilbaneboston.com/conference-schedule.html Pre-conference workshops: http://gilbaneboston.com/pre-conference_workshops.html Conference session descriptions: http://gilbaneboston.com/conference_descriptions.html The complete CMPROS Summit description: http://gilbaneboston.com/cmprossummit.html

Who are the best speakers on content technology? (cont. from San Francisco)

2008-10-16T17:38:46Z

We are honored to to be able to bring you the largest collection of leading practitioners, analysts, and technologists available this year at our San Francisco and Boston conferences. The powerful combination of content technology experts can only be found at Gilbane events. Our faculty at Gilbane Boston, December 2-4th, includes:

Erik Aeyelts Averink, President, SDL Tridion
Nate Aune, President and Founder, Jazkarta
Joseph Bachana, President/Founder, DPCI
Nora Barnes, Professor & Director, Center for Marketing Research, University of MA, Dartmouth
Jay Batson, CEO, Acquia
Geoff Bock, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Noah Broadwater, VP, Information Services, Sesame Workshop
John Carione, Senior Product Marketing Manager for LiveCycle Security Solutions, Adobe
David Carter, Founder & CTO, Awareness Networks
Win Carus, President and Founder, Information Extraction Systems
Jeff Catlin, CEO, Lexalytics Client
Dr. Kyugon Cho, CEO, Fasoo.com
Leonor Ciarlone, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Reid Conrad, CEO, Near-Time
Jeff Cram, Managing Director, ISITE Design
Guy Creese, VP and Research Director, Collaboration and Content Strategies, Burton Group
Andrew Draheim, Principal, Kidd and Draheim Inc.
Patricia Eagan, Senior Manager, Web Communications, The Jackson Laboratory
Michael Edson, Director, Web and New Media Strategy, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the CIO
James Ellis, Web Director, Wisconsin Alumni Association
Ben Elowitz, CEO, Wetpaint
Angela Foster, IT Manager, FedEx.com Development, FedEx
Elizabeth Foughty, Intelligent Data Understanding Research Group, NASA Ames
Aaron R. Fulkerson, CEO and Founder, Mindtouch
Dan Galvez, Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Hedgehog Development
Brad Gandee, VP, Product Marketing and Management, GigaTrust
Chip Gettinger, VP, XML Solutions, SDL Tridion
Frank Gilbane, CEO, Gilbane Group
Paul Gillin, Author and Consultant, New Media Technologies
John Girard, CEO, Clickability
Seth Gottlieb, Principal, Content Here
Yogesh Gupta, President and CEO, FatWire
Heather Hedden, Information Taxonomist, Hedden Information Management
Ulrich Henes, President, Localization Institute
Fred Hollowood, Director Language R&D, Shared Engineering Services, Symantec Corporation
Sophie Hurst, Senior Product Marketing Manager, SDL
Rob Joachim, Info Systems Engineer Lead, MITRE Corp
Karl Kadie, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Ajay Kapur, VP, Product Development, Apps Associates
Ben Kiker, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Interwoven
John Kreisa, Director of Product Marketing, Mark Logic Corporation
Mary Laplante, VP Consulting Services, Gilbane Group
David Lee, eBusiness Manager, 3M Company
David Lipsey, Managing Director, Global Practice, Media & Entertainment, FTI Consulting
Glen McInnis, Practice Lead for Enterprise Content Management Solutions, Nonlinear
Curt Monash, Monash Research
Lynda Moulton, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Gary Muddyman, Managing Director and CEO, Conversis
John Newton, CTO and Chairman, Alfresco
Leslie Owens, Analyst, Forrester Research
Natasja H.M. Paulsen, Partner, Ordina Consulting
Steve Paxhia, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Stephen Powers, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
Sid Probstein, CTO, Attivio
Prabhakar Raghavan, Head of Research, Yahoo
Kathleen Reidy, Senior Analyst, The 451 Group
Bill Rosenblatt, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Shannon Ryan, Co-Founder, President, and CEO, Nonlinear
Andrew Savikas, GM Tools of Change, O' Reilly Media
Thomas Schaefer, Systems Analyst and Consultant, U.S. General Services Administration
Eric Severson, CTO, Flatirons Solutions
Shawn Shell, Principal, Consejo
Dennis Shirokov, Marketing Manager, FedEx Digital Access Marketing, FedEx
Jerry Silver, Lead Product Manager, EMC/Documentum
Nitish Singh, Assistant Professor of International Business, Boeing Institute of Int. Business, St. Louis University
Marc Solomon, Knowledge Planner, PRTM
Aaron Strout, Vice President of Social Media, mZinga
Dmitri Tcherevik, CTO, Fatwire
Bill Trippe, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Brian Vandeventer, IT Manager, The Hartford
Melissa Webster, Program Vice President, Content & Digital Media Technologies, IDC
Michael Wechner, President, Wyona
Jeff Whatcott, Vice President of Marketing, Acquia
Tony White, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Rob Wiesenberg, President and Founder, Contegra Systems
Aaron Williams, VP, Enterprise Services Community & Co-Innovation Engineering Americas, SAP AG
Nathan Williams, Interactive Director, New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp

See the speaker biographies.

Conference program

Webinar: Component Content Management in Action

2008-10-15T19:15:57Z

November 3, 1:00 pm ET XML and structured content, by themselves, don't solve business problems. Their true value lies in what's possible once content is structured. The right standards frameworks (such as DITA and S1000D), processes, and technologies can advance XML-based business solutions that enable companies to realize value. Component content management (CCM) is proving to be fundamental in scenarios for success. This webinar is online panel discussion of "threes":

three companies in
three industries using CCM for
three different high-value content applications from
three perspectives: customer, technology supplier, and industry analyst.

You'll hear about business drivers behind CCM, how CCM is deployed, benefits, and lessons learned. Featured speakers are Mark Tiegs, Team Lead, Documentation Systems and Support, Research in Motion; Karen Moser, Manager, Documentation and Localization Services, Research in Motion; Kevin Duffy, XyEnterprise President and CEO; and Bill Trippe from Gilbane. Register and attend the webinar, and you'll be among the first to read the new white paper on Component Content Management: How True CCM Technology Drives the Most Compelling Content Initiatives. Moderated by Gilbane Group. Hosted by XyEnterprise.

Workshop: How to Select a Web Content Management System

2008-10-14T20:39:02Z

There is a lot more to choosing a web content management system than you might think, as you know if you have been through the process before. But even if you are going through the process a second or third time, you will want to get caught up on how much has changed in terms of the players and the technology. This workshop is a great way to get up-to-speed the day before our main conference, and before you visit the major WCM vendors in the technology demonstration area. How to Select a Web Content Management System Instructor: Seth Gottlieb, Principal, Content Here Selecting a CMS is not like your typical software selection. Unlike other software categories, the CMS marketplace has no clear winners and there are hundreds of viable solutions. You have options of commercially licensed software, software as a service, and open source software and the systems themselves are all highly configurable frameworks so it is difficult to tell what is an aspect of platform and what is an aspect of the demo. There is no one size fits all solution because your content is tightly bound to business processes and structures that are unique to your organization. Unlike accounting and other operational aspects of your business, there are few industry-accepted standards for managing web content. Maybe the problem with the system you are replacing is not the technology but how you are using it. Selecting a CMS is hard but it is not impossible. In this session Seth Gottlieb will offer pragmatic advice for conducting an effective CMS selection and will walk through a process to help you to: * Analyze your requirements to the optimal level of detail * Understand what you need in a software supplier * Evaluate potential solutions * Know what to expect through implementation and beyond Register today.

Webinar: Structured Content for Innovation: Organize Today to Exploit Tomorrow's Promises

2008-10-09T20:42:03Z

Thursday, October 23, 2:00 pm ET Third in a series of webinars on developing a strategic roadmap for structured content Featured speakers from the first two webinars on the ROI Blueprint discuss how structured content can bring real innovation to business applications throughout the enterprise. Participants are:

Geoff Bock, Gilbane Group
Eric Severson, Flatirons Solutions
Bruce Sharpe, JustSystems
Dale Waldt, aXtive Minds

Registration is open. Recordings of previous webinars are available if you want to get up to speed on the larger discussion of enterprise value of structured content. Moderated by Gilbane Group. Sponsored by JustSystems.

Join the Pros at the Content Management Professionals Summit in Boston

2008-09-26T15:10:03Z

Join CM Pros on December 2nd at The Westin Copley Place in Boston as they explore The Content Lifecycle.

This Summit aims to gather the wisdom of content management practitioners and create best practices. Whatever your area of content management expertise, attend the CM Pros Fall Summit if you're genuinely interested in sharing your experience and learning about other people's projects.

We'll kickoff the morning with two keynote speakers: Bob Boiko will address the group on the Complexities of the Content Lifecycle and Tony White will speak on the Future Trends Impacting the Content Lifecycle. Next, quiz the expert panel of senior CMS practitioners with your questions about content management. Then, work with Bob Boiko as he leads the interactive CMS Content Lifecycle Poster Workshop to create a CM Pros Lifecycle Poster.

Attendees will determine the afternoon topics and break into facilitated, interactive roundtable discussions to tackle content lifecycle challenges. Facilitators include

David Aponovich, ISITE Design
Mollye Barrett, ClearPath
Jeff Cram, ISITE Design
Don DePalma, Common Sense Advisors
Seth Earley, Earley & Associates
Seth Gottlieb, Content Here
Heather Hedden, Viziant Corporation
Brad Kain, Quoin Inc.
Bruce Nevin, Cisco Systems
Stephen Powers, Forrester
Bryant Shea, Molecular
Jeff Tarbox, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Tony White, Gilbane Group
Andrew Wilcox, EverAge Consulting

The CM Pros Fall Summit is held in conjunction with the Gilbane Boston
Conference: Where Content Management Meets Social Media.

Useful Links:

Summit: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/

Program: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/program

Presenters: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/presenters

Registration: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/register

Gilbane Conference: http://gilbaneboston.com/









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