[Sigia-l] (Event) Content Migration - April 1st Taxonomy Community of Practice Call

[Rebecca Allen]

Invitation
Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice Call. This month's topic is Content Migration.

Date:  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Time:  1:00 - 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost:  This month's call is complimentary (no charge)

For additional details, visit: http://earley.com/_April2009.asp
To register, please contact Rebecca Allen at rebecca at earley.com or call direct 425-299-5400
You will receive dial-in instructions and slides in advance of the call. 

Session Description
When developing a new content management system, there is always the not so trivial matter of getting your old content into the new system. How is content cleansed, organized, and prepared for migration? What are the tools that can facilitate the process? Who should handle migration and what is the overall plan of attack? What are the costs (direct and indirect) of migration? We'll address these issues through case studies in content migration for new CMS deployments.

Nic Archer and George Knox will present:
"Exploding the Myths of Content Migration: The Case for Automated Migration"

Migrating content is not something that the average content professional will have to undertake frequently, and yet there is a significant reticence towards making the whole process a lot easier - to make the process quicker, cheaper, and less painful through the use of automated tools and support methods. In this session, Vamosa will explore why this could be. We will look at the real and imaginary potholes involved in the tricky exercise of migrating content into a new content management system. To many, the simple ability to access source or target systems may appear to be the biggest challenge, when the real challenges lie in actually choosing what content to move, what modifications need to be made to that content, and how these alterations can be made in a consistent and repeatable fashion. The options for measuring success will also be explored.

Looking at multiple use cases such as AstraZeneca, IBM, and the European Commission (one of the largest SharePoint 2007 migrations), various scenarios will be explored to distill the key success factors including method, choice of tools, and management buy-in. This thought-provoking session will aim to explode the perception that your problem is unique, and show that regardless of the size of the problem or the complexity of the requirement, an automated solution can be crafted to shrink timescales, maximize deliverables, and increase the quality of the content deployed.


Session Presenters
Nic Archer, Senior Vice President, Vamosa

Nic has worked in the software technology sector since graduating from college in 1985. He has extensive experience of large data management systems whilst working with Computer Associates and has worked with some of the world's largest software companies. After receiving his MBA in 2001, Nic helped form the product vision and corporate product strategy for Vamosa. Most recently Nic has been working with many of the Fortune 500 companies advising on how to approach and implement  their content quality and migration strategies.

George Knox, Chief Executive Officer, Vamosa

George has worked successfully for over 15 years in the software technology sector. He held senior positions in the US software giant Computer Associates before setting up various successful software and service companies including Gamut Technologies, Eclectic Group and Vamosa. His background consists of working with large corporate enterprises in the fields of Information Management, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. This has given him a unique perspective into the management challenges facing organizations as they grapple with the explosion of business content.

New Turf for Taxonomists?

Richard Beatch's Blog Post:
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) have been receiving a good deal of attention of late. And it is no wonder. Amongst the challenges present in healthcare, both in the U.S.A. and globally, the fact that medical records largely consist of paper files certainly gives us pause. But what, exactly, are the goals of the much talked about EMR initiatives? And, are the approaches being discussed likely to meet those goals?
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Read more of this post: http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/electronic-medical-records-new-turf-for-taxonomists/ 


Sincerely,

Rebecca Allen
Taxonomy Consultant
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