In brief

Management survey reveals key evaluation criteria

Managers responsible for the selection of information and document-management systems rate ease of implementation and simplicity of use as their most important evaluation criteria, according to a survey by industry association, AIIM Europe.
A large number of respondents from more than 300 organisations across various sectors rated the two factors well above functionality, scalability, compliance issues and supplier reputation.
AIIM also found that the planning and managing of implementations, including change management, was widely considered to be the biggest challenge faced by project champions.
www.aiim.org.uk

Stellent launches latest CM solution

Stellent has launched the latest version of its flagship content-management platform.
Additions to Universal Content Management 7.5 include: an industry-first ‘in context’ metadata engine; a new desktop integration interface; collaboration project dashboards; and, business-process-management certifications.
www.stellent.com

Heading for a content explosion

Surveys carried out across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have indicated that consumer adoption of IP voicemail and next-generation messaging could explode in 2006, with mobile users being a prime target for surges in content.
Moreover, outsourcing could be the only way for many businesses to deal with the explosion, with a staggering 71 per cent of respondents stating that they would require assistance in managing and storing the potentially huge volume of information being created.
The two surveys were carried out by telecoms.com on behalf of EMC UK.

Xerox launches storage solutions

Xerox Corporation has launched four new storage products designed specifically to help companies improve the way they retain and store corporate information.
Engineered for professional data-archiving applications, the new Ultra Density Optical drive, storage library and media will enable end users to access and archive larger amounts of data more securely.

FAST introduces consulting service

FAST has launched its Search Best Practices (SBP) consulting service, an initiative that helps companies to independently assess which market offerings best fit their business practices, and shows how to maximise the value they extract from their current search solution.
The service has already been trialled by more than 20 companies and has been shown to significantly accelerate the decision-making process.

Stellent combines with SAP

SAP has certified the integration of Stellent’s Universal Content Management 7.1 with its own ArchiveLink 4.5 interface, which connects optical archive document-management systems to the SAP software solution.