KnowledgeTree Joins Tech Data Open Tech Program

February 2, 2010

KnowledgeTree™ Joins Tech Data Open Tech Program

KnowledgeTree’s document management software now available to Tech Data resellers

Raleigh, NC  (February 2, 2010) – KnowledgeTree™, an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) provider focusing on affordable document management software, today announced it joined Open Tech, a new channel for open source independent software vendors (ISVs) to market and sell the company’s solutions to thousands of resellers nationwide. Open Tech was established last fall by leading IT products distributor Tech Data Corporation to better enable its reseller customers to capitalize on the rising demand for open source solutions.

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As part of Open Tech, KnowledgeTree will gain access to Tech Data’s resellers across the country and to a comprehensive channel marketing program. According to KnowledgeTree CEO, Daniel Chalef, “Being part of Open Tech gives KnowledgeTree unprecedented visibility to the resellers who are focusing on affordable, open source solutions for their customers. Tech Data is a well-respected distributor that we believe will open a wide range of opportunities for us.”

Open Tech builds upon Tech Data’s extensive experience supporting open source leaders like Novell and Red Hat. That experience includes helping these leading open source vendors grow their businesses through the channel by recruiting new resellers to deploy their solutions to SMBs, large enterprises, government agencies, educational institutions and healthcare providers.

“Interest in open source will continue to grow as resellers and end users become more aware of open source solutions like KnowledgeTree’s document management software,” said Tech Data Vice President, Software Product Marketing Stacy Nethercoat. “Through Open Tech, Tech Data will work closely with KnowledgeTree to educate resellers and enable them to profitably deliver these solutions to their customers.”

About KnowledgeTree

KnowledgeTree is an enterprise content management provider focusing on affordable document management software that is easily installed and used by business professionals. Offering commercial SaaS and on-site editions as well as a free, open source community edition, KnowledgeTree’s features — including workflow, version control and audit trails — help organizations manage the document lifecycle, promote collaboration, reduce paper and ensure compliance.

As a commercial open source company, KnowledgeTree is committed to affordability, accessibility and integration across operating systems and applications. Customers include organizations of all sizes in many industries, including life sciences, legal, financial and government sectors. KnowledgeTree is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. For more information, visit www.KnowledgeTree.com. Follow us on Twitter at #knowledgetreesw.

About Tech Data Corporation

Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS:TECD) is one of the world’s largest distributors of technology products from leading IT hardware and software producers. Tech Data serves more than 125,000 IT solution providers in over 100 countries. Every day, these resellers depend on Tech Data to cost-effectively support the technology needs of end users, including small and medium businesses (SMB), large enterprises and government agencies. Ranked 102nd on the FORTUNE 500®, Tech Data generated $24.1 billion in net sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. To learn more, visit www.techdata.com.

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Content Management Trends in 2010

January 15, 2010

Today, there are companies who has not even adopted to a content management solution for their organization efficiencies. That will be the first thing an organization would have to do to proceed in this track.

At any case, for the companies which are ahead of the race, the future trends on Content Management is applicable.

What is coming in Content Management space?

It is not just going to be just content management or web content management or digital asset management for an organization, instead we can expect an integrated solution for the whole approach.

This can be achieved in an incremental fashion also, but here are the items to be adopted into the integrated platform or solution or product.

1) Web Content Management

2) Integrated Search

3) Integrated Analytics

4) Social Component – Collaboration

5) CRM?

6) Digital Assets Management

All-in-one solutions will serve better and that is what I am guessing we will go towards. It would be an integrated Web Platform or Unified Web Platform, instead of just one small component implementation.

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Can I live with only Search, instead of a Content Management System?

January 14, 2010

Implementation of Content Management System and user adoption by all the users in the organization is a herculean task. Directors and decision makers at that level are apprehensive about the change management, to bring in a new content management system and have everyone use it and change the way they have been working so far.

Many people still use CDs, store content and assets in their local desktops and email stuff to share their content and assets. These are some of the hazardous way of using the assets. In order to change these people and their way of working, it is very difficult and in large organizations it is very tough to implement across the board. I suggest to go with one by one department and implement change management.

However, there was a question raised recently – Can I just live with a Search Component, instead of implementing Content Management System etc., Say for example – implement Google Search Appliance and point to all the URLs in the organization and also to network directories or Desktops for all the files that is lying around.

I would strongly not agree to this solution, but to go with a Content Management System and organize all the assets incl. DAM etc., and then integrate a Search Component. You cannot replace a content management with a Search Component.

This is like searching in a pile all the time, while you know you can organize and do an optimized search everytime.

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