From fork-admin@xent.com Sat Oct 5 12:38:50 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7420E16F03 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 12:38:49 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:38:49 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g94JfEK05823 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:41:14 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8467C2940B8; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from colossus.systems.pipex.net (colossus.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.73]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88BD429409A for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:40:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PETER (81-86-177-135.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.177.135]) by colossus.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 74FB216000571; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:41:01 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <036901c26bdd$f2f03c50$0100a8c0@PETER> From: "Peter Kilby" To: Cc: "Mr. FoRK" References: Subject: Re: Documentum Acquires E-Room, Melding Content, Collaboration MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:40:51 +0100 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, T_NONSENSE_FROM_40_50,T_ORIGINAL_MESSAGE,T_OUTLOOK_REPLY, T_QUOTE_TWICE_1,US_DOLLARS_2,US_DOLLARS_4 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: "Groove really has people running scared" ....oh shit here comes that Groove thingy, run for your life ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. FoRK" To: Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: Documentum Acquires E-Room, Melding Content, Collaboration > > Don't know much about eRoom - but there is the magic phrase 'collaborate in > real-time'... Groove really has people running scared. Wonder if any users > actually /benefit/ from collaborating in real-time. > > > === > http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021004S0001 > > Content-management vendor Documentum said late Thursday it plans to acquire > privately held e-Room Technologies in a deal worth about $100 million. > > Documentum will issue approximately 7.7 million shares of its common stock > and pay about $12.6 million in cash for all of the outstanding shares of > eRoom. > > Documentum makes a platform for enterprise-wide content management. ERoom > makes tools for enterprise collaboration. Its customers include Airbus, > Bausch & Lomb, Ford Motor Co., and Sony. > > Documentum announced plans this summer to deliver a new Collaboration > Edition of its content-management suite. ERoom was already integrating its > tools to the Documentum platform, making an acquisition an easy target, > according to Documentum president and CEO Dave DeWalt. > > With the upcoming joint product, customers will be able to collaborate in > real-time via virtual workspaces, sharing schedules, resources, and even > jointly creating content. > > Content creation and management has always been a collaborative task, but > workflow has usually been delivered via a Web browser interface or even > simple e-mail -- and rarely in real-time. > > For now, Documentum will sell the eRoom platform and its own > content-management system through combined sales channels. Further > integration is planned down the line, the companies said. > > >