Sjoerd Alkema currently holds the role of Commercial Director at Xillio, bringing to it a deep background in content management and the creation of substantial value propositions. Having honed his skills at notable companies including Capgemini, Sjoerd offers a well-rounded perspective on the strategic dynamics that fuel industry progress. In his blogs, Sjoerd plans to share reflections and insights grounded in his extensive experience in the field. Look forward to explorations that not only draw from past learnings but also envision the potential trajectories for the sector, providing a thoughtful examination of the contemporary and future landscapes under his leadership at Xillio.
Recent Posts by Sjoerd Alkema:
by Sjoerd Alkema, on Sep 27, 2023 2:50:30 PM
Cloud-based enterprise content management (ECM) is big business: a recent study by Exactitude Consultancy estimates that the global market share for cloud-based enterprise content management could reach 142.5 billion USD …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Sep 18, 2023 1:41:22 PM
Currently, there is a lot of talk about the benefits of migrating content to Microsoft 365. Despite this, many businesses feel that their current ECM solutions are still sufficient. What …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Sep 12, 2023 10:32:39 AM
This is part 3 of a series of blogs discussing the intricacies of content migrations and the strategies to perfect them. In the last blog "The smart way to migrate: …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Apr 3, 2023 4:52:00 PM
This is part 2 of a series of blogs discussing the impact of content migrations and the best practices to streamline it. In the last blog "The smart way to …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Oct 28, 2022 3:55:24 PM
This is part 1 of a series of blogs discussing the impact of content migrations and the best practices to streamline it. Want to learn about application integration, email integration, …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Feb 3, 2022 3:01:15 PM
Are you planning to re-platform from an on-prem or legacy ECM system to Microsoft 365? How can you ensure a compliant content migration with auditable processes for legal records, personnel …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Feb 3, 2022 2:58:24 PM
Are you planning to migrate content to a new system? Your project approach will depend upon your migration framework. In this blog, we will share insights on migration frameworks and …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Jun 1, 2021 3:45:00 PM
A record management (RM) system is intended to store content for a long period of time, and to keep that content accessible all the while, while the correct retention and …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Feb 20, 2021 3:11:46 PM
The enterprise content world is changing. Content is exploding. Costs and risks are growing. Gartner warns enterprises must recognize the extraordinary growth in enterprise petabytes. Keeping storage for data under …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Dec 23, 2020 1:15:00 PM
In a former blog, we have tried to convince you that it would be wise to store business documents in an enterprise content management system instead of on file shares …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Aug 29, 2020 9:46:10 AM
In an automated migration, data is moved between information repositories using computational power. But what is data, a repository, and what does automation add? What is Automated Migration? Simply put …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Jun 4, 2020 12:15:00 PM
One of our most common and most asked for content migration, is Documentum to Microsoft 365. There are a few specific challenges in mapping and restructuring that you need to …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Apr 15, 2020 7:31:38 AM
It’s already been a year, since we launched the first version of Xillio Insights. Our clients use this tool to generate insight on their unstructured information, their ECM, collaboration and …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on May 21, 2019 4:33:07 PM
For a large US financial services company, we successfully deployed a large migration project from multiple repositories - being Oracle WebCenter Content (WCC), SharePoint, FileNet, Sybase, and DB2 - into …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on May 15, 2019 9:08:43 AM
I am working in the enterprise content management, content services, information management - what’s in the name - market for more than 12 years now. Enterprise content management systems that …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Jan 8, 2019 2:31:29 PM
The adoption of cloud enterprise content management systems, high costs of on-premise installation and the evolution of ECM and solutions, are probably the main drivers for organizations to move away …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Sep 26, 2018 1:40:49 PM
We learned that digital transformation is driving legacy ECM migrations. After doing so many different content migrations from legacy ECM to new target systems, I have encountered lots of challenges …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Jul 26, 2018 4:57:45 PM
In one of our previous blogs, we explained why IT consulting firms should build a migration unit. We found out that building a dedicated migration unit could help convince your …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Mar 1, 2018 4:18:46 PM
Are you prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? It’s coming and it’s coming quickly! That is May 25, 2018. If you are still thinking about creating a plan …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Feb 21, 2018 3:36:03 PM
The advent of a new generation of modern content solutions and the desire of many organizations to cut the number of content systems is driving organizations to look seriously how …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Dec 18, 2017 1:32:49 PM
Is your legacy ECM system out of date and are adjustments to, and maintenance of the system financially unattractive. Are you considering replacing your outdated document management system with Microsoft …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Jul 31, 2017 10:54:10 AM
After the Documentum acquisition by OpenText, you may consider replacing your legacy Documentum installation with a new enterprise content management (ECM) system. However, migration of your outdated Documentum installation might …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on May 23, 2017 10:33:49 AM
Content migration is a challenge for any organization that wants to update their website, wants to replace their content management system with a new CMS, or want to replace an …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Mar 7, 2017 3:18:43 PM
Our migration services team is often asked to join a project during a critical stage of its implementation, when the migration has already failed and has formed a bottleneck that …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Feb 13, 2017 3:56:12 PM
A few weeks ago, OpenText completed the acquisition of Documentum. In various publications OpenText mentioned that it will continue to invest in all products from the Documentum suite that the …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Oct 19, 2016 11:24:25 AM
If one market is evolving, it is that of enterprise content management. Here, we’re clearly seeing a number of trends, which are offering those in the sector many possibilities for …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on May 23, 2016 2:57:04 PM
Close your eyes, and take a moment to visualize this: ‘No more file shares’. What do you see? How does it feel? For me, first of all I feel this …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Apr 2, 2015 11:09:03 AM
In this post I argue for more cooperation between the Web and Enterprise Content Management communities. And I’ll provide an example of mutual benefits to single-sourcing and classifying documents that …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Feb 5, 2015 5:40:46 PM
Last week there was International Data Privacy day. Now there are international days for almost everything but still it says that it’s a hot topic. Which it is of course …
Read Storyby Sjoerd Alkema, on Nov 14, 2014 4:58:51 PM
Do you find content migrations a challenge? Quality not what you were expecting? Business is complaining about it? Struggling to get the input of the business embedded in the process? …
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