Imation Acquires the Assets of ProStor Systems

For those of you who have been working with ProStor and the InfiniVauilt technology… on August 29, 2011, Imation Corp. announced that it has acquired the multi-tiered storage system assets of Boulder, Colo.-based ProStor Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Many of you were able to meet with Richard Coons from ProStor at recent ImageSource Nexus events held in Bellevue, Washington. Richard Coons has extensive knowledge on the InfiniVault products and  is now Sales Western at Imation.

ProStor’s InfiniVault technology allows companies to manage fixed digital assets, including videos, images, documents and other types of large, static data files.

“Imation acquired the InfiniVault technology and product line because we recognize the need to add a compelling tiered storage architecture to our existing portfolio of backup and archiving products,” said Imation CEO Mark Lucas.

To see the full acquisition announcement go to  http://www.imation.com/en-us/About-Imation/News/# .

Al Senzamici, PMP
Program Manager
ImageSource, Inc.

  

Take a step back to educate!

As project managers – we’re used to dealing with and preparing for uncertainty and risks.  If you were managing a project to improve an existing product or develop a new product, you would most likely be dealing with a project sponsor who was an operations or product manager who could clearly articulate his/her goals and requirements.  In essence your project risk right out of the gate is lessened with explicit project goals and a well-defined set of requirements.

In managing ECM projects we’re often dealing with projects where scope definitions and project requirements are somewhat vague – in part because the technology is new to many people, and thus there is a large amount of uncertainty about exactly what benefits CM solutions can provide.

How much time do you spend on an ECM project providing basic education services around ECM technology, and essentially helping your client define what they’re missing and potentially what the ECM project should or possibly could do?  More importantly, how much time do you spend half-way through your project dealing with changed expectations and new requirements once your client has a better ‘feel’ or understanding of what is possible and what they initially missed?

Just a thought – think about adding an introductory phase to your ECM project whose sole deliverable is an education program with the goal of ensuring that subsequent phases have well thought out requirements definitions?

Steve Kissinger

ImageSource, Inc.