Seybold, Day 3
September 11, 2003
Well, I knew my first couple of days at Seybold would be a blur, but it has been even more hurried than I thought it would be. The Gilbane Conference sessions on Tuesday went very well. A highlight for me was Dana Hallman’s presentation on the US GSA’s process of choosing a CMS for www.firstgov.gov. She did a great job of explaining the process GSA went through to evaluate different systems and companies. The upshot? For a large system evaluation, the evaluation itself has to be run as a complex project, and the major stakeholders need to have involvement and visibility at key stages. Given it was a government acquisition, the evaluation process needed to be open and fair. The result was a multimillion dollar award to Vignette—and no challenges or protests from the other bidders. The GSA clearly did a great job at this stage of the project.
The XML Web Services Intensive was going swimmingly until a bomb scare evacuated all three buildings in the Moscone Center. The result was that we had to cancel the last two sessions of the day, which was a disappointment. I am going to explore options for doing the last two sessions via the Web. If you were attending and are interested in a Webinar follow-up, please email me at btrippe@nmpub.com.
Today I am off to the show floor, which I have only seen for a few moments. The bookstore was certainly busy when I stopped by, which I always see as a sign of health.
Posted by Bill Trippe at September 11, 2003 1:41 PM
