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Real Story Group is a content technology analyst firm, based in Silver Spring, USA. Previously known as CMS Watch, the company announced a name change to Real Story Group in February, 2010. The company publishes reports on various areas, including web content management, enterprise content management
, enterprise search
, web analytics
, digital asset management
, and social software
. The main focus is the technology, and how this is suited to specific scenarios. According to the company, an important differentiator to other analyst firms (such as Forrester Research
and Gartner
) is that it works only for technology solutions buyers, and not for vendors. Though not as well known as its larger competitors, the Real Story Group blog (previously known as "CMS Watch Trends") is often referenced as a source for content management
information.
The founder of the company, Tony Byrne, also publishes articles in other media on this subject, like EContent, where he is one of the panelists for their Top 100 and Information Today. He has also been cited by mainstream business media, like Forbes
. Byrne likens his company with Consumer Reports
. CMS Watch refuses to sign non-disclosure agreement
s with product vendors. CMS Watch has been remarked for criticizing Microsoft's SharePoint web capabilities.
The company release a semi-annual report "The Web CMS Report", whose findings have been cited by other computing media.
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
, enterprise search
Enterprise search
Enterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and intranets, searchable to a defined audience.-Enterprise search summary:...
, web analytics
Web analytics
Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage....
, digital asset management
Digital asset management
Digital asset management consists of management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets...
, and social software
Social software
Social software applications include communication tools and interactive tools. Communication tools typically handle the capturing, storing and presentation of communication, usually written but increasingly including audio and video as well. Interactive tools handle mediated interactions between a...
. The main focus is the technology, and how this is suited to specific scenarios. According to the company, an important differentiator to other analyst firms (such as Forrester Research
Forrester Research
Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research has five research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; San Francisco, California;...
and Gartner
Gartner
Gartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
) is that it works only for technology solutions buyers, and not for vendors. Though not as well known as its larger competitors, the Real Story Group blog (previously known as "CMS Watch Trends") is often referenced as a source for content management
Content management
Content management, or CM, is the set of processes and technologies that support the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. In recent times this information is typically referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content...
information.
The founder of the company, Tony Byrne, also publishes articles in other media on this subject, like EContent, where he is one of the panelists for their Top 100 and Information Today. He has also been cited by mainstream business media, like Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
. Byrne likens his company with Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly by Consumers Union since 1936. It publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory. It also publishes cleaning and general buying guides...
. CMS Watch refuses to sign non-disclosure agreement
Non-disclosure agreement
A non-disclosure agreement , also known as a confidentiality agreement , confidential disclosure agreement , proprietary information agreement , or secrecy agreement, is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties...
s with product vendors. CMS Watch has been remarked for criticizing Microsoft's SharePoint web capabilities.
The company release a semi-annual report "The Web CMS Report", whose findings have been cited by other computing media.