Marko Sillanpaa is a Research Director focused on the content/ document space. Mr. Sillanpaa has extensive knowledge of content services platform (CSP) (formally, enterprise content management [ECM]) as well as content services applications (CSA) and components (CSC). This experience covered a broad range of CSP-related technologies such as records management, multilingual authoring, web content management, document management, and business process management for vertically diverse clients for various line of business and back office solutions. An area of focus is on the overlapping technology spaces of purpose built content solutions and custom solutions developed on content services platforms and how these platforms differ.
By advising on technology selection and best practices, he helps organizations reduce operational costs and improve employee effectiveness while maintaining privacy, security and regulatory compliance as necessary. He has a deep understanding of the capabilities and challenges in implementing complex solutions and he applies this in his advice to clients, offering pragmatic guidance to complex tactical and strategic problems.
By advising on technology selection and best practices, he helps organizations reduce operational costs and improve employee effectiveness while maintaining privacy, security and regulatory compliance as necessary. He has a deep understanding of the capabilities and challenges in implementing complex solutions and he applies this in his advice to clients, offering pragmatic guidance to complex tactical and strategic problems.
Mr. Sillanpaa has more than 20 years of experience in information technology focusing on content technology. He has worked for various vendors and consultancies, advising on product strategy, content strategy for various industries. He has worked on various roles throughout his career encompassing business analysis, solutions architecture, application software development, partner development, market messaging, and mergers & acquisitions.
Prior to Gartner, he ran his own consultancy for content services vendors focused on product strategies between tools and vendors. He was also the co-founder and author of a blog which focused on CSP technologies for over ten years.
Documentum
Director of Product Strategy
Hyland Software
Strategic Enterprise Consultant
Digital Workplace Strategy
Digital Workplace Applications
B.S., Computer Systems, Florida Atlantic University
1Developing content services and digital workplace strategies
2Content services vendor selection decisions
3Content services platforms vs. content services applications
4Content services within work stream collaboration
5Preparing for migration to new solutions on-premises and in the cloud