In my previous article, M-Files AI: From Intelligent Metadata to AI Agents, I explored how AI in Enterprise Content Management has evolved. We have progressed from automatically classifying documents and suggesting metadata, to AI that can understand information, answer questions and reason about business context. Increasingly, it can also perform tasks. This evolution is exciting! Imagine an AI agent that…
Imagine an employee asking the company’s AI assistant, ‘What is the notice period for supplier XYZ?’ The answer comes back immediately: a clear, precise quote from the contract. It sounds right, so nobody checks it. However, the quoted contract is an expired draft. The signed amendment that changed the notice period is stored somewhere else entirely. This is a hypothetical…
Last week, I wrote about the importance of soft skills in the daily lives of ECM consultants (link here, but sorry in french): communication, empathy, influence, active listening, and all the human elements that determine whether projects succeed or fail.These skills remain essential, and no amount of technology will replace them (at least in a near future).Today, however, I want…
After a packed workshop day, the SQLDay conference officially kicked off on Tuesday with a series of sessions covering cloud, DevOps, Microsoft Fabric, AI, and more. Here is a short overview of the sessions I attended on the first day of the main conference. Morning Kick-Off: Sponsors and Opening The day started with a short introduction and a presentation of…
I had the chance to attend SQLDay 2025 in Wrocław, one of the largest Microsoft Data Platform conferences in Central Europe. The event gathers a wide range of professionals, from database administrators to data engineers and Power BI developers. The first day was fully dedicated to pre-conference workshops. The general sessions are scheduled for the following two days. In this…
1 Introduction At the 2024 edition of Microsoft Ignite, two key themes dominated the stage: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Security. These pillars reflect the current and future technological landscape. Staying true to its innovative legacy, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Foundry, a unified platform designed to simplify the design, customization, and management of AI solutions. In this article, I’ll share my hands-on…
Two weeks ago, I was at the #SITF24 to talk about integration of External Repositories (SharePoint/Teams, shared folder,…) into M-Files. Surprisingly this is still a tricky topic for companies. As an ECM consultant since years, I’m probably a bit too naive and think documents are already well managed in most of the firms. I got some feedback that prove me…
I had the opportunity to participate in the Future Data Driven 2024 event (https://datadrivencommunity.com/FutureDataDriven2024.html) with my colleague Stéphane Haby. Many speakers were present, and I was able to attend several sessions covering the following topics: Azure, AI, CosmosDB, Co-Pilot, Database Watcher. In several sessions, when AI was discussed, we talked about vector databases. These were terms I had heard before…
It was the first time that I assist to an IT conference, and I want first to say a warm thank to dbi services for this great opportunity. DevOps Barcelona is an annual event that purpose multiple conferences on different subjects around the marvelous word of DevOps. After received our welcome gifts and a coffee, lets start our two days…
