ANDRÉ VOGT IN CONVERSATION WITH
DR. ULRICH KAMPFFMEYER.
Focus on enterprise information management.
25 years of experience – and why AI is asking old questions in new ways.
In an exceptionally candid conversation, André Vogt (ISR spokesperson) and industry thought leader Dr. Ulrich Kampffmeyer look back on 25 years of information management and forward to a future that will be radically challenged by artificial intelligence.
- Why do around 75% of all AI projects fail?
- What misconceptions still influence companies today?
- And what does it really take to master information, knowledge, and processes, rather than just managing them?
The conversation is not a nostalgic retrospective.
It is a critical assessment of what has changed since the first ECM visions and what has remained astonishingly the same.
Even 20 years ago, the focus was on key issues:
data quality, clear definitions, responsibilities, governance, and end-to-end processes. Today, these very same topics are making a comeback—rebranded, but just as relevant as ever—under the banner of AI.
This conversation shows
- why the origin of many AI failures lies in "old" information management,
- Why data quality, governance, and processes are more important
than any new AI tool. - and why real progress is made where companies think about information strategically—not in technical isolation.
André Vogt refers to Dr. Ulrich Kampffmeyer not only as an industry visionary, but also as his personal mentor, a protagonist and provocateur in the field of information management. Many of his visions have become reality over the past 25 years.
The entire discussion on enterprise information management, the failure of AI projects, and why information is the true foundation of intelligent automation can be found here:
