Two weeks ago on 1/23/17 Documentum officially became part of OpenText. Most of the analysts, including all of us at TSG, have been recommending clients “wait and see” in regards to how OpenText accommodates their new acquisition. This post will share our analysis and predictions based on our review of OpenText’s initial statements since the […]
2017 ECM Thoughts and Predictions as well as recap of 2016 postings
With the beginning of 2017, it is time for our annual thoughts from our blog from 2016 as well as the ECM industry in general. Biggest news of the year – Dell purchases EMC, OpenText purchases Documentum from Dell Clearly the biggest news of the year for our readers was the purchase by Dell of […]
Documentum Risk – Top 5 Reasons to Ditch Webtop
As we have been mentioning her in other posts, due to the purchase Documentum by OpenText, many clients are looking at ways to reduce the risk of an unknown Documentum future. This post will look into the risk of the most popular Documentum interface, Webtop.
Documentum purchased by OpenText – 4 ways to reduce the risk of an unknown OpenText future
Announced on September 12th, OpenText is purchasing the assets of the Enterprise Content Division of EMC (that includes Documentum among other products). For more thoughts, see our Detailed Analysis and Predictions. While predictions around the web vary on the future of the combined offerings, one common, very valid concern based on OpenText’s history, is: what […]
Documentum sold to OpenText – Detailed Analysis and Predictions
Since it was announced on Monday, September 12th that OpenText was buying the ECD Division (which includes Documentum) from EMC/Dell, we have conducted multiple conversations with customers as well as current and former employees of both Documentum and OpenText. This post will present our summarized analysis and predictions on the purchase by OpenText. Documentum purchase by […]
Documentum – Why is EMC struggling to sell it?
Since the announcement of Dell buying EMC back in October of 2015, TSG, as well as most other analysts, has been confident that EMC would sell off Documentum to reduce the debt load. The potential sale was confirmed back in April of 2016 when Bloomberg reported that Documentum was for sale. With 3 months passing, […]
EMC World 2016 – Momentum – Recap – #MTMM2016
This post will present final thoughts on the Momentum component of EMC World, the Documentum roadmap as well as the announcements on Leap, the new name for the Project Horizon initiative.
EMC World 2016 – Day 2 – ECD Roadmap and Vision
A two hour ECD Roadmap session was the bulk of the second day as the morning was partner meeting and other EMC presentations. This post will present our thoughts on the roadmap.
EMC World 2016 – Momentum – What’s on the Horizon for Project Horizon (Leap): New Apps and Services
Finished off the first day with a presentation on the Vision and Roadmap for Leap. See last year’s post in regards to Project Horizon. Leap is the new name for Project Horizon.