For the past month, I’ve been reading, referencing, and reviewing the book Documentum 6.5 Content Management Foundations by Pawan Kumar. It is a book designed to help the reader learn enough about Documentum to pass the EMC Proven Professional Exam E20-120. When I first opened it, I thought that it looked very much like the […]
EMC Names Jeetu Patel as CTO of Its Information Intelligence Group
On July 30th, the Information Intelligence Group named Jeetu Patel as its Chief Technology Officer. For some of the participants in the Midwest Documentum User Group, you might remember Jeetu as he has presented back in February 2005 for Doculabs on “Market Trends – Building Business Success with ECM”. You can find all the presentations […]
Migrating from Documentum to Alfresco – Can Captiva InputAccel Still be Used for Scanning?
While most companies have made strides in reducing the amount of paper they need to deal with on a daily basis, paper is still at the origin of many processes, from invoices to claim forms to case report forms in clinical trials. Quickly capturing and classifying the paper so it can be electronically distributed throughout […]
Documentum and Alfresco – Document Creation and Import
Document creation is a function of every document management system. You have to have a way of getting content into that content management system – otherwise your system isn’t managing much of anything! Products and Interfaces Documentum has numerous products that provide creation and import functionality. Webtop is the most common. But other options include InputAccel, DCM, […]
Documentum Object Model and the Alfresco Content Model
The Documentum object model and the Alfresco content model have many similarities. Both software packages have the concept of library services (check in / check out), a data dictionary, and a hierarchical data model however implementations do differ. In Documentum, administrators can create or alter custom object types with the use of Documentum Administrator, Composer, […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Development Environment Comparison
Beyond the features and look and feel of ECM user interfaces discussed in our initial posts, we recognize the importance of a stable and robust development environment necessary to facilitate the customization, support and maintenance of an ECM platform. We also recognize that organizations who use Documentum today likely employ staff with Documentum specific skill […]
Documentum OR SharePoint for Complaince? Thoughts on a mixed approach.
I was at a client yesterday that was struggling in regards to a strategy of SharePoint or Documentum for a compliance application. Complaince is an application that involves control of many documents to insure that the correct approved documents are used at the correct time and can be confirmed during an internal or regulatory audit. […]
Migrating Documentum to Alfresco – User Interface Overview
This is the third post in our series on migrating from Documentum to Alfresco. As we pointed out in our disclaimer in our initial post on this subject, we are not saying Alfresco is better than Documentum, just different. Which Interface to compare? The challenge in comparing Documentum to Alfresco interfaces is both solutions offer […]
Migrating from Documentum to Alfresco – Pricing Differences
As we alluded to in our last post, one of the major differences between Alfresco and Documentum is pricing. While it is easy to say that Alfresco is “cheaper” – that can somewhat imply that the quality of Alfresco limited. In talking to our clients, we realize emphasis that the business and software development model […]