Recently TSG worked with an R&D client to migrate content from two legacy OpenText repositories into a new Alfresco environment using OpenMigrate. This post will discuss the process used to perform the OpenText to Alfresco migration, as well as some of the technical challenges that were encountered along the way.
FileNet Migration to Alfresco – Best Practices with OpenMigrate
Whether it is a trend, just coincidence, or the fading of IBM’s influence in content management, recently we have had multiple clients request migration of FileNet images and documents to Alfresco as part of a long term plan to remove the FileNet/IBM solutions from their infrastructure. This post will share our experience and thoughts around […]
FileNet Migration to Alfresco with OpenMigrate
TSG recently worked with a client to migrate nearly 4 million documents with metadata from 3 different FileNet systems to Alfresco using OpenMigrate. This post will focus on the technical approach used to migrate all of the content, as well as some of the unique challenges of the migration.
Documentum or Alfresco Migration Tools – What about Speed?
Back in 2013, Documentum announced the Enterprise Migration Appliance while pushing to get clients to upgrade to 7.x. Renamed the Documentum Enterprise Migration Appliance (DEMA), one of the selling points of the DEMA is a focus on speed. Architected for the “fastest migration possible”, DEMA was constructed to avoid the Documentum API and go directly […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Best Practices – Recording Available
More and more decision makers are choosing to migrate from legacy ECM repositories, such as Documentum, to Alfresco. Whether to gain the advantage of better performance and additional capabilities or as part of an ECM consolidation effort, migrating from a legacy system to Alfresco doesn’t necessarily have to be a complex and difficult process. TSG […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Best Practices – Webinar February 26th
More and more decision makers are choosing to migrate from legacy ECM repositories, such as Documentum, to Alfresco. Whether to gain the advantage of better performance and additional capabilities or as part of an ECM consolidation effort, migrating from a legacy system to Alfresco doesn’t necessarily have to be a complex and difficult process.
Alfresco Webinar – Benefits of a Rolling Migration versus a Big Bang – October 21st
When moving to Alfresco, many clients struggle with the cost and effort associated with a “Big-Bang” migration from their Legacy ECM system. In a “Big-Bang” scenario, all the content must be migrated to the new system during a very risky and expensive cutover weekend.
Documentum & Alfresco Migration Strategies – What Factors Should be Considered?
As we’ve mentioned in a previous blog post, we often meet with potential clients who are interested in using OpenMigrate to meet a migration need but they haven’t yet identified specific migration requirements beyond the need to move documents from one location to another. It is important to identify requirements and an overall migration strategy […]
Documentum Migration – "Two-Step" Bulk Load versus a "One-Step" Migration Approach
Recently, we have seen an uptick in the number of requests for OpenMigrate support for migrating from Documentum to either another Documentum repository or a new repository like Alfresco or M-Files. Many times clients will opt to use a vendor supplied bulk upload tool as part of the migration and use OpenMigrate simply to dump […]