Support for Documentum Content Server 6.7 and related products (Webtop, TCS, ADTS, DA, etc.) reach end of life on April 30, 2018. Additionally Support for Documentum Compliance Manager (DCM) – all released versions – ends December 31, 2018. This has significant impacts for any clients but particularly regulated clients that have delayed upgrading. While there […]
Documentum – Making it Better with an OpenContent Search Consumer Portal
One of our most popular methods to make Documentum better for our clients is to implement a consumer portal application based on Open Content Search. This consumer portal is typically a simplified search and retrieve interface based on a read-only cache of documents and metadata outside of the Documentum repository. TSG has implemented multiple consumer portal […]
FileNet and Content Manager (CMOD) Migration to Amazon Web Services – Why Now?
As many long-time readers know, TSG has been assisting clients with migrating from Legacy ECM platforms including FileNet, Documentum, OpenText and others for years. Recently we have noticed an uptick in interest, RFPs, and implementation efforts to migrate customers not only from the Legacy ECM system but also to the cloud and specifically Amazon Web Services. […]
Documentum – How to make it better – 2018 Blog Series
Based on feedback from multiple clients, TSG will be conducting a 2018 blog series on how to make Documentum better based on our 20+ years of client experience. Over the course of the next several weeks, we will be sharing best practices with both new posts as well as some of refreshed versions of our […]
Moving off of Documentum – OpenText Marketing goes on the defensive
Some interesting back and forth on CMSWire over the last two weeks around Documentum and OpenText. On October 11th, Joe Shepley from Doculabs posted on planning an exit strategy from Documentum. On October 26th, Stephen Ludlow, Senior Director, Enterprise Product Marketing, OpenText, was interviewed with his thoughts on Joe’s article. This rather long post will present our […]
Documentum – What is the business case to replace it?
Last week after meeting with some FileNet customers, we posted on the developing a business case to replace FileNet. Some of the feedback we got was that the article could be applied to other ECM tools, particularly from Documentum customers. This post will discuss the development of a business case with both a hard and […]
Documentum – Should I stay or should I go? Thoughts on the OpenText Purchase Six Months Later
TSG talked with a 20+ year Documentum client yesterday about the future of Documentum. Like many Documentum customers, the client had postponed any decision about future plans for their system until there was a clear understanding of what OpenText would do with Documentum. With OpenText Enterprise World complete, this post will present our TSG thoughts […]
OpenText Enterprise World – Thoughts on the Keynote for Documentum Customers
Over the years, some of our more popular posts have been our thoughts on EMC World/Momentum which TSG had attended for the past 20 years. With Documentum being bought by OpenText, the Documentum Momentum event has died with Documentum related activities included in the OpenText Enterprise World event held earlier this month in Toronoto. Due […]
Documentum or Alfresco Reporting – Big Data to the Rescue
We commonly see clients struggle with reporting requirements from their ECM platform, whether that be Documentum, Alfresco or any other ECM repository. While typical ECM repositories have a relational database included in the infrastructure, the database is typically difficult to navigate with typical SQL based reporting tools. This post will discuss how TSG has been […]