On Wednesday, June 29th, TSG held its first ever Hack Day! The idea of a Hack Day originated at Yahoo! (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_Day), and similar ideas arose at companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter. This post will detail our experience.
John Newton – Who Killed ECM?
TSG held our annual client briefing on June 8th at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center. The briefing was attended by over 50 clients and included a presentation by one of the Documentum co-founders and Alfresco co-founder, John Newton. This post will present a link and quick overview to John’s presentation.
Documentum or Alfresco – Linking to a Document using OpenContentURL
One of the common requests from clients is the ability to create direct URL links to a document in a content management platform from a variety of other tools. A recent client was maintaining links in SharePoint to Documentum via a proprietary Documentum tool based on Webtop. This post will discuss our eventual solution and […]
Documentum Annotations – OpenAnnotate as an open source alternative
As part of three recent production Documentum client rollouts, TSG will be releasing a completely updated version of OpenAnnotate during May. This post will share an updated screen cam in our learning zone as well as highlight the goals and accomplishments of OpenAnnotate.
Alfresco and Change Management
One of the first ECM applications TSG ever developed for a client 15 years ago this month was the “Smart CR” where CR stood for change request. When it comes to Change Management, we (TSG) have experienced a variety of approaches and best practices. For this post, we will detail those best practices and how […]
Alfresco Sales Kick-off Thoughts
TSG just got back from the 2011 Alfresco Sales Kick-off event in Orlando last month. This post will discuss some of our thoughts in regards to the Alfresco team, product updates and partners.
Upcoming Alfresco Lunch and Learns in Midwest
Next month TSG will once again be hosting Alfresco Lunch and Learns in the Midwest. We’ll discuss how Alfresco can be integrated with everyday desktop applications and approaches for taking paper content and making them electronic. Kansas City, MO – May 11th Bristol Seafood Grill 51 East 14th Street Kansas City, MO 64106 Chicago, IL – […]
User Acceptance and Enterprise Content Management
In reviewing implementations of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems, one typical issue raised is how to balance the need to achieve User Acceptance of the system with IT goals in regards to reduced development and support. Too often, instead of a balance, the discussion can lead to an either or with Custom Development on one […]
Upcoming OpenMigrate 1.6 Release / Alfresco Webinar – March 3rd
TSG is diligently working on integrating the latest updates to OpenMigrate for the upcoming 1.6 release, centering around enhancements and integrations we have developed on Alfresco. We’ve been working with a number of clients that have begun to leverage OpenMigrate not just for one time migrations, but also as a key piece to aggregate content […]