As clients are preparing for 2020, TSG has seen an uptick in the number of requests for OpenMigrate support for migrating from legacy repositories (FileNet, ImagePlus, Mobius, CMOD…..) to a new modern ECM 2.0 repository. TSG will typically recommend a “one step” migration where OpenMigrate can both retrieve documents from the legacy repository and store […]
Federated Content Management – Enterprise Search with a new moniker?
One troubling point we continue to see in our industry space, whether it be content management providers like Nuxeo, ASG or even analysts like Gartner, is a continued push around the benefits of a federation search, often as an alternative to migration. This post will explore federated content management with a comparison to a very […]
ECM 2.0 – Can you build it yourself?
Recently Gartner Analyst and long-time ECM evangelist Marko Sillapaa posted an interesting article titled “Why Build a Content Services Platform from Scratch?” . In the article Marko correctly points out that “build your own” isn’t easy and it’s better to avoid home grown solutions where support could be required for 20 years. An alternative viewpoint comes […]
Documentum SAAS – Look Before you Leap
TSG recently completed the movement from an onsite Documentum installation to Documentum in the OpenText cloud for one of our long-time clients in a highly regulated industry. The client had considered Documentum SAAS from Dell VMWare cloud back when VMWare was part of EMC. This also wasn’t the newly announced OpenText partnership with Google or […]
ECM Large Repositories – Volume Testing With the TSG Test Harness
One of the more interesting achievements of the TSG 11 Billion Document benchmark was our ability to quickly load a large repository and test performance for search and retrieval performance as well as concurrent usage. For those clients considering developing a large repository of documents, TSG now has both the experience as well as additional […]
The Deep Analysis Podcast – The 11 Billion File Benchmark
Dave Giordano, CEO of TSG, recently sat down with Alan Pelz-Sharpe to discuss our recent 11 Billion File Benchmark on AWS and DynamoDB. Additionally, hear Dave’s thoughts on the future of ECM and why companies are considering alternatives to the traditional ECM Suite.
Veeva Vault – Documentum Integration Options
One of the issues our Veeva Vault and other document management clients often struggle with is searching for content across Veeva Vault and other existing repositories, such as Documentum. Scenarios like sharing manufacturing specifications that are stored in a Documentum repository with Veeva-based eTMF and Submissions applications are difficult to support as users will typically […]
Documentum Migration to Veeva Vault – Best Practices
TSG has been assisting clients with document migrations, and particularly regulated clients, for over twenty years. For additional background and best practices – see our ECM Migrations – Top Ten Planning Tips for a Successful Migration. TSG has recently become an emerging Veeva parnter. One of our first efforts is to provide Documentum clients with […]
ECM Sales Myths for 2019
In the hunt for “what to talk to customers about next”, we often see many of the ECM vendor sales teams get behind a concept, or technology, that can be marketed easily but isn’t always something clients eventually do or are successful implementing. For this post, we will list some of the myths (including a […]