TSG conducted our annual client briefing on Monday June 5th. One of the more interesting presentations and discussions was on how clients are finding innovative ways to leverage the capabilities of the various object storage devices and technologies. This post will present some of our experiences and best practices in regards to object storage and […]
ECM Roadmap – Thoughts on Planning for the Future
TSG was part of a presentation on at the Document Strategy Conference two weeks ago. One of the follow-up items was our thoughts on an ECM Roadmap. Tied to our earlier post on upcoming ECM disruptions, this post will present our initial thoughts on defining a roadmap and approach for modernizing an ECM System.
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 […]
Top 3 Reasons to Publish Content out of an ECM
Last month, we discussed what a consumer portal is and the benefits of using one. We also considered how to make the switch to using a consumer portal. First, let’s recap. A consumer portal is a read-only interface, separate from the ECM, that allows content to be accessible to a large audience at low cost. […]
Import Email Messages from GMail into your ECM Repository with HPI
We’ve seen many clients with requirements around importing emails into an ECM repository. For a long time, we’ve allowed ingesting outlook MSG emails in our HPI interface. To see how this works, check out this demo in the TSG Learning Zone. However, we’ve recently worked with some clients that have migrated to Gmail and Google […]
Documentum purchase by OpenText finalized – Detailed Analysis and Predictions
Two weeks ago on 1/23/17 Documentum officially became part of OpenText. Most of the analysts, including all of us at TSG, have been recommending clients “wait and see” in regards to how OpenText accommodates their new acquisition. This post will share our analysis and predictions based on our review of OpenText’s initial statements since the […]
Automated Redaction for Documentum, Alfresco, Hadoop ECM Repositories
As more business processes are being automated for storing and working with documents in ECM repositories, many companies are encountering a need to redact sensitive information in these documents. Due to clients asking about redaction, TSG released OpenRedact nearly three years ago as a manual way for redacting documents stored in Documentum, Alfresco, or Hadoop ECM repository. Recently we […]
Documentum Alfresco Comparison Whitepaper – January 2017 Update
TSG has updated their whitepaper detailing key differences between Documentum and Alfresco. This post will present the executive summary with a link to obtain the entire paper. As an infrastructure component, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) assists customers with keeping consistent control of the storage and management of their content assets across a variety of industries […]
3 Questions – What is a Consumer Portal?
ECM customers are no strangers to license costs. But year-over-year price increases and per-user licenses for a growing company can put a strain on any budget. In addition, most ECM platforms today come packaged with an “everything and the kitchen sink” user interface. The complex nature of such interfaces requires a large amount of user […]