One of the more common requirements we see from our manufacturing and operation clients is tight control around document versioning. In some cases, for example Pharmaceuticals, these systems are tightly regulated (and possibly audited) by a government agency such as the FDA. As we see more and more clients choosing Alfresco over Documentum, this post […]
Document Management – What It Is and Why You Need It
Many people in the world live and breathe document management and they may not even know it. The tools are built into their every day life and ideally make their jobs easier. Unfortunately, a majority of people in enterprises are sometimes leveraging tools that are not true document management solutions. A basic understanding of what true […]
Documentum – ECD CEO Rohit Ghai leaves Documentum for RSA
With one or two weeks to go until the Documentum/ECD purchase by OpenText closes, Rohit Ghai, CEO of ECD announced yesterday (via a tweet – what’s with that?) that he would be staying with Dell rather than travel with the rest of the Documentum team to OpenText.
2017 ECM Thoughts and Predictions as well as recap of 2016 postings
With the beginning of 2017, it is time for our annual thoughts from our blog from 2016 as well as the ECM industry in general. Biggest news of the year – Dell purchases EMC, OpenText purchases Documentum from Dell Clearly the biggest news of the year for our readers was the purchase by Dell of […]
Documentum Records Management – It is time to de-risk your RPS implementation
This week we met with a client who has been evaluating Documentum RPS (Retention Policy Services) for about 18 months. The complexity of the product and its impact on database size and the audit trail are primary implementation concerns. Our client has multiple repositories and content storage of well over 700TB. The impact of applying […]
Documentum Risk – Top 5 Reasons to Ditch Webtop
As we have been mentioning her in other posts, due to the purchase Documentum by OpenText, many clients are looking at ways to reduce the risk of an unknown Documentum future. This post will look into the risk of the most popular Documentum interface, Webtop.
Documentum – End of Life for ADTS Dec 31, 2016 – Remove the risk of unreliable content transformation services
Update: Read Adlib’s thoughts on the upcoming EOL of ADTS here. Documentum has announced the end of life for support for the Advanced Document Transformation Services as Dec 31, 2016. One of the little known changes between the Documentum 6.7 and 7.x versions was that Documentum changed the underlying transformation engine. Formerly based on Adlib […]
Documentum purchased by OpenText – 4 ways to reduce the risk of an unknown OpenText future
Announced on September 12th, OpenText is purchasing the assets of the Enterprise Content Division of EMC (that includes Documentum among other products). For more thoughts, see our Detailed Analysis and Predictions. While predictions around the web vary on the future of the combined offerings, one common, very valid concern based on OpenText’s history, is: what […]
Build a Consumer Interface for Documentum – Client Case Study
With the recent purchase of Documentum by OpenText, many Documentum customers are concerned about what will happen to the products they have been using over the past decade. Customers should look at reducing their risk and reliance on EMC’s products, prices and services that will soon be under the control of OpenText. One major way to reduce […]