I was recently at a client struggling with an ECM decision (Alfresco or Documentum) based on connectivity to a scanning data capture solution. Normally the ECM requirement will drive the scanning solution. For this client, capture of data from the image was the driving business justification. After all data was extracted, the client wanted to save […]
Documentum 6.5 LightWeight SysObjects, Captiva and OpenMigrate
One of our clients is upgrading this fall to 6.5 and was disappointed that EMC Documentum Captiva has yet to support LightWeight SysObjects (LWSO) and how that is affecting his plans. In our discussions, the client has considerable content stored as images and documents that he would like to leverage LWSO to reduce the database […]
TSG Open Source Product Plans
We just finished up our 3rd Quarter planning in regards to our product solutions. Some highlights: OpenMigrate continues to be our top downloaded product. Most of our effort in the 2nd quarter involved taking this enterprise class solution and make it easier to install and configure. From discussions with users, our efforts have been a […]
Common Questions about 6.5 Upgrade
As we mentioned in previous posts, we know upgrades are on a lot of people’s minds as of late. From the Documentum user community, we hear similar questions/statements so we thought it would be helpful to jot down our thoughts in response to these questions: Do I need to reindex all my content with FAST? […]
Preparing for the Documentum Software Audit – quick tips and thoughts
Based on articles at CMS Watch as well as discussions with users, it has become pretty common within the Documentum user base to see software audits within the last year. Every client has different applications, license agreements and usage. We think it would be useful for all readers to get some quick tips from our experience […]
Increase in downloads of Documentum Open Source from TSG
Over the past couple of months we have noticed a marked increase in the number of downloads of our Open Source offerings for Documentum. Comparing January to June, our downloads have increased 200%. Without engaging in any scientific studies, we can’t help but wonder whether this increase is due to: Continued evolution of the Open […]
Upgrading your Webtop 5.3 Application NOW to simplify your 6.5 upgrade later
As evidenced during EMC World and at our clients, the decision to upgrade to Documentum 6.5 has proven itself more difficult than previous upgrade decisions. While the back-end migration can be fairly straightforward, most users are struggling with the cost, effort and risk of upgrading the front-end Webtop application. As one client put it: “I […]
Pharma Documentum Upgrade Challenges and How to Avoid Them
A majority of our Documentum pharma clients have yet to upgrade from the 5.x platform up to 6. Pharma clients have been long-time users of Documentum and as a result have robust (often highly customized) Documentum installations, causing upgrade costs to soar. In addition, a significant upgrade often means a complete system revalidation which in […]