This year marks my 15th Momentum/EMC World. For the next couple of posts, we will focus on some of the TSG team’s impressions of the sessions we attend. Look for additional posts from others with their thoughts. Overall Impressions Overall – Documentum user attendance is lower in years past (they mentioned 1,000 at a keynote). […]
What’s New and What’s coming in the Documentum Platform
John McCormick gave the initial presentation at EMC World for the IIG (Information Intelligence Group). While the presentation won’t be posted, some highlights on the “unofficial” roadmap included: Q2 ’10 – D6.6 – Will be around Taskspace and Cloud Storage Q3 ’10 – XDB Q4 ’10 – DSS 1.0 – Dynamic Search Services – Built […]
Running Documentum and Alfresco applications in a 64-bit environment
With our clients looking at ways to maximize the use of memory on their hardware, we recently had the opportunity to deploy Alfresco and Documentum applications on 64-bit Linux and Windows machines respectively. We learned, and were reminded of, a couple of lessons in the process.
Documentum Full Text Search with Lucene – Honoring ACL Security
The last post discussed the results of an HPI Lucene Search test compared to a Webtop FAST Search as part of a proof of concept for a client looking to provide a consumer interface. As we have often mentioned on this forum, we continually see clients looking for a better search interface than Webtop, as […]
PDF Annotation Tools That Work Beyond Documentum 5.3
Over the years, a variety of software tools have become available for integrating PDF annotation functionality into the Documentum client suite. Some of these tools include Brava!, AnnoDoc, Snowbound, and Documentum PDF Annotation Services. Each product has its own feature set, but all provide the ability to mark up PDF documents and store the annotations […]
Extends vs. Modifies in D6.5 WDK
As more and more of our clients are upgrading to Documentum 6/6.5, we’ve encountered many significant changes between development methods in 5.3 WDK and 6.5 WDK. The good news is they are changes for the better, allowing for more efficient and streamlined development of Webtop customizations. One of the big changes is the ability to modify a […]
FAST Administration and Search Tools
While helping a client troubleshoot some FAST full text indexing issues with their Documentum 5.3sp6 environment recently, I came across some tools that proved to be helpful during the troubleshooting process.
OpenMigrate: Bulk Load Interface Available for Download
The OpenMigrate Bulk Load Interface provides a highly configurable user interface which enables the user to easily manage documents and import them into a variety of targets.
Documentum Upgrade – Understanding Impact of WDK Development
It has been TSG’s experience that the biggest effort in most Documentum upgrades is the compatibility of customizations made to Documentum interfaces (Webtop mostly). While many of our clients choose to develop custom interfaces that migrate easily leveraging HPI or OpenContent, this blog post will only address Webtop customizations. As detailed in our Planning Guide […]