As we alluded to in our last post, one of the major differences between Alfresco and Documentum is pricing. While it is easy to say that Alfresco is “cheaper” – that can somewhat imply that the quality of Alfresco limited. In talking to our clients, we realize emphasis that the business and software development model […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Part 1
2010 seems to be the year many of our Documentum clients are deciding (or considering) to migrate to Alfresco. For this post, we will try to address the reasons leading to this trend. This will be the first of several posts on the subject with follow-up posts providing more technical, application and industry examples. First […]
Potential of SAP acquiring Documentum
A couple of weeks ago at EMC World, TSG surmised that the partnership between SAP and Documentum (IIG – Information Intelligence Group of EMC) might be the first step in a potential acquisition by SAP of IIG. For those not familiar with the SAP relationship, the new partnership allows SAP to sell the following new […]
EMC World 2010 – Day 1
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). […]
Alfresco Lunch and Learn Summary
Thanks to everyone who attended the Alfresco Lunch and Learn at TSG offices on April 28th. The attendance was great, and there were lots of great discussions during lunch. There was common theme of users looking to replace existing ECM repositories and looking to Alfresco as a potential replacement. Special thanks to Jary Carter, Nancy […]
Third Annual TSG Client Briefing – June 3rd – 2010
TSG will be holding our third annual client briefing on June 3, at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center from 9 to 4:30. The briefing focuses on TSG facilitation of specific ECM topics with a focus on interaction between clients for experience, lessons learned and best practices. Last year’s briefing included: Introductions – sharing “What […]
Documentum Consulting – Understanding the Basics
I was talking with a client yesterday in regards to some of the consultants they have used for Documentum work over the years. Like most large companies, they have used consultants from a variety of companies. For this post, I thought I would detail some of the different options as well as provide some of […]
Documentum – What’s Next Updated for 2010
Back in 2007, we started offering a presentation for clients, “What’s Next for Documentum?” The presentation focused on what mature Documentum clients are doing “next”. Typically, mature customers: have an existing production install of Documentum have implemented tools “out of the box” with some or extensive customizations have had some success ….and are looking for […]
Documentum, Alfresco and SharePoint – Dispelling the Microsoft ECM Myths
Most of TSG’s Documentum and Alfresco clients are evaluating Sharepoint as a portal to ECM or to satisfy some of their ECM needs. While TSG has always provided Sharepoint connectivity to ECM with OpenMigrate, ActiveWizard and OpenContent as demonstrated in the links below, Active Wizard OpenContent OpenMigrate Sharepoint Source many of our clients are asking […]