We posted an article last week on how Alfresco and SharePoint were Disrupting Documentum. The term disruptor is from the Innovators Dilemma business book and it relates to how difficult it is for one company to continue technology innovation over time and newcomers disrupt the industry. In a phone discussion with one of the responders, […]
OpenAnnotate 2.0 – Annotations in Alfresco Share
TSG is proud to release OpenAnnotate 2.0, our latest iteration of open source annotations. We’ve successfully deployed OpenAnnotate with a number of our Documentum clients to enable simple annotation capabilities on PDF documents, both via TSG’s HPI and Webtop. We’ve now implemented annotation capability within Alfresco Share to allow markup of rendered PDF documents within […]
TSG "Hack" Day – June 29th – 2011
On Wednesday, June 29th, TSG held its first ever Hack Day! The idea of a Hack Day originated at Yahoo! (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_Day), and similar ideas arose at companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter. This post will detail our experience.
Documentum Annotations – OpenAnnotate as an open source alternative
As part of three recent production Documentum client rollouts, TSG will be releasing a completely updated version of OpenAnnotate during May. This post will share an updated screen cam in our learning zone as well as highlight the goals and accomplishments of OpenAnnotate.
Alfresco and Change Management
One of the first ECM applications TSG ever developed for a client 15 years ago this month was the “Smart CR” where CR stood for change request. When it comes to Change Management, we (TSG) have experienced a variety of approaches and best practices. For this post, we will detail those best practices and how […]
HPI Enhancements for Documentum and Alfresco
This spring we are making substantial updates to HPI for a large Documentum insurance client as well as an Alfresco engineering client. Features will include: Compatibility of HPI on Documentum and Alfresco platforms through TSG’s OpenContent web services layer One-click links to the last folders accessed by a user Ability to order and save, or […]
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 Annotation – OpenAnnotate
Clients often struggle with adding simple annotation capabilities to Documentum or Alfresco. Brava, PDF Annotation Services, Snowbound and Annodoc are all solutions we see regularly at clients. Issues with these solutions include: Price – per user licensing can be difficult to justify for casual or external users. Support – most tools require a client side […]
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 […]