TSG was part of a presentation on at the Document Strategy Conference two weeks ago. One of the follow-up items was our thoughts on an ECM Roadmap. Tied to our earlier post on upcoming ECM disruptions, this post will present our initial thoughts on defining a roadmap and approach for modernizing an ECM System.
ECM Cloud Futures – Why IAAS is more important that SAAS
Dave Giordano, President and Founder of TSG, presented last week at the Document Strategy form and is a frequent contributor to their content. The following is a re-publish of his latest article covering the role of IAAS for ECM versus SAAS. Read the original post here.
Alfresco Solr Issues – when does just leveraging the database make sense?
One of the big improvements coming with Alfresco 5.2 has been an update of the Solr integration to Solr 6. Some of our clients leveraging the old version of Solr with 5.1 or 5.0 have sometimes experience Solr inconsistency issues where documents in Alfresco haven’t yet been indexed in Solr for a variety of reasons. […]
Documentum or Alfresco Reporting – Big Data to the Rescue
We commonly see clients struggle with reporting requirements from their ECM platform, whether that be Documentum, Alfresco or any other ECM repository. While typical ECM repositories have a relational database included in the infrastructure, the database is typically difficult to navigate with typical SQL based reporting tools. This post will discuss how TSG has been […]
Top 3 Reasons to Publish Content out of an ECM
Last month, we discussed what a consumer portal is and the benefits of using one. We also considered how to make the switch to using a consumer portal. First, let’s recap. A consumer portal is a read-only interface, separate from the ECM, that allows content to be accessible to a large audience at low cost. […]
Import Email Messages from GMail into your ECM Repository with HPI
We’ve seen many clients with requirements around importing emails into an ECM repository. For a long time, we’ve allowed ingesting outlook MSG emails in our HPI interface. To see how this works, check out this demo in the TSG Learning Zone. However, we’ve recently worked with some clients that have migrated to Gmail and Google […]
ECM Migrations – Top Ten Planning Tips For a Successful Migration
Start planning early. Clients often underestimate the amount of planning required for any type of migration. Migration often involves more than just moving content from one place to another. Many migrations also have to account for mapping metadata, folder structure, security, and other related objects from the source system to the target system. A typical […]
What makes migrating from a Legacy ECM systems so difficult?
While many of our clients are embracing modern interfaces for new ECM systems, migrating the content from a legacy ECM can often be a difficult effort due to the complexity and cost of a migration. Over the last 21 years, TSG has migrated applications and content for clients from a variety of legacy ECM envrionments (even […]
Building a Services Layer for Alfresco – When CMIS is Not Enough
We’ve had a number of clients, especially those migrating from a legacy ECM platform, ask us about how to go about building a services layer for Alfresco. Typically these clients have existing applications that use either a legacy API or proprietary services layer for the old platform. One question that comes up is: “should we […]