I was talking to a client yesterday struggling with decisions on upgrading Documentum. Currently the client is on Documentum 5.3 SP5 and is paying EMC for additional support since 5.3 SP5 is no longer supported under standard support. This is not an uncommon situation with many Documentum clients for some of the following reasons: Over […]
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 […]
Migrating From FileNet to Documentum: Could OpenMigrate Possibly Do That?
OpenMigrate can be used to migrate large volumes of images and other files from FileNet IDM into Documentum, Alfresco or any other repository. Rather than writing a full FileNet connector, TSG leveraged its JDBC and other existing framework components to quickly extend OpenMigrate to extract from FileNet.
Active Wizard Spotlight – Calculations
One of the features that was added to the Active Wizard in the 3.9 release is in-page calculations. This feature allows administrators to calculate a field’s value based on other fields on the page. Here’s an example: In the above screenshot, the user can answer the top three questions, but the bottom two are calculated […]
eRoom to Documentum Migration Using OpenMigrate
One of our large pharmaceutical clients recently came to TSG for help with migrating documents from multiple eRoom sources to a Documentum target. The goal of this effort was to consolidate multiple disparate, global eRoom systems into an existing Documentum system, providing a unified platform for managing regulatory documentation. This project was a good test […]
Documentum Client for Outlook, Notes Connector, iPhone and other thoughts on Content Management and Email
One of TSG’s manufacturing clients is currently evaluating Alfresco for control and management of project related documentation. (Proposals, CAD, Specs….). In working with the client on proof of concept efforts this week, we came across a typical requirement for storing email and attachments easily within Alfresco. In the Documentum world, many of our clients typically […]
Active Wizard to use OpenContent
TSG is currently in the process of creating a version of the Active Wizard that will work with our own OpenContent web services. Using OpenContent will allow Active Wizard to work with any Content Management System that OpenContent supports. This means that Active Wizard implementations will be supported on a number of repository types (ex: […]
OpenMigrate: Making Complex Migrations Simple
TSG is in the final stages of a complex, cross-Atlantic migration utilizing OpenMigrate. This project requires moving approximately 40,000 documents from a Qumas DocCompliance system in the Midwest to an existing Qumas DocCompliance system in Europe.
Working with Adobe Flex and iframes
As part of the upcoming Active Wizard 4.0 release, and as a result of a client’s requirement, we recently added a new input type: WYSIWYG. The WYSIWYG input type allows users to style and format text just like in a word processing application.