“Why don’t I just use DFS from Documentum instead?” We get his question often from clients. TSG recently had a discussion with a client on this topic. They eventually chose OpenContent over DFS based on the following points: Documentum Support It might seem that a large company would be better positioned to enhance and support any […]
Documentum Migration – OpenMigrate for both large migrations and ongoing capture
I was recently at a client struggling with an ECM decision (Alfresco or Documentum) based on connectivity to a scanning data capture solution. Normally the ECM requirement will drive the scanning solution. For this client, capture of data from the image was the driving business justification. After all data was extracted, the client wanted to save […]
Documentum Open Source Software
In talking with a new client last week, the client asked “Why do you do Open Source software for Documentum, a commercial software package?” As the only long-term Documentum partner to offer all of our software as Open Source, we get that question often. I thought I would use this entry to explain our strategy […]
TSG Labs – Customizing Documentum's CenterStage Pro
Technology Services Group (TSG) recently had the privilege of test driving and customizing Documentum’s new collaboration solution, CenterStage Pro.
Preparing for the Documentum Software Audit – quick tips and thoughts
Based on articles at CMS Watch as well as discussions with users, it has become pretty common within the Documentum user base to see software audits within the last year. Every client has different applications, license agreements and usage. We think it would be useful for all readers to get some quick tips from our experience […]
Webtop Search Query Customization
Customized webtop searches don’t always return what you expect. The actual SQL that is running the search behind the scenes by webtop often differs across databases. To check the generated SQL on Webtop 6 or Webtop 6.5, hold down the “control” key while you click on the edit search button on the search results page. […]
Upgrading your Webtop 5.3 Application NOW to simplify your 6.5 upgrade later
As evidenced during EMC World and at our clients, the decision to upgrade to Documentum 6.5 has proven itself more difficult than previous upgrade decisions. While the back-end migration can be fairly straightforward, most users are struggling with the cost, effort and risk of upgrading the front-end Webtop application. As one client put it: “I […]
Documentum Versioning – Differences Between 5.3 and D6.x
During a recent Active Wizard development effort, we noticed that major versioning a Documentum object was acting differently in D6.5 vs. 5.3. No errors were thrown in the 6.5 environment, but it didn’t appear that the CURRENT label was being moved properly to the new major version. It turns out that the DFC in 6.x […]
Testing on Multiple IE Versions and Other Browsers
During application development, it is often times necessary to test the application on multiple browser platforms and versions. This can be relatively straight forward when testing different browser platforms, such as IE vs. Firefox vs. Chrome, since all of these browsers can be installed on the same operating system. But what about testing different versions […]