With TSG is now part of the Alfresco family, we want to give new and existing Alfresco customers an idea of how to do more with an Alfresco deployment by utilizing the OpenContent Management Suite and OpenAnnotate. This post will include a high-level video along with additional links to other unique features.
Content Capture 2.0 – The Upcoming Disruptions – Thoughts and Analysis
Similar to the disruption happening within the ECM marketplace, most analysts (and TSG) are predicting that the Capture component of ECM is ripe for disruption as well. The capture marketplace is very similar to the ECM marketplace with legacy products that haven’t evolved as new requirements and technologies are introduced. One of the strategic initiatives […]
Veeva Vault – How to Integrate with Other Applications
In some previous posts we discussed our addition of the Veeva Source and Target to our OpenMigrate platform. As we were becoming familiar with the Veeva API for the purposes of migration, we started to think what else could be integrated with a Veeva implementation. It is rare that an ECM system is completely standing […]
Combine, Split and Update PDF documents with only a Web Browser
In many of the Case Management scenarios we see at our clients, particularly in the insurance industry, requirements often include functionality that allow the user to easily combine, split or correct PDF documents from within the web browser. Most often, users want the ability to combine multiple documents or selected pages into one document in […]
ECM Sales Myths for 2019
In the hunt for “what to talk to customers about next”, we often see many of the ECM vendor sales teams get behind a concept, or technology, that can be marketed easily but isn’t always something clients eventually do or are successful implementing. For this post, we will list some of the myths (including a […]
Alfresco or Documentum – Improving Performance Perceptions with OpenAnnotate
“The system is slow” can be an irritating and often unfounded user complaint about Alfresco or Documentum. To address user concerns, Alfresco or Documentum support resources have to often become detectives and ask questions like “what were you doing, which documents, what time, from what machine….” to try and diagnose the background of the complaint. […]
Alfresco and Amazon Web Services – Advantages compared to an on premise Alfresco solution.
Amazon Web Services provides not only cost benefits but also a variety of different capabilities that can enhance an Alfresco implementation compared to on premise implementations. This post will present the unique features from our “Alfresco – Moving to Amazon Web Services Whitepaper”.
Live Event – Modern Insurance Platforms For Claims Documentation – Industry Briefing – May 4th, 2017
Join us in downtown Chicago on May 4th for an insurance industry briefing. Take this opportunity to meet with others in the industry and learn how they are using modern ECM platforms to reinvent the insurance industry and make their business run more efficiently. Years ago, insurance companies pioneered the adoption of automated document imaging to capitalize on […]
FileNet and Content Manager (CMOD) Migration to Amazon Web Services – Why Now?
As many long-time readers know, TSG has been assisting clients with migrating from Legacy ECM platforms including FileNet, Documentum, OpenText and others for years. Recently we have noticed an uptick in interest, RFPs, and implementation efforts to migrate customers not only from the Legacy ECM system but also to the cloud and specifically Amazon Web Services. […]
TSG Learning Zone Updated with HPI 2.1 Demos!
We have updated the TSG Learning Zone with videos showing off the latest HPI 2.1 release. Click here to access the Learning Zone. Be sure to view the following short (1-3 minute) videos to see the major functionality the HPI provides. See the list below for links to the individual demos, as well as a […]
Documentum – What is the business case to replace it?
Last week after meeting with some FileNet customers, we posted on the developing a business case to replace FileNet. Some of the feedback we got was that the article could be applied to other ECM tools, particularly from Documentum customers. This post will discuss the development of a business case with both a hard and […]
FileNet – What is the business case to replace it?
Last week we met with two different companies considering moving from FileNet to a more modern ECM, Alfresco. For both customers, while they liked some of the features and functions of a more modern interface stressed the need to come up with a good business case. This post will discuss the development of a business […]
Claims Documentation – Modernizing Insurance Platforms Conference in Hartford CT
Due to the success of the insurance event we held in Chicago in May, TSG is partnering with Alfresco to take our presentation on the road. What better place than the “Insurance Capital of the World,” – Hartford, Connecticut! Regardless of industry, TSG has always found that our clients are most successful when they work […]
Claims Documentation – Modernizing Insurance Platforms
TSG is partnering with Alfresco and Claimwire to host a morning event on May 4th entitled Modern Insurance Platforms for Claim Documentation. Compared to our first 15 years of our ECM practice when Life Sciences and other compliance applications like manufacturing and plant operations drove most of the innovation in the ECM space, we have […]
Documentum – Momentum EMC World 2014 Recap – Some bunts, hits as well as some swings
In talking about our overall thoughts of EMC World and Momentum 2014, I thought I would resurrect our baseball analogy from where we felt Documentum was too often swinging for the fences with grandiose product plans and relationships that were turning into more strikeouts than runs. As we mentioned in 2013, we were impressed with […]
Documentum Maintenance – 21% and rising….
We received an interesting email from a client last week asking us about Documentum maintenance. While we have posted articles on smart ways to manage Documentum maintenance contracts, we were somewhat surprised that the inquiry was in response to a maintenance bill, that without any explanation, increased maintenance to 21% from the usual 18%. The client […]
Documentum Records Management Simplified – Retention, Disposition, and Holds
When first starting a records management (RM) program it can seem daunting and insurmountable, but once the decision is made to not keep everything forever the real work begins. At its most basic, there are three activities in an RM program: retention, disposition, and holds. This post will present a solution approach that leverages minor […]
Documentum/Momentum EMC World Prep
The agenda for Momentum, the Documentum portion of EMC World, has recently been posted (http://www.emcworld.com/images/Momentum_2011_Agenda-master4webpage.pdf). For this post, we thought we would highlight things we (TSG) or our typical clients attend. Overall, EMC has divided the sessions into “tracks” focused on Architecture/Best Practices, ECM, Software Developer, Information Governance, Case Management, User Group, Capture and Labs.
HPI – Designed for EMC Application
TSG’s open source High Performance Interface (HPI) application has earned the Designed for EMC accreditation. This is a thorough accreditation process for partner developed offerings for EMC. Applications that achieve this designation have been developed to meet EMC’s criteria of robustness, high performance, strict testing, and high quality standards of development and documentation. You can […]
Increase in downloads of Documentum Open Source from TSG
Over the past couple of months we have noticed a marked increase in the number of downloads of our Open Source offerings for Documentum. Comparing January to June, our downloads have increased 200%. Without engaging in any scientific studies, we can’t help but wonder whether this increase is due to: Continued evolution of the Open […]
TSG Open Source Product Plans
We just finished up our 3rd Quarter planning in regards to our product solutions. Some highlights: OpenMigrate continues to be our top downloaded product. Most of our effort in the 2nd quarter involved taking this enterprise class solution and make it easier to install and configure. From discussions with users, our efforts have been a […]
Documentum 6.5 LightWeight SysObjects, Captiva and OpenMigrate
One of our clients is upgrading this fall to 6.5 and was disappointed that EMC Documentum Captiva has yet to support LightWeight SysObjects (LWSO) and how that is affecting his plans. In our discussions, the client has considerable content stored as images and documents that he would like to leverage LWSO to reduce the database […]
Documentum Upgrade – Planning Guide for Documentum Upgrade to 6.5
TSG is announcing the release on our web site of a Documentum Upgrade Planning Guide. The planning guide is a series of questions and tips to help guide your D6 upgrade activities. By filling out the guide, you will receive an email with a custom upgrade guide based on your answers as well as the […]
Adobe Livecycle PDF Workflow Automation
Leveraging the Adobe Livecycle Enterprise Suite and the Adobe LiveCycle Workbench, we were able to map, design, develop, and test the entire solution in a very short time.
OpenContent Corporate Forms
Manage Forms and Approvals throughout the Organization OpenContent Corporate Forms allows organizations to electronically submit and approve any from any device connected to the network. Rather than rely on out-dated client side components, the Corporate Form solution provides for web-based access and has been used successfully by large companies for all types of forms including […]
OpenContent Construction Management
Deliver A Well Documented Project OpenContent Construction Management provides for a document-centric approach to engineering construction activities. At the beginning of a project, the project lead answers a set of simple questions about the project. The solution will automatically generate the required 1.0 documents (from templates) as well as folder hierarchy. The project lead can […]
TSG Products Earn 'Designed for EMC' Application Accreditation
Two of TSG’s open source products have once again earned the ‘Designed for EMC’ Application accreditation. This accreditation demonstrates that HPI (High Performance Interface) and Active Wizard have successfully met a comprehensive set of criteria for good design and quality integration with Documentum. View HPI and Active Wizard in the EMC solution gallery. Available free as open […]
Documentum OR SharePoint for Complaince? Thoughts on a mixed approach.
I was at a client yesterday that was struggling in regards to a strategy of SharePoint or Documentum for a compliance application. Complaince is an application that involves control of many documents to insure that the correct approved documents are used at the correct time and can be confirmed during an internal or regulatory audit. […]
Documentum and Alfresco – Document Creation and Import
Document creation is a function of every document management system. You have to have a way of getting content into that content management system – otherwise your system isn’t managing much of anything! Products and Interfaces Documentum has numerous products that provide creation and import functionality. Webtop is the most common. But other options include InputAccel, DCM, […]
Migrating from Documentum to Alfresco – Can Captiva InputAccel Still be Used for Scanning?
While most companies have made strides in reducing the amount of paper they need to deal with on a daily basis, paper is still at the origin of many processes, from invoices to claim forms to case report forms in clinical trials. Quickly capturing and classifying the paper so it can be electronically distributed throughout […]
TSG Recruiting – Questions from 2010
TSG brought in college recruits in on October 28th for our office visits. Recruits came from a variety of colleges including Purdue, Notre Dame and University of Illinois. Part of their day was a briefing with our President and Founder – Dave Giordano. For this post, we will share some of their questions with answers […]
Documentum High Volume Server and Lightweight SysObjects – Lessons Learned
We just helped complete a major infrastructure effort for one of our clients leveraging the High Volume Server offering from Documentum . For this post, we will share lessons learned.
Documentum and Momentum EMC World 2011 – Recap
With the conference officially ending Thursday, this post will summarize our posts for the week along with our overall thoughts.
Enhancing Alfresco Share with HPI 2.1 – Search and Document Display
TSG will be conducting a Webinar with Alfresco on February 11 (Recording Posted) on how to enhance or extend Alfresco Share with HPI 2.1. This post is the first in a series of posts on how HPI 2.1 can work with Share and will focus on Search and Document Display.
Documentum – EMC World/Momentum 2012 – TSG Recap
Thanks to all subscribers for making this one of our most successful weeks with the blog. We always get lots of feedback that our take on announcements and learning sessions at EMC World/Momentum is our most popular topic. Also, it was great making new friends face to face who opened with “I really like your […]
Documentum and Alfresco – Open Source Interface – Preview of HPI 2.1
We are working with a couple of large clients on the latest update for our High Performance Interface (HPI). The 2.1 release will have an all-new interface as well as numerous functions and features not available in the previous release. This post will present a preview of the HPI 2.1 release.
Documentum or Alfresco – ECM Audit Trail – thoughts on how to increase user activity
I had a great conversation with a long-time Documentum client in regards to the need for an audit trail and reporting capabilities from his document repository. While it is something we have done in the past, I thought it would make for a good post to share that experience as well as some of the […]
Documentum/IIG Acquires Trinity Technologies end of 2012
We might have missed it with the holidays but one of our utility clients alerted us to the news that EMC/Documentum/IIG had recently acquired Trinity Technologies, a former Documentum Consulting Select Services Team. While there is not a ton of information out there on the purchase, this post will discuss the purchase and give our […]
Alfresco for Life Sciences – Response to Client Questions
TSG recently responded to a client’s questions regarding using Alfresco versus Documentum or other solutions for Life Sciences. The questions were the next step after a demonstration of Alfresco and TSG solutions for controlled documents. The demonstrations are available in the learning zone. Change Request Document Control This post will share those questions and responses […]
Customize User Management Columns in Webtop's Administration Node
Documentum’s out of box Webtop allows for its administrative users to manage groups, and the users that belong to each group, while within Webtop’s user management section. As a default, the groups and its users are presented in a datagrid along with individual descriptions, if provided. Sometimes, however, clients will find it useful to expose […]
Check out the brand new TSG Learning Zone
We are excited to announce and share with you a brand new TSG Learning Zone! We put a great deal of effort into shifting technologies and giving it a clean new look.
OpenContentURL 1.0 Product Release
OpenContentURL is now available for download from the TSG Downloads page. OpenContentURL makes it easy for end-users to generate dynamic permanent links to documents that are stored in a content management system or portal. It reduces or eliminates the problem with out of date links to documents in web site, training material, and references […]
Documentum to Portal Consistency Checker – Proof of Concept
TSG has several clients using Documentum as a repository and a custom front end application for consumption of the records or renditions of records. In most cases there is a mechanism in place such as SCS (Site Caching Services) or TSG’s OpenMigrate PUMA (See CIS Case Study for more details). While a typical Documentum application (ex: […]
New OpenMigrate Tutorials Available in TSG Learning Zone
TSG’s open source migration framework, OpenMigrate, offers extensive configuration and customization features. However, with this flexibility comes some complexity. OpenMigrate’s distribution includes nearly 20 sample migration projects, intended to get folks up and running quickly. But sometimes even getting the environment configured properly can be a nuisance. To address this issue, we’ve created several new […]
OpenMigrate 1.7 Released: Enhanced Support for Documentum, Alfresco and SharePoint Migrations
With the new year comes exciting new product updates, and the release of TSG’s migration framework, OpenMigrate version 1.7, leads the way. This release of OpenMigrate includes some new features as well as enhancements to existing features, as described after the jump.
Alfresco versus Documentum for Controlled Documentation
Some of our larger regulated industry (Pharma, Utliity…) clients are looking into Alfresco to see if it could be used to manage their controlled documentation and potentially replace Documentum. This post will present our most recent in-depth analysis based on common document control requirements.
SharePoint and Alfresco Search Alternatives
Similar to our recent post and whitepaper on Documentum and SharePoint integration, this post will present similar options for Alfresco users. We recently posted an example of SharePoint and Alfresco integration in our Learning Zone. This post will present a recap of possible solutions to compare and contrast the alternatives.
Documentum Migrations – Interview with OpenMigrate Product Manager
For this post, we interview Todd Pierzina, Product Manager for the TSG OpenMigrate product in regards to his thoughts around Documentum Migrations as well as other migrations for SharePoint or Alfresco.
Capture 2.0 – Document Classification with Machine Learning
Recently we have added on to the machine learning power of Capture 2.0 with the development of the Document Classification Engine. This Capture component allows for unstructured data entering Alfresco from a variety of sources to be automatically categorized according to our clients’ object models. This post will explain how we leverage machine learning in […]
Documentum 6.5 to 6.7 Upgrade Lessons Learned
TSG recently assisted a client with upgrading their Documentum 6.5 environment to 6.7. Products included Content Server, xPlore, Business Process Manager (BPM), Content Transformation Services (ADTS, AVTS, MTS), DA, Webtop, Records Manager, Retention Policy Services (RPS), Archive Services for Reports (ASR), and TaskSpace. The client also runs TSG’s High Performance Interface (HPI) and OpenContent products.