As we alluded to in our last post, one of the major differences between Alfresco and Documentum is pricing. While it is easy to say that Alfresco is “cheaper” – that can somewhat imply that the quality of Alfresco limited. In talking to our clients, we realize emphasis that the business and software development model […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Part 1
2010 seems to be the year many of our Documentum clients are deciding (or considering) to migrate to Alfresco. For this post, we will try to address the reasons leading to this trend. This will be the first of several posts on the subject with follow-up posts providing more technical, application and industry examples. First […]
Migrating From Documentum with OpenMigrate: Best Practices
Migrating out of a full-feature ECM solution like Documentum can introduce a number of challenges; OpenMigrate can help resolve the problems.
Alfresco and Google Doc Integration – Look Ma..No Client Apps!
With the newest release of Alfresco Community Edition 3.3g, Alfresco has released an initial integration between Google Docs and Alfresco. This recent integration is another great example of the openness of the Alfresco platform. There are two ways to interact with Google Docs:
Alfresco Lunch and Learn Summary
Thanks to everyone who attended the Alfresco Lunch and Learn at TSG offices on April 28th. The attendance was great, and there were lots of great discussions during lunch. There was common theme of users looking to replace existing ECM repositories and looking to Alfresco as a potential replacement. Special thanks to Jary Carter, Nancy […]
Deploying Alfresco on Amazon EC2
Given all of the “buzz” around Cloud Computing, TSG has had the opportunity to deploy Alfresco Cloud solutions on Amazon EC2 for a number of clients, as well as a chance to experiment with the flexibility of using Amazon EC2 for development purposes. Amazon EC2 fits under the Infrastructure-as-a-Services (IaaS) model, which provides virtual servers […]
Alfresco Lunch and Learn – April 28th
Technology Services will be hosting an Alfresco Lunch and Learn at our offices on April 28th. Topics will include an overview of the upcoming Alfresco 3.3 Community Release. Click here to register today!
Alfresco Content Migrations – An OpenMigrate Update
TSG has been continually making updates to our Alfresco Target for the OpenMigrate platform. When it comes to migrations from other repositories or a reworking of metadata and business rules, OpenMigrate has been a key platform in managing complex migrations. We’ve made a number of updates to better understand bottlenecks and performance, and to make […]
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 […]