While working on a 2012 roadmap and strategy for a client, I was asked “How do successful organizations deploy and manage ECM systems?” Since it’s a question worth some thought, I took the opportunity to conduct an informal survey of TSG account managers. What follows are observations about what we see working at clients when […]
Documentum – Using OpenOverlay to Provide Functionality Not Available in PDF Stamping Services
As readers who use EMC’s Documentum Compliance Manager (DCM) product will know, with the 6.5 release there was an architecture switch in the way dynamic overlays were applied to documents with the introduction of PDF Stamping Services (PSS). Prior to version 6.5, PDF Aqua was integrated into the product and customers used it to design […]
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: […]
Documentum, SharePoint, OpenSearch and cross-repository searching
Because clients often leverage SharePoint as their company Intranet, many consider configuring SharePoint as a search portal for external repositories. This approach allows users to use one central interface for searching and retrieving content. While Documentum provides the MyDocumentum for SharePoint product to provide search access to Documentum, we are seeing more clients wanting a […]
Documentum 5 vs. 6, Databases and Dates: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
When EMC revealed Documentum 6 a few years ago, they made a subtle—yet important—change to the way Documentum would store dates and times in the database. While most clients would never even notice the change, some of us would. In particular, when it becomes necessary to access the underlying database tables, like OpenMigrate can when […]
Documentum and Alfresco – Support Overview
Continuing our series of posts discussing Documentum and Alfresco, the following offers a brief summary of support offered by both Documentum and Alfresco. Documentum Support EMC offers a number of support options for software customers –Enhanced and Basic, which extends to both EMC hardware and software products. Basic support provides 5×9 support with various response […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Development Environment Comparison
Beyond the features and look and feel of ECM user interfaces discussed in our initial posts, we recognize the importance of a stable and robust development environment necessary to facilitate the customization, support and maintenance of an ECM platform. We also recognize that organizations who use Documentum today likely employ staff with Documentum specific skill […]
Migrating from Documentum to Alfresco – Pricing Differences
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 […]