Migrating out of a full-feature ECM solution like Documentum can introduce a number of challenges; OpenMigrate can help resolve the problems.
D6.5 Upgrades and Complex Passwords
Recently a client that uses Documentum WebPublisher went live with a D6.5 SP2 upgrade. All the appropriate planning was done in preparation for the launch as detailed in this prior post. The upgrade in the development environment exposed some updates that needed to be made to supporting DFC based applications, but the upgrade process itself […]
Documentum Search Services – The Real Deal
Way back at Momentum 2001 in Chicago, I remember having an in-depth conversation with a Documentum architect in integrating Autonomy into the Documentum platform. TSG was implementing Autonomy at the time and Documentum was looking to build a pluggable architecture into Documentum in which any search engine could be integrated. The 5.3 platform helped usher […]
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 […]
OpenMigrate: Bulk Load Interface Available for Download
The OpenMigrate Bulk Load Interface provides a highly configurable user interface which enables the user to easily manage documents and import them into a variety of targets.
Active Wizard 4.0 Preview – OpenContent & Active Wizard Lite
Our next release of the Active Wizard will be 4.0, and it will mark the beginning of some big changes for the Active Wizard. Our overall architecture direction is to move to a web services model based on OpenContent. While this change is more of a back-end update that regular users won’t notice, it will […]
Documentum Migrations – OpenMigrate Sucessfully Moves Half Million Records
Today, a large scale data migration was completed for one of TSG’s pharma clients using TSG’s OpenMigrate tool. Roughly 560,000 records and 175GB of data were migrated at an average pace of 2 documents per second. The entire migration completed in less than two weeks. Records from the client’s previous Sybase Database and FTP based system […]
Documentum Upgrade – Understanding Impact of WDK Development
It has been TSG’s experience that the biggest effort in most Documentum upgrades is the compatibility of customizations made to Documentum interfaces (Webtop mostly). While many of our clients choose to develop custom interfaces that migrate easily leveraging HPI or OpenContent, this blog post will only address Webtop customizations. As detailed in our Planning Guide […]