Thanks to all of you that again made our Momentum EMC World our most successful posting days. This year was an interesting time. It really made our day to get feedback that many of you look forward to the summaries as well as how the blogs throughout the year have helped with Documentum-related decisions throughout the year. This post will try to wrap-up and summarize all the other postings, as well as express TSG’s opinion on the event.
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Documentum – EMC World/Momentum 2013 – TSG Recap
Published May 10, 2013 Active Wizard , Activiti , Alfresco , D2 , D7 , Documentum , HPI , OpenAnnotate , OpenContent , OpenMigrate , OpenOverlay 10 CommentsDocumentum and Alfresco Solutions – Compliance Solution for Regulated Industries – Demo Series
Published April 2, 2013 Active Wizard , Alfresco , Documentum , HPI , OpenAnnotate , OpenContent , OpenOverlay 1 CommentTSG has always tried to a follow a “try it before you buy it” mantra with our products and our branded solutions.
While the most active area of our website has always been our Learning Zone screencams of demos, we received feedback that being able to present the demonstrations in more of a story format would make sense for our solutions.
If you have a moment, please take a look at our Compliance Solution for Regulated Industries – Demo Series and give us your thoughts on our first release.
Documentum Upgrades – Handling eSignatures in Documentum 6.6+
Published March 28, 2013 Content Server , D6.5 , D6.7 , D7 , Documentum , OpenOverlay , Upgrades Leave a CommentTags: eSignature, iText
Starting in Documentum Content Server 6.6, using the eSignature mechanism uses iText rather than PDF Fusion to create the electronic signature page. Documentum made this move to iText in order to be able to support creating eSignatures when the content server was running on a Unix/Linux environment, which was previously unsupported. Using the eSignature mechanism still requires a TCS (Trusted Content Services) license from EMC.
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Documentum to Alfresco Migration – TSG Compliance Solution for Regulated Industries
Published February 6, 2013 Active Wizard , Alfresco , D2 , Document Control , Documentum , HPI , Open Source , OpenAnnotate , OpenOverlay , Workflow 1 CommentLast week we posted about solutions and how Documentum and Alfresco are focused on providing solutions in different ways. One major solution we see both Alfresco and Documentum targeting is Document Control/Compliance for life sciences, nuclear utilities and other regulated industries. Typically control requirements affect the creation and changing of SOPs, Policies, Procedures, Test Methods, Submission Documents, Engineering Drawings, Specifications, Calculations, Design Documents, Promotional and other types of documents. This post will compare and contrast TSG’s Compliance Solution for regulated industries that supports both Documentum and Alfresco with typical Documentum solutions including DCM and D2. Continue reading ‘Documentum to Alfresco Migration – TSG Compliance Solution for Regulated Industries’
Implementing a Controlled Documentation and Change Control Solution on Alfresco
Published January 24, 2013 Active Wizard , Alfresco , HPI , Open Source , OpenAnnotate , OpenOverlay 2 CommentsTSG has been implementing Controlled Documentation systems since the inception of Document Management in the 1990’s. While the solution is tried and true, so many companies still struggle with how to manage their controlled documentation efficiently. Our most recent implementation focuses on implementing the solution on the Alfresco platform for a fraction of the typical costs.
If you missed the session, recording now available here.
You can learn more by attending a webinar TSG is co-hosting with Alfresco.
Date: January 31st, 1:00 pm Eastern Time (Session has been conducted)
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Documentum and Alfresco – Electronic Forms and Workflow User Requirements
Published September 5, 2012 Active Wizard , Activiti , Adobe , Alfresco , Documentum , HPI , OpenOverlay Leave a CommentWe met with a client this week that is evaluating the Active Wizard for an electronic forms infrastructure to replace many paper, Word and PDF forms within the organization. The Active Wizard is TSG’s most popular Open Source offering (currently on version 4.0). This post will present the “high priority” requirements along with our thoughts and capabilities of the Active Wizard.
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Documentum Client Briefing – Final Agenda – June 7th – University of Chicago Gleacher Center in Chicago
Published May 16, 2012 Active Wizard , D2 , Documentum , ECM Landscape , HPI , Migrations , Mobile , OpenAnnotate , OpenMigrate , OpenOverlay , xCP 3 CommentsTSG will be holding our 5th annual client briefing on June 7th, at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center from 9 to 5. Agenda will include EMC World Recap, State of Enterprise Content Management discussion lead by Doculabs, Client Survery Presentation and Benchmarking, Mobile Product Demonstrations and case studies along with TSG Product Roadmaps. If you are interested in attending, contact us at inquiry@tsgrp.com. Full Agenda to follow. Continue reading ‘Documentum Client Briefing – Final Agenda – June 7th – University of Chicago Gleacher Center in Chicago’
Documentum – Using OpenOverlay to Provide Functionality Not Available in PDF Stamping Services
Published March 30, 2012 Document Control , Documentum , Open Source , OpenOverlay 2 CommentsTags: Documentum, Open Source
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 and configure the overlays they needed to appear for documents as they moved through different stages of their lifecycle. These overlays could range from simple watermarks containing the current document status (e.g., DRAFT, APPROVED), to more advanced overlays including property and other related data of the document in dynamic headers.
In transitioning to PSS, many customers found that while it did provide many of the same capabilities as PDF Aqua there could still be certain scenarios where what was possible in a PDF Aqua overlay was not easy to duplicate in PSS. This post will describe one such situation and how leveraging OpenOverlay allowed the client to maintain their legacy overlay functionality with minimal system changes.
OpenOverlay – OpenSource Alternative for Adding Watermarks and Overlays in Documentum, Alfresco, and others
Published December 19, 2011 Open Source , OpenOverlay 2 CommentsOpenOverlay has been a core TSG offering since 2007 and while not as visible as some of our other products it is used at many clients and enables key features such as electronic signatures, controlled printing, watermarking, overlay form responses, and letterhead and logo application. Many clients that use it for real-time dynamic property display of document status, version, print date, author, or any other attribute information. OpenOverlay may be deployed on as part of an ECM system or a separate PDF presentation viewer. TSG has deployed it on Alfresco, Documentum, and portal systems. For Documentum users, OpenOverlay typically replaces the need for PDF Aqua or PDF Stamping Services.
Alfresco Consulting – Documentum Disruptor #2
Published August 19, 2011 Active Wizard , Alfresco , Documentum , Documentum Web Services , ECM Landscape , FileNet , HPI , Migrations , Open Source , OpenAnnotate , OpenCapture , OpenContent , OpenMigrate , OpenOverlay , REST API , SharePoint Leave a CommentWe posted an article last week on how Alfresco and SharePoint were Disrupting Documentum. The term disruptor is from the Innovators Dilemma business book and it relates to how difficult it is for one company to continue technology innovation over time and newcomers disrupt the industry. In a phone discussion with one of the responders, we discussed how consulting resources (like ourselves) are assisting in that cycle. This post will discuss how TSG and others Alfresco consulting firms are accelerating the disruption of established ECM tools like FileNet or Documentum.
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