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Blog posts about FileNet P8 Platform

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

EMC Documentum vs IBM FileNet vs Oracle WebCenter Content?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 21-Nov-2011

Recently I fulfilled a lifelong ambition to be an actor (minor parts - small films) and I finally came to understand the meaning of the thespian question, "What is my motivation?"

It is an important question that we probably don't ask enough, and buyers might want to ask the same of ECM (Enterprise Content Management) suppliers. Yes, seriously ... Continue Reading

Apoorv Durga

Lexmark and the marriage of ECM and DOM

Added By Apoorv Durga on 18-Nov-2011

Perceptive Software, which was acquired by Lexmark a while back, has announced a new product for Document Output Management (DOM) called ModusOne. It is a separate product that can work with or without ImageNow, Perceptive's Document Management tool that we evaluate in our Document Management Report ... Continue Reading

Apoorv Durga

Best Practices for eForms

Added By Apoorv Durga on 7-Jul-2011

Content Acquisition (or Ingestion) is an important step in many business processes. A form is a common way to acquire content or information for these business processes. Forms are everywhere - you fill up a form to buy an insurance policy, apply for a visa or request a new home loan. ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

The ECM skills shortage continues

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 28-Jun-2011

It's a discussion that reoccurs regularly enough with Real Story Group Document Management (ECM) subscribers -- how do I get skilled ECM staff? It's a tough question to answer ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Capture plus workflow equals ECM?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 17-Jun-2011

Capture + workflow = ECM.

It's a simple formula that works most of the time in enterprise environments. It works for the simple reason that most electronic documents that require organizational attention typically are captured and proceed down a structured workflow ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Second Look at SharePoint as an ECM Platform

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 7-Mar-2011

This past week in Los Angeles I spent a little time talking with three well established ECM (Enterprise Content Management) integrators and resellers.  All three had started out business more than ten years ago, and had initially specialized in building and implementing solutions for the likes of Documentum, FileNet, Hyland, and OpenText ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM in Healthcare Today

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 1-Feb-2011

There is no more challenging an environment for true ECM (Enterprise Content Management) than that of healthcare ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

2011 Document and Records Management Market Analysis

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 5-Jan-2011

Today we published our analysis of the 2011 Document & Records Management marketplace, including our "Cross-Check" review of buyer risk ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Oracle goes its own way with ECM Suite 11g

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 28-Dec-2010

Just as Microsoft has its own very distinctive approach and definition for ECM, so too does Oracle. In fact as time goes on, Oracle's approach to ECM is becoming more individual and distinctive ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Transactional Document Management - The core of ECM

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 24-Nov-2010

"Transactional document management" is a term not used often enough in my opinion. For it is, as the phrase goes, the "meat and potatoes" of ECM ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

How SharePoint swept Brazil

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 29-Sep-2010

I find traveling and speaking at industry events a huge opportunity to engage with people and get a feel for what is really going on in the broader user community. And in my third trip to Brazil for the ECMShow I can report with confidence that a whole lot is going on here ... Continue Reading

Apoorv Durga

Microsoft and the CMIS standard - What it means for you

Added By Apoorv Durga on 11-Aug-2010

In a new Advisory Briefing for our SharePoint and ECM subscribers, we evaluate how the CMIS connector targets different use cases where SharePoint needs to inter-operate or co-exist with other applications. ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

IBM Acquires Datacap - First Take

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 10-Aug-2010

Today IBM announced the acquisition of Datacap. It was no surprise really as Big Blue has been talking for a while about enhancing their overall imaging offering, to better leverage advanced case management ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM Price Lists: Why the Secrecy?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 13-Jul-2010

Yesterday morning I was reading through Oracle's recently updated price list (yes my Monday mornings really are that exciting). I was thinking that I have long valued the fact that I can access simple, clear and open prices from major vendors like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. I might occasionally gasp at the prices listed ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM co-existence and the vuvuzela

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 25-Jun-2010

I'm in the middle of reviewing feedback for a number of ECM product evaluations that I'm presently updating.  The upgrade from minor version to minor version (1.7 to 1.8 etc) is usually heralded by loud marketing cries from the suppliers. Closer inspection though tends to reveal fixes and gaps plugged, rather than anything revolutionary ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

The case for Case Management - and Business Intelligence

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 8-Jun-2010

Both IBM and now EMC have recently touted their improved Case Management capabilities, so I thought it timely to take a look at this area in a little more detail ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

EMC rebrands CMA (aka ECM) to IIG

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 12-May-2010

It seems to be acronym soup week, and though we can all be guilty of cooking this particular recipe at times, EMC is becoming a master chef ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

ECM Suite Family Trees, Part 1 - Open Text

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 15-Apr-2010

This week I have been heads down reviewing RFP responses for a large ECM project. These vendor proposals could give readers the misimpression that the products in a complex suite of modules were all designed on the same drawing board ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Oracle 11g Imaging and Process Management makes a 3-horse race

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 25-Mar-2010

When Oracle acquired Stellent in 2006 I thought the best piece of technology they got their hands on was the imaging tools that Stellent had themselves previously acquired from Optika ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

FileNet P8 on your iPhone

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 24-Feb-2010

We wrote just the other week about the potential of using devices such as Apple's iPad for accessing enterprise documents. What seemed like good idea for the future turns out to be almost in the here and now ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Google - unsuitable for the enterprise

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 22-Feb-2010

For years now Google has played fast and loose with information confidentiality and privacy issues. As if further proof were needed ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Keeping it Real

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 22-Feb-2010

Welcome to the Real Story Group! For my colleagues and I this is an exciting time, and part of a continuing adventure that I hope you will join. ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Can ECM ever be Agile?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 15-Sep-2009

The past year or so IBM has been promoting the concept of "Agile ECM" in its marketing for FileNet P8. It is an interesting concept both at a marketing and implementation level regardless of whether P8 itself really fits such a label itself ... Continue Reading

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Storage costs for ECM and DAM Systems

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 13-Aug-2009

We have had an interesting internal discussion at CMS Watch the past few days, surrounding the cost of storage for content technology systems. It is a discussion that too few buyers have before embarking on costly ... Continue Reading

 

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