I was searching for something on the web today and noticed that the Wikipedia entry for Documentum references Impact Info Systems as an external link.

External Links

• http://www.software.emc.com

• (Doogle - popular meta-search engine of Documentum related contents)

http://www.impactinfosys.com

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An Antidote to SharePoint Gone Viral
May 9, 2008

I admit it. When I first saw SharePoint demo'ed at an ECM Conference, I turned to the Documentum-loving architects sitting on either side of me and said, "Wow! These screens are so much friendlier than Documentum's."

By "friendlier," I meant that they looked like WINDOWS.

My conference-mates gave me a dirty look. They hate most things Microsoft. I suspect that their reasons have less to do with user-experience than with the fact that Microsoft's architecture is so closed.  I challenged them on this when we went to lunch, after all, does a user care if something is open source or proprietary? Post continued...

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Time to diversify?
May 5, 2008

Sometimes I'm asked to answer the same question as a stockbroker; people call and ask, "How's the (ECM) market?"

No one is actually looking for scientific data, they just want to know I'm hearing. I talk to a few hundred ECM professionals each week, so it's fair to say my ear is pretty close to the ground, in the USA, anyway.

And what I'm observing is that companies are re-thinking their ECM strategies for a number of reasons: Regulatory (FDA, ISA, SOX etc...), Business/IT Strategy (SOA, SaaS, Enterprise 2.0), Storage (Scanning, Archiving and Access), Cost, Ease of Use, and the availability of newer technologies ( SharePoint, Alfresco).

The (ECM) market, as a whole, seems to be growing, but the old mainstays (DOCUMENTUM, FileNet, OpenText) are no longer the default response. 

Does this mean that Documentum is losing market-share? someone recently asked. It's hard to answer that question without any real statistics on hand. 

We do know that EMC is enjoying record revenue growth, but what about Documentum? EMC's report doesn't reveal product-specific statistics. Post continued...

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Shift Happens
April 30, 2008

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Interwoven held its user conference last week, and they did so many things so very right. In fact, they were so on the money, it baffles me.

"Substance please," I can hear some of you saying. Here's a small taste of my proof:

1) They picked phenomenal speakers, like Guy Kawasaki, who is often considered to be the world's most notable technology evangelist. In case you're unfamiliar with technology evangelism, companies use evangelists to "develop customers who believe so strongly in a particular product or service that they freely try to convince others to buy and use it. The customers become voluntary advocates, actively spreading the word on behalf of the company."

Tell me, what technology vendor wouldn't want its users and developers motivated and trained by Guy? (even if it's for only an hour!) Post continued...

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EMC is Going for a Double Play
April 24, 2008

There's a question on Linkedin that asks:

"What do you think about content management solutions sold using (the) software as a service (SaaS) approach? From your point of view, can SaaS solutions based on ECM technology (like Documentum, OpenText, Filenet) have success ? "

Here's the answer I gave:

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