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Technology Audits - published 23/08/2010 - Balachandar Ganesh, Richard Edwards
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Those involved in any form of IT development will know that the sleeves roll up furthest and the sweat drips most when dealing with the complex issues relating to data integration. Enterprise data management (EDM) is a new twist on an acronym coined by Cadis that should not be confused with enterprise decision management. EDM deals with a trio of complex data management problems that are almost as old as corporate computing – data integration, data quality, and master data management (MDM) to validate, c…
Technology Audits - published 10/08/2010 - Madan Sheina
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Saperion ECM Suite is an enterprise content management (ECM) solution targeted at mid-sized to large organizations. It incorporates document management, a content repository, document imaging enabling capture and archiving, and records management. Web content management (WCM) is provided through direct integration with WCM systems.
Technology Audits - published 23/07/2010 - Sue Clarke
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Active Navigation 4.0 enables the analysis of the state of unstructured and semi-structured document-based data, helps cleanse the information, and migrates files to a new and rationalized taxonomy and file structure.
Technology Audits - published 09/07/2010 - Mike Davis, Somak Roy
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Digital pen-and-paper technologies have been around for several years in various guises, yet no single offering has managed to break into mainstream use. Pen-input devices and handwriting-recognition technologies are featured on a range of handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) and tablet PC designs, but they are seldom used. You only have to look around a typical meeting room to see that pen and paper is still the preferred option when it comes to capturing ad hoc information. In the last couple of…
Technology Audits - published 08/07/2010 - Balachandar Ganesh, Richard Edwards
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Nuxeo Enterprise Platform (EP) is an open-source enterprise content management platform that provides a foundation for organizations to deploy applications. It is ideal for medium-sized to large enterprises across a wide range of horizontal and vertical markets. The company’s strategy involves developing horizontal solutions such as Nuxeo Document Management, Nuxeo Digital Asset Management and Nuxeo Case Management Framework, and vertical solutions such as Nuxeo NewsWave, solutions for education, and DAM…
Technology Audits - published 07/07/2010 - Sue Clarke
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Alfresco’s enterprise content management solution Alfresco Enterprise Edition 3.3 provides an open-source platform for document management, web content management, records management, image management, and digital asset management. It provides functions such as aspect support, automated rules and actions, a simple scripting environment, and integration with CIFS, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and Lotus Notes.
Technology Audits - published 01/07/2010 - Balachandar Ganesh, Mike Davis, Sue Clarke
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TerminalFour Site Manager 7.0 is a web-content management (WCM) system that focuses on three key areas: WCM, workflow and self-service e-forms, and enterprise content integration. Many of the features are delivered out of the box and although the product is not solely targeted at medium to large enterprises, it is highly scalable. Its multilingual capability enables organizations to support multiple websites in a variety of languages. It provides high levels of functionality for mid-size to large organiz…
Technology Audits - published 01/04/2010 - Sue Clarke
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MySource Matrix is an open-source WCM product that provides a cost-effective platform to create and manage Web content. It benefits from a large community of code contributors that help to extend its capabilities. For many organizations the Website is now the primary method of interacting with potential clients, and there are only a few seconds in which to engage visitors and turn them into customers. It is therefore imperative that organizations are able to create dynamic, timely, relevant, and personal…
Technology Audits - published 01/04/2010 - Sue Clarke
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Hyperwave Collaborative Information Platform (CIM) is an enterprise content management (ECM) portfolio of tightly integrated products that comprises three main components: Hyperwave Document Management (DM), Hyperwave Records Management (RM), and Hyperwave Web Content Management (WCM). It also includes collaboration modules, and Hyperwave Portal, Hyperwave Workflow, and Hyperwave Explorer add-ins. Organizations that do not manage their content adequately cannot ensure that they have no contentious or non…
Technology Audits - published 19/03/2010 - Karthik Balakrishnan, Somak Roy, Sue Clarke
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CQ 5.3 is the latest edition of Day Software’s content-management solution that comprises web content management (WCM), digital asset management (DAM), social collaboration, workflow, and portal management. CQ 5.3 delivers over 500 customer-driven enhancements. These include new capabilities for online marketing, including segmentation, targeting, and multivariate testing, new product documentation that is publicly available and searchable by Google on the Web, new functionality for managing, finding, an…
Technology Audits - published 17/03/2010 - Sarah Burnett
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Intelledox Enterprise is a rich Web-based e-forms solution for document composition and document-lifecycle management. The highly scalable product offers large-volume template-based design generation for the delivery of business documents. The solution uses Microsoft Word as the basis of its document template development approach. It is equipped with Wizard-driven tools for designing document layouts and managing the supporting infrastructure that provides the ability to deliver data from corporate busin…
Technology Audits - published 01/02/2010 - Andy Kellett, Karthik Balakrishnan, Somak Roy
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eGov-Suite, from Fabasoft, is an electronic document and records management (EDRM) solution that incorporates content management and workflow, which is designed to enable development of DRM solutions for public sector organisations. It also provides a strong implementation foundation in terms of operational support. Highly scalable, with comprehensive coverage of functional requirements and impressive integration tools, it is ideally placed to support a wide range of e-Government projects, and has also r…
Technology Audits - published 04/01/2010 - Alan Rodger
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Sitecore CMS is an extensive Web content management (WCM) platform that enables organisations to design and deliver Web content. The Web site is often the first contact point an individual has with a company and it is therefore imperative that the user experience is positive, which can only be achieved if the content on the Web site is up to date and relevant to the visitor. One of the strengths of the solution is the ability to deliver personalised content to visitors dynamically through its Web Analyti…
Technology Audits - published 01/12/2009 - Karthik Balakrishnan, Somak Roy, Sue Clarke
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Unstructured content accounts for approximately 80% of an organisation’s total data, yet many organisations are still failing to manage it adequately, despite having implemented a Content Management system. This suggests either that insufficient planning has gone into the implementation or that an inappropriate solution has been selected. Defining the objectives for a new solution and planning the implementation are critical; a badly implemented solution can be more damaging to the company than not deployin I?i nknown] = Forms!Add!text29, 5 [Unknown] = Forms!Add!check31,...
Technology Evaluation and Comparison Reports - published 23/11/2009 - Balachandar Ganesh, Sue Clarke
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a suite of tools designed to help organisations manage content while enabling information workers to communicate and collaborate electronically. Tightly integrated with familiar desktop productivity applications, SharePoint includes: an enterprise portal; an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) framework which provides Document Management, Records Management, and Web Content Management; workflow; and enterprise search and Business Intelligence. However, the produ…
Technology Audits - published 03/11/2009 - Sue Clarke
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On average, 80% of the data that is stored by organisations is in the form of unstructured information, which needs to be managed effectively if users are to derive optimum benefit from it.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 30/10/2009 - Sue Clarke
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There have always been concerns that Data Warehouses (DWs) and associated Data Marts (DMs) have really failed to fulfil their potential.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 30/10/2009 - Mike Thompson
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EMC Documentum 6.5 from EMC is an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform that provides full lifecycle management of any type of content, including documents, Web content, rich media, fixed content, e-mails, and collaborative content, allowing it to be shared, secured, and reused. Information managers are coming under increasing pressure to manage assets more efficiently to ensure that end users have easy access to the information they require in order to fulfil their roles. EMC Documentum includes …
Technology Audits - published 29/10/2009 - Sue Clarke
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Organisations are getting much better at protecting their content. Following a number of high-profile disasters more companies are putting into place disaster recovery plans, which ensure that business-critical applications and data are quickly available following a disaster. However, one area that is sometimes overlooked is Web content.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 28/09/2009 - Sue Clarke
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Sitecore, the Web Content Management (WCM) vendor, has added online marketing capabilities to its product set. This provides an integrated suite of technology that tightly integrates WCM with marketing automation and Web analytics, enabling marketing and sales staff to manage the online engagement process. It provides a number of capabilities including experience analytics, content profiling, visitor segmentation, conversion tracking, campaign management, sales enablement, and testing and optimising. Thi…
OpinionWire Articles - published 18/09/2009 - Sue Clarke
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VYRE Unify is a flexible platform for the creation and management of content-driven Web sites and Web-based applications. It is designed to automate the digital media lifecycle, from Web publishing to marketing operations and, probably uniquely, combines content management, marketing resource management, social networking, enterprise search, and multi-channel management in a single solution. This creates a strong proposition, as it has the potential to increase profitability by streamlining multiple proc…
Technology Audits - published 01/09/2009 - Alan Rodger
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Digital media is becoming increasingly important to organisations as there is a necessity to store growing volumes of video, audio, graphics, photographs, and other types of digital assets.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 24/08/2009 - Sue Clarke
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IBM Agile Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is a portfolio of content management products that together provide an extensive solution. Organisations with growing volumes of content have a numbecontent management offered by IBM, makes it easy for organisations to select the products they require to solve their particular problems. However, in order to dr of pain points that they must address, from managing content more efficiently, to Business Process Management, to compliance. The solution approach to …
Technology Audits - published 14/08/2009 - Sue Clarke
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SourceOne Email Management is an archiving software solution from EMC, which currently archives e-mails and Instant Messaging (IM), although other content types such as SharePoint and file systems will be added in future releases. Organisations often struggle to manage rapidly growing e-mail systems, particularly if e-mails have to be retained for compliance purposes, with neither the traditional solutions of forcing users to delete e-mails or create local archives, or throwing additional storage at the …
Technology Audits - published 12/08/2009 - Sue Clarke
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