EMC offers Documentum in the Cloud and on the iPad

November 04, 2011 | Author: Michael Stromann


It's always a pleasure to watch, when a software giant's senior manager is talking from the stage that: "guys, customers do not want to tinker with the software, they need on-demand solutions ... it's time to move the software to the Cloud." In this case we are talking about EMC. On the video - Paul Maritz, president of VMWare (which is owned by EMC), talking about the benefits of cloud technologies and presenting (of course, revolutionary) platform EMC OnDemand. This platform will be used to host the wide range of applications by EMC and its partners, but for now it provides on the well-known content management systems EMC Documentum, EMC Captiva and EMC Document Sciences. Although Documentum alrady has a set of web-interfaces, the access to the cloud version is implemented via the VMWare's virtualization technologies.

Of course, EMC, although it's the leader of ECM market, is not the first company to provide ECM from the cloud. SpringCM, Nuxeo and Alfresco already doing it. But when a big player takes a step into the Cloud, the credibility of cloud technologies is significantly increased.

Documentum iPad

The second good news from EMC - is that the company released the Documentum app for iPad. They even suggested the new term to describe the revolutionary spirit of this invention. "Choice Computing" - it means that users should have a choice on which device to use the system. Applause! But EMC has not stopped with that. The experts in the company found another revolutionary idea: "users want the interface to be simple and clean". So the company introduced the completely redesigned (simple) interface for Documentum.

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Author: Michael Stromann
Michael is an expert in IT Service Management, IT Security and software development. With his extensive experience as a software developer and active involvement in multiple ERP implementation projects, Michael brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his writings. Having previously worked at SAP, he has honed his expertise and gained a deep understanding of software development and implementation processes. Currently, as a freelance developer, Michael continues to contribute to the IT community by sharing his insights through guest articles published on several IT portals. You can contact Michael by email stromann@liventerprise.com