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Introduction - SharePoint which is widely seen as the collaborative tool for enterprise management has recently seen a burst of new features added to it. SharePoint is now not only a collaborative tool but also a Record management, content management tool. But somewhere in the essence, SharePoint is much more of a collaborative tool with some added features. Documentum, on the other hand, is more of a record and content management tool, with some added features for collaboration like federation and eRoom etc. Today companies are looking forward to finding Hybrid solutions, to integrate these niche products, which will provide expert solutions in their own domain. This article is the first step towards it covering some of the misconceptions about SharePoint. In future article, we will discuss SharePoint and Documentum plus, how we can integrate them- Table of Content 1.      Personal Content Management Tool 2.      SharePoint can...

UCF Session Wait Time Out Recently I faced this issue. This was the consequence of the some update patches done on the server. As a result the compatibility issues raised between IE and Java versions. Due to update in patches by Java each time when these update takes place, default settings override the existing settings in IE. As a result the Java get unregistered with the browser, result, Documentum shows message during applet operation - your browser don't support Java, UCF Wait Timeout or just a blank window with no progress bar shown and you are stuck forever. However, there are few configuration thorugh which you can get rid of this - 1) Ensure you have latest Java version installed on your server and client 2) Ensure you have latest IE browser version installed on your client machine 2) Check your Internet Options for Java Applet 3) Verify that your Java Plugins are enabled properly 4) Check that next generation java plugin is disabled 1. Latest Java...

Problem & Cause Have you ever come across the error in the log java.io.IOException: DFC_DOCBROKER_EXCLUDED. This means that somehow, your DFC is not able to communicate with your docbroker, specified in dfc.properties. Your docbroker is responsible for communication between the application deployed on the application server, and the docbase. Docbroker acts like a bridge between the two layers of architecture. But, due to some reason, this bridge is broken. There can be multiple reasons behind it. 1. Bad connection or Network failure 2. Docbroker does not start properly 3. Docbroker is not properly added in dfc.properties 4. Patch applied for DFC doesn't get deployed properly 5. Web application doesn't start properly 6. DNS entry not resolved for the docbroker server 7. Any other unidentified reason. How does it work? The DFC of application maintains the list of docbrokers, which it can communicate. However, if it is not able to communicate with...

Content Management It was a time when the external storage was worth like gold. Every care was taken to utilize every single bit of the available space. With the advent of mass storage devices, RAID architectures, SAN etc, there is no limit to the storage capacity. The fast pace growing world where the cost for storage is reducing every year, everyone is reckless in storing the content - emails, photos, scraps, blogs. Terabytes of data generated every day. Everyone wants to store everything, but what about retrieval of content when required? what about duplication of content? These are a couple of questions which give business a nightmare. Many companies are thriving by providing content management solutions. Several Job openings are created every day due to it. So, where to get started - Here is an introduction to the tip of the iceberg. Let us start with the basics - 1. What is Content? Content is any soft copy of Images, Documents, Audio, Video, Scanned Document...

Documentum: An Introduction I have seen cases where many IT people misinterpret Documentum with Documentation, it may be due to their familiar sounding, but that was years back when I joined the IT Industry. In today's scenario, Documentum is an indispensable part of content management solutions. Once, Documentum was the company, which was acquired by EMC in December 2003. Today, Documentum is the product of EMC for content management and one of the four EMC operating division. Before starting with Documentum concepts, one should have some idea of content management. Content Management In my first article, I tried to shed some light on Content Management Click here for details. Content Management is a diversified domain, where each business has separate needs. Where Documentum fits in? Documentum is one of the most widely used Content management system available. So, why Documentum is so popular? To understand the vast applications of Documentum let us first ...