Sjoerd Alkema

In a former blog, we have tried to convince you that it would be wise to store business documents in an enterprise content management system instead of on file shares …

One of our most common and most asked for content migration, is Documentum to Microsoft 365. There are a few specific challenges in mapping and restructuring that you need to …

It’s already been a year, since we launched the first version of Xillio Insights. Our clients use this tool to generate insight on their unstructured information, their ECM, collaboration and …

For a large US financial services company, we successfully deployed a large migration project from multiple repositories - being Oracle WebCenter Content (WCC), SharePoint, FileNet, Sybase, and DB2 - into a new …

I am working in the enterprise content management, content services, information management - what’s in the name - market for more than 12 years now. Enterprise content management systems that …

The adoption of cloud enterprise content management systems, high costs of on-premise installation and the evolution of ECM and solutions, are probably the main drivers for organizations to move away …

We learned that digital transformation is driving legacy ECM migrations. After doing so many different content migrations from legacy ECM to new target systems, I have encountered lots of challenges …

In one of our previous blogs, we explained why IT consulting firms should build a migration unit. We found out that building a dedicated migration unit could help convince your …

Are you prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? It’s coming and it’s coming quickly! That is May 25, 2018. If you are still thinking about creating a plan …

The advent of a new generation of modern content solutions and the desire of many organizations to cut the number of content systems is driving organizations to look seriously how …

Is your legacy ECM system out of date and are adjustments to, and maintenance of the system financially unattractive. Are you considering replacing your outdated document management system with Microsoft …

After the Documentum acquisition by OpenText, you may consider replacing your legacy Documentum installation with a new enterprise content management (ECM) system. However, migration of your outdated Documentum installation might …

Content migration is a challenge for any organization that wants to update their website, wants to replace their content management system with a new CMS, or want to replace an …

A record management (RM) system is intended to store content for a long period of time, and to keep that content accessible all the while, while the correct retention and …

Our migration services team is often asked to join a project during a critical stage of its implementation, when the migration has already failed and has formed a bottleneck that …

A few weeks ago, OpenText completed the acquisition of Documentum. In various publications OpenText mentioned that it will continue to invest in all products from the Documentum suite that the firm …

If one market is evolving, it is that of enterprise content management. Here, we’re clearly seeing a number of trends, which are offering those in the sector many possibilities for …

Close your eyes, and take a moment to visualize this: ‘No more file shares’. What do you see? How does it feel? For me, first of all I feel this …

In this post I argue for more cooperation between the Web and Enterprise Content Management communities. And I’ll provide an example of mutual benefits to single-sourcing and classifying documents that …

Last week there was International Data Privacy day. Now there are international days for almost everything but still it says that it’s a hot topic. Which it is of course …

Do you find content migrations a challenge? Quality not what you were expecting? Business is complaining about it? Struggling to get the input of the business embedded in the process? …

The explosive growth of unstructured data we are all facing, is one of the reasons why many organizations nowadays consider cloud ECM solutions. However, having all enterprise content in the …

Over the next 5 years, the difference between success and failure for businesses will be to what degree they are in control of their content. The enterprise content world is …

The Netherlands has recently seen two examples of drastic content reduction with positive outcomes for the organizations involved and their clients. Vodafone: 85% less pages During a project to improve …

Around 20% of the data in an enterprise is duplicate information, studies have found. There are many reasons why this is problematic. I'd like to highlight three. 1. Misinforming customers …

In an automated migration, data is moved between information repositories using computational power. But what is data, a repository, and what does automation add? What is Automated Migration? Simply put …