Blog posts by Sjoerd Alkema

Recent posts

• Data and content consolidation into IBM FileNet P8
  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 IBM FileNet P8 Content Manager.
• How Digital Transformation is Speeding Up Legacy ECM Migrations
  You can legacy ECM migrations to digital transformation, but what specific dynamics in this large concept are there causing it?
• 5 Must-Take Steps Before Migrating From File Shares
  Moving from the traditional file shares to an ECM platform can be a daunting challenge. Before you start the migration, here are 5 steps you should take to ensure a successful migration.
• 5 Questions You Have To Ask Yourself When Migrating HP TRIM
  HP TRIM is a Document and Records Management solution. If you want to (fully or partly) move away from this solution to a more collaboration focussed solution as SharePoint, you have a challenge at hand, here are 5 questions (and answers) you have to ask yourself!
• 8 Challenges When Migrating Legacy ECM
  There are many reasons and challenges to postpone a content migration. Here are 8 challenges that organizations face when migrating away from their legacy enterprise content management (ECM) systems
• How to build a profitable migration unit?
  We found out that building a dedicated migration unit could help convince your skeptical clients that the migration solution you suggest is reliable and eventually helps closing deals. Nice! But how do you set up such an unit.
• GDPR and the impact on your content landscape
  In this blog we look at the upcoming GDPR, what changes and when it is necessary to migrate content and when content integration is a better option.
• 5 Approaches to Get Started with Content Migrations
  What are the different content migration approaches? 5 Approaches to Get Started with Content Migrations, these are grouped in having it done, or doing it by yourself. In this blog we'll explain the different content migration possibilities.
• Migrate to SharePoint: What is the optimal preparation?
  Are you considering replacing your outdated document management system with Microsoft SharePoint? We give tips for the optimal preparation for this migration.
• 5 reasons why you need to integrate your Documentum repository
  Migration of your outdated EMC Documentum installation might not be the right choice. Here's why you might be better if with content integration
• Automated Content Migration in 2017
  Content migration can result in a costly and long-term process if the right knowledge is not present or the right migration tool isn’t used.
• 5 Steps To Enterprise-Wide Integrated Records Management
  A successful Records Management solution not only depends on the choice and implementation - there is more to it. 5 Steps To Enterprise-Wide Integrated Records Management
• 6 Reasons for Failing Content Migrations
  We’ve decided to list the following six most common reasons for failed content migrations. Why do content migrations fail. Here are 6 important reasons.
• The future of Documentum: a LEAP forward?
  Now Documentum was acquired by OpenText, do you need to migrate Documentum to OpenText? It looks like OpenText is focusing primarily on LEAP.
• 8 Important Developments in the Enterprise Content Management Market
  The enterprise content management market is evolving. We take a look at the latest trends, such as content service bus, content integration and content services.
• The newest movement in information management
  I envision a world without file shares, instead using the right tools for file analysis, collaboration, content sharing, management and archiving.
• Breaking Enterprise Content Management Barriers
  Proper metadata and single-sourcing: useful principles for Web & Enterprise Content Management alike. Silos away; content central.
• International Data Privacy day. Celebrate or cry?
  Last week there was International Data Privacy day. Should we be celebrating? No, most companies are in no way in control yet of there sensitive content
• 6 things you should do to stay in control of content migration
  6 things you should do if you want total control over your content migration
• 9 steps to safely move your content to the cloud
  9 steps to safely move your content to the cloud
• Take control of the content explosion with content analysis
  The difference between success and failure for business will be wether they are in control of their content. Perform a content analysis to get in control
• Building a business case for content clean-up
  The Netherlands has recently seen two examples of drastic content reduction with positive outcomes for the organizations involved and their clients.
• 3 Damaging effects of duplicate information
  Around 20% of the data in an enterprise is duplicate information, studies have found. Highlighting three examples of the damage this may cost.
• Automated migration, what is it exactly?
  What is Automated Migration? In an automated migration data moves between information repositories using computer power. What's data, a repository and what does automation add?