Pro/Cons ECM Options

IBM Content Manager

Pros

Cons

  • IBMish license
  • Bulky and complicated
  • Slow to update
  • Expensive
  • Needs to be fully customized
  • How would we diff audio/video?
  • Out of the box solution
  • Integrates well with J2ee
  • Backed by a powerhouse

Al Fresco

Pros

Cons

  • Seems to be a bit outdated
  • Some plugins are not well maintained
  • Lack of hire-able resources
  • Will still need to extend for some requirements
  • How would we diff audio/video
  • Java Solution
  • Fairly well tested as enterprise tech
  • Large community
  • Opensource (?) and low cost

In House

Pros

Cons

  • Requires fairly extensive monetary and resource support.
  • Support would have to be handled internally
  • Stress to project/timeline
  • Constructed to fit our needs
  • Updated as soon as we want
  • Easy to expand to fit needs
  • Develop service offering

Pro/Cons ECM Options

By Jackie Gleason

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