EMC opens Documentum CMS to ISVs

Stan Beer
Tuesday, 21 November 2006 04:12

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Storage and content management vendor EMC has released an OEM version of its Documentum content management platform designed to enable independent software vendors to embed the system into their own applications.

According to EMC, the move to open the content management platform will enable software developers to implement Documentum as the content management foundation for any type of application that handles content, from accounts payable and contracts management applications to vertical applications in life sciences, aerospace, financial services and energy.

Balaji Yelamanchili, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Content Management & Archiving at EMC Corporation, said, "Virtually every enterprise application today deals with some form of content: documents, XML, reports, electronic forms and more. Application vendors realize that building their own repositories and content platforms is very costly and can be a distraction to their core business. Partners use off-the-shelf databases for structured information, and similarly, their needs are better served by using an off-the- shelf content platform. Documentum OEM Edition enables OEMs to gain significant competitive advantage by reducing the R&D costs associated with designing a content repository and instead focusing more time on building applications."

Documentum OEM Edition contains a preconfigured version of the EMC Documentum Content Server and has the same functionality and API as the version sold to enterprise customers.