The document discusses the differences between structured document management with elements like versioning, metadata and security, and unstructured social file sharing with elements like comments, likes and tagging. It provides examples of IBM products that offer different combinations of these capabilities, such as IBM Connections for social sharing and limited version control, and IBM Content Manager for full document management functionality. The document suggests determining requirements to choose the right solution based on factors like audience, access needs and legal implications.
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IBM Connections
• Files & Community Files:
• Social file sharing
• Limited version control
• Can be shared with users and/or communities
• Single-layer folder structure
• Offline file sync available in Cloud, coming soon on-prem
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• Access to Files & Community Files via:
• MS Office integration
• Windows Explorer integration
• Notes integration
• Mobile app
• Offline files (in cloud today, coming soon to on-prem)
• Integration with IBM Docs
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IBM Connections (continued)
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IBM Connections (continued)
• Connections Content Manager (CCM) libraries
• New in Connections 4.5
• Requires integrated or standalone install of Filenet
• CCM libraries are created within a community, can have
multiple libraries per community
• Support Quickr connectors today, new connectors coming
soon - allow round-trip editing
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Comparison
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Document Centric
Infrastructure and Centralized
Process oriented
Metadata oriented
Inside the firewall
People Centric
Open and collaborative
Community oriented
Content in context...
user tags & ratings
Inside and outside the
firewall
Traditional ECM
Social Content Management
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Questions to ask
• Where do you use the information?
• Is it time constricted?
• Are there legal implications linked to the data?
• Who is the audience?
• How will it be accessed?
• Who owns the information?
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Recommendations
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• Be pragmatic
• Complete a requirements gathering phase
• Pilot ‘grey area’ document types to find the right fit
• Review (and sometimes use) what you have
• and….
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