ECM Essentials
Learning Objectives
IBM FileNet Content Manager (CM)
Definition
Business Challenges
Differentiators
Features and Benefits
What is Content?
What is Content?
Content drives business and enables better, faster
decisions
Unstructured information
Both static and dynamic
From scanned images and electronic documents to complex
forms and even rich media
Reuse
Access
Control
Content Manager
Lifecycle Management
Workflow & Routing
Library Services
Search
How we rapidly
find and retrieve
information
How we control
access to critical
information
How we distribute
work and
information
Archive
Security & Access
Management
How we logically
organize and
browse
information within
the repository
How we manage
the storage and
archiving of
information
Business Challenges
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the management
of information is
now paramount, as
there is no end in
sight to the
increasing volume
and velocity of
various types of
content.
Gartner, Inc.
September, 2005
Business Drivers
Productivity &
Performance
Compliance
Technology
Standardization
Process optimization
Basel II / Risk
Management
Standards support
Customer service
SEC 17a-4
Manageability
Reduction of costs
Sarbanes-Oxley
Reduction of vendors
Improved lifecycle
management
Litigation
Connectivity &
interoperability
Systems integration
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Business Drivers
Productivity &
Performance
Compliance
Technology
Standardization
Process optimization
Basel II / Risk
Management
Standards support
Customer service
SEC 17a-4
Manageability
Reduction of costs
Sarbanes-Oxley
Reduction of vendors
Improved lifecycle
management
Litigation
Connectivity &
interoperability
Systems integration
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Cost Reduction
Integration with existing applications
Facile user interface
Customer Service
Integrated, automated publishing
Portal integration
Compliance
Controlled access to business information
Access tracking for audit
To automate business
processes, people and
devices must have
immediate access to
structured and
unstructured data.
Human-oriented
content (which
includes wordprocessing files,
presentations and rich
media) comprises
more than 80 percent
of a company's
information stores.
Gartner, Inc.
February, 2005
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Differentiators
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Competitive Differentiators
Content + process = Active Content
Out of the Box integration with IBM
FileNet P8
Storage and platform agnostic
Content Federation Services
Integration with Microsoft SharePoint
Proven scalability and performance
IBM FileNet's P8
platform serves as
the company's nextgeneration
architecture, and
P8's business
process
management (BPM)
capabilities are the
key technology that
differentiates IBM
FileNet from its
competitors.
Gartner, Inc.
November, 2005
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Competitive Differentiators
Content + process = Active Content
Out of the Box integration with IBM
FileNet P8
Storage and platform agnostic
Content Federation Services
Integration with Microsoft SharePoint
Proven scalability and performance
IBM FileNet's P8
platform serves as
the company's nextgeneration
architecture, and
P8's business
process
management (BPM)
capabilities are the
key technology that
differentiates IBM
FileNet from its
competitors.
Gartner, Inc.
November, 2005
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Create
Update
Demote
Promote
Approve
Change
Review &
Release
Delete
Check-in
Check-out
Email
Notification
Loan Event /
Change
Notification
Lifecycle
Policies
Lifecycle
Actions
Lifecycle
Events
Render &
Deploy
Version
Update
Enterprise
Applications
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IBM FileNet P8
Content
Repositories
Network File
Systems
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Business Benefits
Enhance Productivity
Active Content
Comprehensive lifecycle management
Reduce Costs
Integration with desktop applications and WebDAV
support
Easy to use, fully customizable user interface
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Business Benefits
Improve Customer Service
Integrated and automated content publishing
Portal integration
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Reuse
Productivity
Access
Customer Service
Control
Compliance
Cost Reduction
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Enhance Productivity
Features
Customer Benefits
Event-driven
architecture and
Active Content
Comprehensive
lifecycle
management
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Enhance Productivity
Features
Customer Benefits
Document entry
wizards
Subscriptions and
notifications
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Reduce Costs
Features
Integration with
desktop applications
and WebDAV support
Highly flexible
integration
architecture
Standards-based
architecture
Easy to use, fully
customizable UI
Customer Benefits
Allows users to remain in common
desktop productivity applications for
nearly all of the document management
needs
Integrates enterprise applications in
business processes
Integration with other enterprise
applications for open architecture
Speeds deployment and lessens training
burden
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Customer Benefits
Content Federation
Services (Optional)
Integrated and
automated content
publishing
Enterprise portal
integration
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Support Security/Compliance
Features
Customer Benefits
Fine-grained
document security
and access
management
Comprehensive audit
and tracking
capabilities
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Organizational
Management
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Piping
Project
A
Object
Store 1
Project
B
XML
Manifest
Structural
Project
Management
Procurement
Project
Controls
Project
N
Object
Store 2
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Checking
Approval
Revision Issue
Project
Team
Security
Discipline
Invited
Group
ISO
Restricted
ISO
Restricted
Open
Communication
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MDR
(custom)
Components
http
JJ
aa
vv
aa
ISS
ISS Services
Services
Web
Web
services
services
MDR DLL
Panagon
Panagon API
API
ADO
ADO
Security
Owner update
WIP / REL Relationship
structure
File/Folder Creation
Login
FNNumber
Web
Document
Content Engine
Apache
Apache Web
Web Server
Server
Client
SOAP
SOAP Listener
Listener
MS IIS Server
IP
Network
FS
FS
FS
FS
FS
FS
P-API
P-API
CS
CS
Panagon
Panagon
CVL
CVL
SQL
httpStatements
Stored procedures
Table schema
COM
COM API
API
Triggers
Triggers
J2EE Web
Application Server
FileNet
FileNet
MDR
MDR
JSP
XML
JAVA
Database
Check-in
XML
JAVA
HTML Check-in
JSP
Database HTML
(revisions)
(revisions)
BEA
BEA Web
Web Logic
Logic
MS SQL Server
Repository
Repository
Structure
Structure
Document
Document
Creation
Creation
WIP
WIP // REL
REL
Publish
Publish
Security
Security
Workflow
Workflow
Document
Document
Number
Number
Check-In
Check-In
Revisions
Revisions
Multi-Doc
Multi-Doc
Add
Add
File
File Folder
Folder
Content
Content Engine
Engine Services
Services
Java
Java API
API
OLEDB
OLEDB
LDAP
LDAP
TCP IP
SOAP/http
Active
Active
Directory
Directory
FS
FS
FS
FS
FileNet
FileNetCE
CE
Database
Database
MS SQL Server
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Knowledge Checkpoint
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you will be ready to take the ECM Essentials: Content Exam CT5678T.
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