Gartner Recommends Open Source for ECM
Gartner, Inc. provides organizations a little checklist to avoid problems in Enterprise Content Management (ECM).
When organizations make decisions about ECM, many feel disappointed considering how many compromises they need to make, according to Gartner's assessment. For example, ECM systems are expensive, while relatively few coworkers have access to it. In other cases ECM projects failed because they didn't consider the change in work style required for it. Gartner suggests that the right approach would help and for this it provides a list of six tactical approaches. The third item in the list suggests including a content service provider and open source offerings in the strategy.
The reason for open source is that it has matured and the market stabilized. Open source organizations have competed with more traditional ECM market leaders for government and higher education contracts. Useful also are content service providers that enhance software offerings with consulting, implementation and support. Next to these points Gartner suggests posing the question right from the beginning how policy rules and metadata can help eliminate duplication and proliferation and facilitate retrieval.
Generally the Gartner folks recommend investing in longer planning and vendor selection periods. A large ECM project of $300,000 should take six to nine months in planning and vendor selection. The total cost of ownership (TCO) approach should extend over five years and licensing costs shouldn't exceed 20% over that period.
Subscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters
Support Our Work
Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.
News
-
Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
In a move that should come as a relief to some portions of the Linux community, Fedora will continue supporting 32-bit architecture.
-
Linux Kernel 6.17 Drops bcachefs
After a clash over some late fixes and disagreements between bcachefs's lead developer and Linus Torvalds, bachefs is out.
-
ONLYOFFICE v9 Embraces AI
Like nearly all office suites on the market (except LibreOffice), ONLYOFFICE has decided to go the AI route.
-
Two Local Privilege Escalation Flaws Discovered in Linux
Qualys researchers have discovered two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities that allow hackers to gain root privileges on major Linux distributions.
-
New TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro Powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300
The TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen10 offers serious power that is ready for your business, development, or entertainment needs.
-
Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs Transitions to Linux
Another major organization has decided to kick Microsoft Windows and Office to the curb in favor of Linux.
-
Linux Mint 20 Reaches EOL
With Linux Mint 20 at its end of life, the time has arrived to upgrade to Linux Mint 22.
-
TuxCare Announces Support for AlmaLinux 9.2
Thanks to TuxCare, AlmaLinux 9.2 (and soon version 9.6) now enjoys years of ongoing patching and compliance.
-
Go-Based Botnet Attacking IoT Devices
Using an SSH credential brute-force attack, the Go-based PumaBot is exploiting IoT devices everywhere.
-
Plasma 6.5 Promises Better Memory Optimization
With the stable Plasma 6.4 on the horizon, KDE has a few new tricks up its sleeve for Plasma 6.5.