EMC has claimed that its Documentum Compliance Manager,
or DCM, will help companies develop and monitor content-related
processes in accordance with regulatory requirements.
DCM is an easy-to-use, web-based application that enables
companies to create, store, share, revise, approve and distribute
information within an automated and audited environment
securely.
It automates content control by creating a web-driven knowledge
chain that links disconnected, manual processes for collecting,
sharing and applying controlled content to meet quality goals and
compliance requirements.
Most of the compliance regulations mentioned are American,
although British and European ones are expected to be added in due
course.
DCM is part of a broader set of enterprise content management
(ECM) offerings from Documentum, which was acquired by EMC last
year.
Other suppliers, including IBM, are building document/content
management and compliance offerings.
IBM has a Lotus Workplace Web Content Management product based
on its Aptrix acquisition. It provides a set of development tools
for building a website, storing the content (including HTML) within
the DB2 Content Manager repository, and pulling it up and reusing
it.
IBM also bought document management supplier Green Pasture
Software in 2003 and rebranded its technology as DB2 Document
Manager. Gartner analysts said the Green Pasture technology would
help IBM better compete with Documentum and FileNet.
Chris Mellor writes for Techworld
