[thelist] content management systems?

martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com
Thu Feb 21 04:12:01 CST 2002


Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Hi Matt

None of the others you mention would really be classed as sensible for
a large corporate CMS, with the possible exception of a very, very
customised
Zope, and even then you'd have problems getting it past most corporate
systems architects.

Plumtree is interesting if you're running something like Excite or
Altavista -
a real portal - and you want users to be able to customise it according to
their
preferences.

Generally, the shortlist at the top end of the market is:
* Interwoven (what bits did you use?)
* Broadvision
* Vignette (or bits from the suite anyway)
* Documentum

All of them will do the one thing which a high-end CMS *must* do which is
integrate with other systems, including legacy ones, ERPs etc.

But it all depends on what you're wanting to do with your system... each of
the above have strengths and weaknesses.

Do you have access to the Gartner magic quadrant? That's very good for
assessing several potential solutions at once. The Forrester TechRankings
are also worthwhile.

Cheers
Martin




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i was hoping to solicit any reviews of corporate or enterprise class CMS
systems that any of you have had experience with -- hopefully centering on
implementation and general risk assessment.

i've personally delt with interwoven quite a bit in the past and have no
immediate desire to spend 6 digits worth of time and pain for such little
reward. some of the contenders i've been eyeing include the microsoft cms,
atomz publisher, plumtree, fat wire and zope ... others?

would love to hear what you all have seen ..


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