<> So out of the blue I get called into a meeting by the VP to see a demo of PeopleSoft's Enterprise Portal, which seemed to do much of what I think I would want it to do, and more beautifully the money to purchase this would come out of our PeopleSoft budget, ....I am thus inclined to take the bait, but as part of my due dilligence, would like to know if anyone has implemented this and has feedback in either direction on whether it delivers what it promises. <>
Brendan About a year ago, after researching the CM space for a couple of years, it became clear to me that portal/enterprise planning/CMS technology were destined to converge. Since then, there have been many alliances among leaders in the respective segments, to ensure interoperability. It has also become clear over the past twelve months that product development in the respective segments has been directed towards extending the functionality of the respective products, so that now some CMS can perform CRM functions (campaign management for example) and some Portal technology can deliver CM functions, like authoring, publishing, etc. This is obviously showing that way technology is maturing, although we are not quite clear what the long term consequences might be for individual players. I have a notional knowledge enterprise portal technology, and I know Peoplesoft are market leaders etc. As far as 'would it do what it promises' depends entirely on your functional specs. If I were you I would compile two different lists of requirements, one rigorously for CM requirements, one for ERP requirements, then evaluate how the product meets those criteria in comparison to other products. I would be very interested to find out how ERP technology delivers 'pure' CM functions, like content version control for example. I would speculate that while such a product could meet 'generic' CM tasks, it may not provide sophisticated content lifecycle mechanisms as an advanced CM product. But then again, maybe your case does not require advanced content lifecycle mechanisms. Let me know what you find out, I am interested Paola DM -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma. -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
