Hello Paola, > 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.
I definitely agree about convergence of Portal & CMS (I would add to this Document Management). Nevertheless I was surprised you mentioned Enterprise Planning (ERP) in the lot. > I would be very interested to find out how ERP technology delivers 'pure' CM > functions, like content version control for example. An ERP System (SAP R/3 and others) manages Enterprise data, so it is basically a database system focused on Business processes execution and analysis. More than "content", its "data", so no need for version control, in my opinion (changes on business data should be registered in the system, but it's not the same). ERP data and transactions can be brought to the users through Enterprise Information Portals "Portlets". But I see a need for "integration" more than "convergence". Of course the ERP vendor will try to sell you the Portal as a bundle with the ERP, but that's another story, and still 2 different products / set of functionality. My 2 cents. Best Regards, Franck Lumpe Iberplus Internet, S.L. www.iberplus.es "E-Business Consultants" ----- Original Message ----- From: "CM News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Foley, Brendan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:30 PM Subject: RE: [cms-list] PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal > <> > 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. > -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
