Explanation of Sharepoint\Documentum Integration

For years, Documentum has been the leader in the Document\Content Management space in Life Sciences, and especially at larger companies is available in some way or another. With the release of MOSS (Microsoft Office Sharepoint Servcies) 2007, Microsoft introduced some of the same concepts with a friendlier look and feel, lower implementation costs, and (perhaps most notably) a more elegant integration with the front end Office applications that end users access most.

The concern has been around how Sharepoint stacks up to 21 CFR 11, and other industry compliance concerns. Some vendors are working to bridge the gaps Sharepoint itself, while EMC has proposed an integration between Sharepoint and Documentum to essentially get the best of both worlds. In this video, Lance Shaw, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at EMC explains the approach and benefit of this integration.



In particular, I wonder if this could address the rendition problem, which has been cited by in Life Sciences as a gap in the Sharepoint product. This impacts regulatory in particular, who create much of their content in Word but must provide PDFs to regulatory authorities.