Difference between revisions of "Ten Reasons to use IBM Content Manager OnDemand"

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# IBM has been recognized as a leader in the ECM space by Gartner for as long as they've been producing their Magic Quadrants for Enterprise Content Management.  The competitor that has resorted to disparaging CMOD isn't even on the list!
# IBM has been recognized as a leader in the ECM space by Gartner for as long as they've been producing their Magic Quadrants for Enterprise Content Management.  The competitor that has resorted to disparaging CMOD isn't even on the list!
# OnDemand's compression is best-in-class.  By offering built-in system wide de-duplication & advanced compression algorithms, IBM CMOD has saved customers billions of dollars in reduced storage costs over its 20+ year lifetime.
# OnDemand's compression is best-in-class.  By offering built-in system wide de-duplication & advanced compression algorithms, IBM CMOD has saved customers billions of dollars in reduced storage costs over its 20+ year lifetime.
# IBM's CMOD on Cloud offerings allow organizations to leverage skilled IBM technicians and [https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobevans1/2018/01/19/ibm-joins-microsoft-amazon-atop-cloud-world-booming-cloud-business-ends-long-revenue-decline/ IBM's expansive cloud infrastructure] to serve more users, at a lower price point than on-premise solutions.
# IBM's CMOD Cloud offerings allow organizations to leverage skilled IBM technicians and [https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobevans1/2018/01/19/ibm-joins-microsoft-amazon-atop-cloud-world-booming-cloud-business-ends-long-revenue-decline/ IBM's expansive cloud infrastructure] to serve more users, at a lower price point than on-premise solutions.
# The [http://odusergroup.org/forums Content Manager OnDemand User's Group ("ODUG")] is a vibrant user community with a history going back almost as long as CMOD's been a product!   
# The [http://odusergroup.org/forums Content Manager OnDemand User's Group ("ODUG")] is a vibrant user community with a history going back almost as long as CMOD's been a product!   
# [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|ODUG's webinars]] & annual technical conference are regularly presented and attended by OnDemand's senior development and architecture teams to gather feedback and take questions from the Content Manager OnDemand customers.
# [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|ODUG's IBM Content Manager OnDemand Webinars]] & annual technical conference are regularly presented and attended by OnDemand's senior development and architecture teams to gather feedback and take questions from the Content Manager OnDemand customers.
# IBM has been offering free [https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/enterprise-content-management/on-demand.html CMOD Workshops] for the past 3 years, and has announced another round of [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|workshops in cities around the world]] for 2018.  Did I mention they're free?
# IBM has been offering free [https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/enterprise-content-management/on-demand.html CMOD Workshops] for the past 3 years, and has announced another round of [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|workshops in cities around the world]] for 2018.  Did I mention they're free?
# Despite [https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ecm/2016/01/18/exciting-changes-for-content-manager-ondemand/ outsourcing development of CMOD to UNICOM] in January 2016, the development team has been expanded, and new features are regularly added to CMOD -- data encryption, active-active redundancy, plus support for storing data in Amazon S3, Hadoop HDFS, Openstack Swift Object Store, and [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/02/gartner_object_storage_report/?linkId=47896773 IBM Cloud Object Storage], LDAP Group syncing, document hashing for data security & reconciliation and more.   
# Despite [https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ecm/2016/01/18/exciting-changes-for-content-manager-ondemand/ outsourcing development of CMOD to UNICOM] in January 2016, the development team has been expanded, and new features are regularly added to CMOD -- data encryption, active-active redundancy, plus support for storing data in Amazon S3, Hadoop HDFS, Openstack Swift Object Store, and [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/02/gartner_object_storage_report/?linkId=47896773 IBM Cloud Object Storage], LDAP Group syncing, document hashing for data security & reconciliation and more.   
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Since 2014, IBM has completed *25* migrations to CMOD ''away'' from the competitor's solution.  If they had a better product -- wouldn't they be hosting webinars talking about their virtues?  No wonder they're resorting to FUD in order to try and scare up new business.
Since 2014, IBM has completed *25* migrations to CMOD ''away'' from the competitor's solution.  If they had a better product -- wouldn't they be hosting webinars talking about their virtues?  No wonder they're resorting to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in order to try and scare up new business.