Electronic Document Management System

EDMS's are generally VERY expensive. Documentum and what not are prohibitive and aimed at large orgnizations. I work for a small consulting company <50 employees and we use Xerox Docushare. It isn't the greatest, but it includes the following features:
Browser interface
Easy management
Straightforward file system like structure
Custom metadata (searchable)
Verity search indexing
On the fly HTML previewing of Microsoft docs
Email notifications of updates and new docs

Hope this helps. The price point was ~$5000 but I think it's cheaper now. Go to http://www.xerox.com/docushare to check it out.

What your after is a knowledge management solution. We have just purchased one from a company called automony - ?90k. This will search all the documents on your network the internet where ever you decide and return the ones your after. its is an excellent peice of software hense the cost. what you need to address is how mny documents you have and is it worth the cost.

Hi,

If you are after a relatively easy to set up and maintain IDM system, check out http://www.80-20.com - based on Exchange and Fulcrum.

they make a product that is really great, I have implemented this for KPMG in Malta.

If you are so inclined, you might also want to check out Exchange 2000 from MS. It features the web storage system, and will also do the trick nicely. conversely, they are now on the way to release the Tahoe server, featuring fully integrated IDM, based on ODMI, and webstaorage.

cheers, and good luck

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