D6 EMC Documentum Client for Outlook

Initial Deployment Program

EMC will be conducting an Initial Deployment Program (IDP) for D6 Documentum Client for Outlook.

These are the primary goals for the program:

Ensure successful new deployments of D6 DCO
Obtain direct input to influence future DCO releases
Obtain early references

Important Dates:

Now Accepting Applications
Execution period: September 1, 2008 – January 15, 2009

Program Benefits:

Assistance in achieving early, accelerated deployment of D6 DCO
Direct support from a comprehensive EMC team during deployment
Reduced time and, therefore, cost to deploy
Direct feedback into EMC to influence future products

Product Overview:

The EMC Documentum Client for Outlook blends the convenience of the Microsoft Outlook interface with the power of Documentum enterprise content management (ECM). Outlook users can realize immediate productivity gains with simple features such as document checkin/checkout and versioning while gaining access to the complete range of Documentum document management capabilities. Users can archive e-mail and associated attachments into Documentum folders governed by corporate retention policies, while leveraging the industry's most secure and flexible content repository.

The next generation of DCO (D6) has been re-architected to leverage a "native" MS Outlook user experience and data structure, and significant investments have been made in the following areas:

Native MS OutLook User Experience:

Extend familiar Outlook experience to ECM
Menus, Toolbars, Search, PST Infrastructure
Integration with preview (reading) pane
Checkin/Checkout content from Outlook
Easily attach repository content
- As Outlook attachment
- As link

Offline support:

Provide offline access to repository content (documents and email)
Synchronize offline work with the content repository with conflict resolution.
Conflict type grouping
Change action control
Scheduled / Manual content synchronization

Common Folder Model:

Save and store emails to repository
Full access to Documentum Data Dictionary
1-Step "Send & Save" - Save attachments or email into the content repository when sending an email