Carlos, > There is a VERY narrow number of vendors of corporate CMS which manage >both e-learning and corporate content. (ANY who are out there reading this >PLEASE come forward if you really DO manage both and integrate with LMS > applications!).
We develop both CMS and LMS products. Our LMS uses the CMS to allow customers to personilize/co brand it. Himansu Karunadasa CTO MediaDefined www.mediadefined.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Avis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 3:59 PM Subject: [cms-list] RE: Online training > Darrell, > > You wrote you are " currently researching various CMS solutions for our org. > " and that you were llokiing for "a product that offers the delivery of > training content > along side of their CMS...Specifically, allowing the following: > > - media presentations (video, flash, etc.) > - text documentation > - Testing > > "I'm not necessarily looking for a CMS with those features, rather I was > wondering if there is a class of products that fall into a 'Traning > Management System' classification that potentially integrates into a larger > CMS." > > My company has a similar need and our results may be of interst to you. > > We have defined our need as a CMS that can allow us to manage the following: > 1) our already in-house developed e-learning content > 2) other corporate content -- intranet, internet, and documents > > We presently develop and deliver our product by including BlackBoard in our > suite of tools -- for development as well as delivery. What we need is a > corporate CMS that is e-learning aware i.e. that allows us to firstly better > manage our e-learning content, and later to be expanded to other content. > > To meet our needs we have looked at a range of products commercial and open > source. We reluctantly are inclined -- because of our paucity of internal > skills -- to go the commercial route. > > Within that route, we were then faced with a) good LCMS or b) e-learning > aware CMS which can integrate with LMS (BlackBoard). Because we wanted to > keep to one system to do both e-learning content and corporate content, > we're leaning towards b). > > There is a VERY narrow number of vendors of corporate CMS which manage both > e-learning and corporate content. (ANY who are out there reading this PLEASE > come forward if you really DO manage both and integrate with LMS > applications!). We have elected to examine An Australia product which > appears to have incredible potential. The australian DOD have also > discovered > it, as has Open Learning Australia (a consortium of 7-8 Aussie > universities). The company is Harvest Road. Their CMS proportedly will > integrate tightly with BlackBoard to create a final product called HIVE that > manages both e-learning and corporate. We are about to give it a suite of > tests. > > Harvest Road's HIVE may be worth investgating for your own needs, Darrell: > www.harvestroad.com/. It is reasonaly priced as CMS's go. (And you US > dollar will make that purchase even better!). If there is anyone out there > you have implemented Harvest Road's HIVE to acieve goals similar to ours -- > manage in-houise developed e-learning content and corporate content, I would > very much like to hear from you. > > regards, > > Carol Avis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: cms-list digest, Vol 1 #379 - 3 msgs > > > Send cms-list mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://cms-list.org/mailman/listinfo/cms-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cms-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Online training (OT?) (Austin, Darrel) > 2. RE: Online training (OT?) (Steve Drucker) > 3. Re: Documentum CMS Consulting/Implementation (ROBERT NELSON) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > From: "Austin, Darrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:48:16 -0600 > Subject: [cms-list] Online training (OT?) > > This may be completely off topic, but it seems to have some correlation with > CMS. > > We're currently researching various CMS solutions for our org. We've > recently added a secondary need...online training/courseware/testing. Has > anyone worked with a product that offers the delivery of training content > along side of their CMS? > > Specifically, we need the following: > > - media presentations (video, flash, etc.) > - text documentation > - Testing > > I'm not necessarily looking for a CMS with those features, rather I was > wondering if there is a class of products that fall into a 'Traning > Management System' classification that potentially integrates into a larger > CMS. > > I hope that makes sense. > > -Darrel > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: Steve Drucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Austin, Darrel'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [cms-list] Online training (OT?) > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:54:05 -0500 > > Well, it's probably way overkill...but you might want to start looking at > Blackboard (www.blackboard.com) > > >From more of a ground-up development perspective, check out the Macromedia > Flash Communications Server (http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashcom/). > This is a relatively new product and there are a number of ISV's that are > basing products around it.... > > Regards, > Steve Drucker > CEO > Fig Leaf Software > www.figleaf.com > 1-877-FIG-LEAF > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Austin, Darrel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [cms-list] Online training (OT?) > > This may be completely off topic, but it seems to have some correlation with > CMS. > > We're currently researching various CMS solutions for our org. We've > recently added a secondary need...online training/courseware/testing. Has > anyone worked with a product that offers the delivery of training content > along side of their CMS? > > Specifically, we need the following: > > - media presentations (video, flash, etc.) > - text documentation > - Testing > > I'm not necessarily looking for a CMS with those features, rather I was > wondering if there is a class of products that fall into a 'Traning > Management System' classification that potentially integrates into a larger > CMS. > > I hope that makes sense. > > -Darrel > -- > http://cms-list.org/ > a wish for peace in the new year. > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:34:30 -0700 > From: ROBERT NELSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [cms-list] Re: Documentum CMS Consulting/Implementation > > Jim = > > Following up on your post and in the same vien as Joseph Martins' first r= > eply, > I can give you a indirect reference to a firm. > > Background, I am an independent consultant working with a retail firm bas= > ed in > the Pacific Northwest. In the fall of this year the firm was looking at > enterprise class document/content mgmt solutions. They, for a variety of= > > reasons, narrowed their platform choices down to Documentum and FileNet. = > I > was part of the team that was to evaluate both products, as part of that > effort we had both firms come in and present (typical dog & pony effort) = > to > us. One of the questions we asked was +IBw-Who are the top 3 > integrators/implementers of your packages?+IB0 Both Documentum and FileN= > et > listed one firm, Covansys Corporation, (www.covansys.com) in their top th= > ree. = > > They both also listed their own professional services groups. Interestin= > g > (for what it is worth) Documentum, only listed those 2, FileNet listed 1 = > other > firm. = > > > We were a little intrigued; Covansys appears to be the normal systems > integrator/consulting firm, not bad size; $400 million, which we liked. = > It > meant that they were not going to go away tomorrow, but not so big that t= > hey > would act like a big five. They had a smaller +IBw-practice+IB0 that foc= > used on > document/content management specifically and this was the group that > Documentum and FileNet both spoke about. We also liked the fact that the= > ir > price points were a lot lower than the vendor+IBk-s professional services= > groups > and they were willing to be flexible in structuring the agreement to prov= > ide > work in a manner that fit our plans. > > If you are interested I can provide the contact information for the proje= > ct > lead at this retail firm and he can probably provide the contact informat= > ion > at Covansys. As I understand this firm is working through the set up of = > a > master services agreement with Covansys and plans on using them in 2003 f= > or > the document/content mgmt implementation. > > Good luck > > Rob Nelson > > > > = > > > 1. CMS Consulting/Implementation (Lefevere, Jim {D163+AH4-Indianapol= > is}) > > 2. Re: Documentum CMS Consulting/Implementation (joseph martins) > > = > > > -- __--__-- > > = > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:43:13 -0500 > > From: "Lefevere, Jim {D163+AH4-Indianapolis}" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [cms-list] CMS Consulting/Implementation > > = > > > I apologize in advance if this is a redundant question for many of you.= > =3D > > I'm implementing Documentum as a CMS in 2003. Aside from Documentum's =3D= > > > professional consulting services can anybody provide names of =3D > > integration/consulting firms that you've had success with for =3D > > implementation? > > = > > > Thanks. > > = > > > > > --__--__-- > > -- > http://cms-list.org/ > > End of cms-list Digest > > -- > http://cms-list.org/ > a wish for peace in the new year -- http://cms-list.org/ a wish for peace in the new year.
