We have connected Cumulus to our installation of RedDot and done a little testing. We haven't deployed it any further because we need to develop guidelines and policies for using it. This is something we are looking to use more some day in the future. -Nick
On Jun 16, 11:14 am, "Richard Hauer (5 Limes)" <richard.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Configuring the integration with Cumulus was a one-day thing, very > straight forward actually as Canto had an adapter already. > Building a new adapter would likely be a week or two of fiddling but > should be relatively straight forward providing all the required APIs > can be supported. > > Honestly I don't think it's done very often, but it's definitely > possible. > > The authorisation system built into your average Asset Mgt tool will > be vastly superior to anything you could configure in RedDot and most > will have AD integrated authentication (which RedDot has too) so > there's no real issues with multiple logons. > > If you want some help you can contact me directly. > > HTH. > > Regards, > > Richard Hauer > ==================== > 5 Limes Pty Limitedwww.5Limes.com.au > > On Jun 16, 11:04 pm, "Nathan Palmer" <napal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I don't have any particular system in mind. I'm looking to get a feel for > > how many RedDotters have tried this, what products they've used, what level > > of effort was involved, and what kinds of problems have to be solved to > > properly integrate the systems. > > > We are also making extensive use of folder authorization packages with > > asset manager to keep users sandboxed to only their department's files. I > > assume that we would have to set this up again inside the new system. > > > On Jun 16, 2010 12:32 AM, Richard Hauer (5 Limes) > > <richard.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We have deployed Canto Cumulus as an Asset Manager replacement - > > > actually it installs side-by-side so you can use either or both. > > > Essentially these systems leverage a little known (and undocumented) > > > feature called an "External Folder" whereby you set up a folder and > > > use an external system as the storage medium. It works by extending a > > > COM interface. We have written wrappers for the system so, while we > > > have only actually deployed Canto Cumulus (which is very good but > > > hardly free), we could in theory leverage any storage system you like. > > > I tried to get documentation from RedDot but apparently there isn't > > > any. We reverse engineered some code to figure it out ourselves. > > > There is one down-side - in order to use the external folder in the > > > rich text editor there is a hack you have to make to the (poorly > > > constructed) RedDot ASP code that is not supported officially. It's > > > the only way - I looked for ages! > > > What system do you have in mind? > > > Regards, > > > Richard Hauer > > > ==================== > > > 5 Limes Pty Limited > > >www.5Limes.com.au > > > On Jun 15, 5:24 am, NP <napal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Has anyone here integrated a replacement for asset manager? What > > > > products have you used? What sort of effort is involved and what price > > > > ranges would we be talking in? Are there any open source options? I > > > > realize this is a bit vague but I'm just trying to get a feel for > > > > what's out there. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RedDot CMS Users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to reddot-cms-us...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > reddot-cms-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to reddot-cms-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to reddot-cms-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en.
