Trends Report

Brief: Five Reasons The Dell Acquisition Will End Up As A Positive For Documentum Customers

A Spinoff May Be Just What The Doctor Ordered

November 16th, 2015
Craig Le Clair, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Craig Le Clair Vice President, Principal Analyst
Cheryl McKinnon, Principal Analyst
Cheryl McKinnon Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Elizabeth Cullen , Alex Cullen , Bill Nagel

Summary

Investors and analysts are divided on the future of EMC's Documentum in the wake of the Dell acquisition, as competition from heavy architecture and lightweight cloud-based alternatives has contributed to less than stellar growth for the product line. What will Dell do with EMC's Enterprise Content Division portfolio? Forrester believes that a spinoff, done quickly and with adequate capital, would create a more agile and competitive company attractive to firms needing enterprise content management. This report advises enterprise architects on how to navigate this acquisition.

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