Windows File Explorer for FileNet
The Problem: The IBM FileNet P8 content management repository is a powerful business system when everyone in your company uses it properly. However, the FileNet user interfaces like IBM Content Navigator (ICN) or the Navigator Integration for Microsoft Office (NIMO) can be hard to use for many people. The result is FileNet underutilization because users keep viable business files on their PCs, network file share shares, and in other “nonapproved” storage areas. Therefore, corporate information is haphazardly stored, unavailable to others, and not secure which can cause significant compliance issues.
The Solution: Working in front of FileNet, the Genus Windows File Explorer for FileNet application makes FileNet appear like any other drive in Microsoft Windows applications. Now opening, moving, saving, copying, or creating FileNet files uses the same Windows experience and compliments the ICN and NIMO user experience.
Benefits: Giving your users the ability to access FileNet using the Windows File Explorer they already know and use every day has many benefits:
1. Seamless use of enterprise content services from Windows desktop and a substantially simpler user experience that is complimentary to ICN, NIMO or WorkplaceXT
2. Repository enabling Windows desktop applications like Microsoft Office or Adobe CC
3. Organizing large amounts of unstructured data, easily protect it and manage the information lifecycle. Effectively secure documents with Personal Identifiable Information (PII) or comply with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
4. Implementing File Sharing with external users
5. Adding levels of control and management not possible with other access methods
Key Technical Features:
- Check in, Check out, Versioning or Drag and Drop
- IBM Enterprise Records and record enabled folders
- Windows or FileNet security
- Repository properties and metadata
- Offline file access
- ICN Teamspace
- Multi-repository
- Recycle Bin
- Single Sign On
- And more
“File Explorer relieves organizations from training and otherwise familiarizing staff with yet another user experience like ICN. Now business workloads can include the tremendous capabilities of enterprise content services in day to day informal and semi-formal business processes.”
