Learn the technical fundamentals of the EMC Documentum platform while effectively preparing for the E20-120 exam

* Technical foundations of the Documentum platform
* Thorough preparation guide for the E20-120 exam
* Complete coverage of the prescribed syllabus
* Illustrated examples and practice questions on each topic
* Two full-length practice tests with answers

In Detail

This is a complete study guide including study material and practice questions to prepare for the EMC Proven Professional certification Exam E20-120. It can also serve Documentum beginners and practitioners as a handy guide and quick reference to the technical fundamentals that is fully up to date for Documentum 5.3. Beginners are introduced to concepts in a logical manner while practitioners can use it as a reference to jump to relevant concepts directly.

EMC Documentum is a leading enterprise content management technology platform that helps enterprises to streamline the capture, processing, and distribution of business information including documents, records, e-mails, web content, images, reports, and digital assets. It can also automate entire business processes in accordance with business rules.

EMC Proven Professional is an exam-based certification program, which introduced a new EMC Proven Content Management Application Developer (EMCAD) track in early 2007. The first exam in this track is Content Management Foundations (CMF) Associate-level Exam, with exam code E20-120, which tests knowledge about technical fundamentals of Documentum. This book is a study guide to help you prepare for this exam with hundreds of practice questions and an efficient exam-preparation strategy.

What you will learn from this book?

* Key content management concepts for using Documentum
* Documentum platform architecture
* Using content with metadata
* User authentication
* Authorizing access for users and groups
* Securing objects with permissions
* Searching metadata and content
* Creating custom object types
* Managing customizations with DocApps
* Creating portable customizations with aliases
* Process automation with workflows and lifecycles
* Using virtual documents for collaboration and reuse

Approach

This book discusses all the topics from the E20-120 Content Management Foundations exam syllabus and augments each topic with illustrated examples and practice questions. Two comprehensive full-length practice tests build the confidence needed to tackle the real exam successfully. By providing coherent, detailed, exam-focussed study material scrutinized by technical reviewers and plentiful practice questions this book goes far beyond dm-cram, at a fraction of the cost of EMC Training.