The BA Insight IBM Content Manager Connector for Search integrates IBM Content Manager, a well-established, scalable enterprise content management (ECM) platform, with major search engines such as SharePoint, Azure AI Search, and Elasticsearch. IBM Content Manager orchestrates the secure management, workflow, and retrieval of all types and sizes of content, delivering robust business solutions for compliance, operational efficiency, and decision-making.
The connector honors the security of the IBM Content Manager source application, ensuring users only access authorized content. It provides both full and incremental crawls to keep search indexes current and fast. Content from IBM Content Manager; including documents, discussions, social network items, metadata, and large attachments, is indexed alongside content from other repositories, enabling comprehensive enterprise-wide discovery.
Problems IBM Content Manager Connector for Search Solves
Siloed enterprise content leading to fragmented search experiences.
Difficulty accessing and managing an expanding variety and volume of content across diverse teams and workflows.
Keeping search indexes synchronized as content constantly changes and grows.
Enforcing security and compliance policies for critical business information.
Benefits IBM Content Manager Connector for Search Delivers
Seamless Platform Integration
Seamless integration of IBM Content Manager content with SharePoint, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, and other leading platforms.
Robust Security Controls
Strict enforcement of security and access controls for all indexed content.
Continuous Content Synchronization
Supports full and incremental crawls for up-to-date enterprise search results.
Unified Enterprise Search
Unifies disparate content sources into a single, highly searchable result set.
Improved Governance and Productivity
Enhances compliance, data governance, and business productivity.
Key Features of the IBM Content Manager Connector for Search
Key Features of the IBM Content Manager Connector for Search
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Comprehensive Indexing
Comprehensive Indexing
Securely crawls and indexes documents, discussions, metadata, social network items, and large attachments stored in IBM Content Manager.
This connector empowers organizations to unlock the full value of their IBM Content Manager investments, making business-critical information securely accessible, current, and actionable within unified enterprise search platforms.
FAQ
FAQ
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Yes, it enforces IBM Content Manager’s native security and permissions so only authorized users can access content.
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Through full and incremental crawls, keeping enterprise-wide search results in sync with backend content changes.
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Integrates with SharePoint Online and On-Premises, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, and other enterprise platforms.
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No, operation is agentless using secure read access.
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It works with BA Insight enrichment and classification tools to improve metadata harmonization and navigability.