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Works Well with Other Systems
April 09, 2014

Works Well with Other Systems

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction

We use Access as our content management system. We're an online daily, so once we write stories in Word, Access uploads them as our report online. We also enter other data into it, and that's reflected on our website. It is used company-wide.
  • It's well-organized and it doesn't seem horribly difficult to update (I'm not the one in charge of that, but the person who is sends out updates every other week, so it can't be too bad).
  • It moves quickly and efficiently. Seems to be a smart system.
  • It connects well to other programs. We use Access for a variety of functions and it rarely has a problem.
  • When you make a mistake in certain parts of it, it automatically boots you out. Could be just a quirk in our system, but if this is a regular occurrence for others as well, that could use improvement.
  • Fewer prompts for a single function would be more convenient.
  • Unsure on ROI
  • Adobe Photoshop,Movable Type
Photoshop doesn't really match in the category of content management systems (but if it did, I would consider it much more versatile than Access). However, when comparing Access and Movable Type, for instance, I think Movable Type worked better for on-the-go purposes. But Access does a better job of doing the work for you when compared to MT.
It's the best data and information-collecting system I've known. If I had experience with other things, I might think differently, but I'm giving it this rating mostly because I don't know of other products that could effectively meet the needs of our company.
I would give it a 7 as a content management system. It's easier than some other things I've worked with elsewhere, but it's less convenient and more cumbersome than still other products. It's well suited to hold a lot of data and information, and then spit that out in a readable form. But it's best as just that -- something to enter a lot of data into.