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                                   UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE
                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 27, 1999
  
  
                                 DOCUMENTUM, INC.
              (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                      0-27358
                             (Commission file number)
  
  
  
                Delaware                                 95-4261421
    (State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)
  
                 6801 Koll Center Parkway, Pleasanton, California
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
                                    94566-3145
                                    (Zip Code)
  
       (Registrant's telephone number, including area code): (925) 600-6800
  
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report):
             5671 Gibraltar Drive, Pleasanton, California, 94588-8547
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  Item 4.   Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountants
  
            (a)  Previous Independent Accountants.
  
                 (i)    On September 27, 1999, PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
                        resigned as the independent public accountants of
                        Documentum, Inc. (the "Company").
  
                 (ii)   The reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. on the
                        financial statements of the Company for each of the past
                        two fiscal years contained no adverse opinion or
                        disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified
                        as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
  
                 (iii)  The resignation of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. as the
                        independent public accountants of the Company was approved
                        by the Company's audit committee.
  
                 (iv)   During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and
                        through September 27, 1999, the Company has had no
                        disagreements with PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. on any
                        matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
                        statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure,
                        which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of
                        PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. would have caused it to make
                        reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in its
                        report on the financial statements of the Company for such
                        years.
  
                 (v)    During the Company's two most recent years and through
                        September 27, 1999, the Company has had no reportable
                        events (as defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(v) of Regulation
                        S-K).
  
                 (vi)   The Company has provided PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
                        with a copy of the disclosures contained in the report and
                        requested that PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. furnish the
                        Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and
                        Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with
                        the statements made in subsections (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)
                        above. A copy of such letter, dated September 28, 1999, is
                        filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this form 8-K.
  
  Item 5.   Other Events
  
            On September 29, 1999, Documentum, Inc. announced a strategic global
  alliance with PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
  
  Item 7.   Exhibits
  
            Exhibit No.    Description
            -----------    -----------
  
            16.1           Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. dated
                           September 28, 1999.
  
            99.1           Documentum, Inc. press release dated September 29,
                           1999.
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURE
  
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
  has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                 DOCUMENTUM, INC.
                                 (Registrant)
  
  
  
  Date: October 1, 1999          By: /s/ Mark S. Garrett
                                 -----------------------
                                 Mark S. Garrett
                                 Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer
                                 (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial
                                 Officer)
  
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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  Exhibit No.    Description of Document
  -----------    -----------------------
  
     16.1        Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. dated September 28,
                 1999.
  
     99.1        Documentum, Inc. press release dated September 29, 1999.
  
  
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text: UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE
                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 27, 1999
  
                                 DOCUMENTUM, INC.
              (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                      0-27358
                             (Commission file number)
  
                Delaware                                 95-4261421
    (State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)
  
                 6801 Koll Center Parkway, Pleasanton, California
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
                                    94566-3145
                                    (Zip Code)
  
       (Registrant's telephone number, including area code): (925) 600-6800
  
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report):
             5671 Gibraltar Drive, Pleasanton, California, 94588-8547
  Item 4.   Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountants
  
            (a)  Previous Independent Accountants.
  
                 (i)    On September 27, 1999, PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
                        resigned as the independent public accountants of
                        Documentum, Inc. (the "Company").
  
                 (ii)   The reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. on the
                        financial statements of the Company for each of the past
                        two fiscal years contained no adverse opinion or
                        disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified
                        as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
  
                 (iii)  The resignation of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. as the
                        independent public accountants of the Company was approved
                        by the Company's audit committee.
  
                 (iv)   During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and
                        through September 27, 1999, the Company has had no
                        disagreements with PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. on any
                        matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
                        statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure,
                        which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of
                        PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. would have caused it to make
                        reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in its
                        report on the financial statements of the Company for such
                        years.
  
                 (v)    During the Company's two most recent years and through
                        September 27, 1999, the Company has had no reportable
                        events (as defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(v) of Regulation
                        S-K).
  
                 (vi)   The Company has provided PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
                        with a copy of the disclosures contained in the report and
                        requested that PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. furnish the
                        Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and
                        Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with
                        the statements made in subsections (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)
                        above. A copy of such letter, dated September 28, 1999, is
                        filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this form 8-K.
  
  Item 5.   Other Events
  
            On September 29, 1999, Documentum, Inc. announced a strategic global
  alliance with PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
  
  Item 7.   Exhibits
  
            Exhibit No.    Description
            -----------    -----------
  
            16.1           Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. dated
                           September 28, 1999.
  
            99.1           Documentum, Inc. press release dated September 29,
                           1999.
  
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  SIGNATURE
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
  has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                 DOCUMENTUM, INC.
                                 (Registrant)
  
  Date: October 1, 1999          By: /s/ Mark S. Garrett
                                 -----------------------
                                 Mark S. Garrett
                                 Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer
                                 (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial
                                 Officer)
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit No.    Description of Document
  -----------    -----------------------
  
     16.1        Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. dated September 28,
                 1999.
  
     99.1        Documentum, Inc. press release dated September 29, 1999.
  
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