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Cost Effective Content Management Alternatives
By Manoj Jasra
Expert Author
Article Date: 2008-10-07
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technology buyers are under pressure to cut costs and justify expenses at a time when small and mid-market vendors are now providing less expensive alternatives to larger ECM vendors.
Enterprises typically use ECM technology to automate manual processes and reduce information redundancy, thereby improving efficiency while reducing staff and infrastructure costs.
This analysis stems from research CMS Watch conducted for its recently released "ECM Suites Report 2009," which evaluates forty ECM solutions head-to-head.
"ECM technology buyers are in a unique position," notes Alan Pelz-Sharpe, lead analyst for the report. "ECM provides many opportunities for cutting real costs, while marketplace evolution continues to make such technology more and more affordable," adds Pelz-Sharpe. As part of The ECM Suites Report 2009, CMS Watch released the newly updated "ECM Suites Cross-Check(tm)" diagram - offering a buyer-oriented risk assessment of the ECM marketplace. The diagram specifically addresses vendors' evolution as it relates to product development, providing an overall marketplace assessment.
Specifically, the chart suggests that: - Market leaders continue to represent the highest risk to buyers in terms of product stability and corporate change (IBM, EMC, Microsoft), due to continued rapid development of new product features and the difficulty of digesting acquired assets
- Mid-market and small specialist vendors today typically represent a lower risk in terms of both product and corporate stability (e.g., Hyland, Saperion, EVER, Laserfiche, Xythos, ISIS, and KnowledgeTree, among others)
The ECM Suites Report 2009 is available for purchase online from CMS Watch (http://www.cmswatch.com/).
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About the Author:
Manoj Jasra is a well respected search marketing veteran having been in the industry since 2002. Manoj currently serves as a Sr. Analyst on the web solutions team at Shaw Communications Inc. Manoj's role primarily consists of providing SEO/PPC and Web Analytics strategies in addition to business insight on Shaw's web properties. Previously, Manoj held the role of Director of Technology at Enquiro Search Solutions where he oversaw Enquiro's product development for search marketing solutions and acted as the lead on both SEO Training and Enquiro's Web Analytics approach.
Check out Manoj's well read blog, Web Analytics World, which focuses on his insight in Search Marketing, Mobile, Technology and of course, Web Analytics. You can contact Manoj at manoj.jasra@gmail.com
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