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ECM: Top ECM Trends for 2008

By Dick Weisinger

  1. Microsoft Sharepoint 2007
    ECM for the masses
    MOSS 2007 still has holes, but long-term Microsoft could become very strong in small and medium sized businesses
  2. Open Source ECM
    Alfresco continues to roll out impressive features like WCM
    Alfresco steams past proprietary software with integrations with Facebook and Google
  3. ECM as Infrastructure.
    Alfresco, Oracle, EMC and Microsoft all offer basic ECM capabilities via middleware
  4. Smaller ECM vendors will adopt ECM platforms from the majors
    Cheap infrastructure repositories will become the foundation for industry-specific solutions
  5. Global Compliance
    US companies are beginning to come to terms with Sarbanes-Oxley, but regulations are now taking shape globally
  6. ECM and Social Networking
    Alfresco integration with Facebook
    Archiving of collaborative information, like wikis, blogs and RSS
  7. ECM on-Demand (SaaS)
    Has been slow to catch on, but seems inevitable
  8. Repurposing of content will become easier
    XML is making slow but steady headway
  9. Scalability and Centralization.
    Centralized RM/Compliance that spans the entire organization.
    Enterprise versus departmental solutions.
  10. Commoditization.
    Out-of-the-box basic DM and Imaging capabilities.

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