The most popular and comprehensive Open Source ECM platform
ECM: Top ECM Trends for 2008
- 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 - Open Source ECM
Alfresco continues to roll out impressive features like WCM
Alfresco steams past proprietary software with integrations with Facebook and Google - ECM as Infrastructure.
Alfresco, Oracle, EMC and Microsoft all offer basic ECM capabilities via middleware - Smaller ECM vendors will adopt ECM platforms from the majors
Cheap infrastructure repositories will become the foundation for industry-specific solutions - Global Compliance
US companies are beginning to come to terms with Sarbanes-Oxley, but regulations are now taking shape globally - ECM and Social Networking
Alfresco integration with Facebook
Archiving of collaborative information, like wikis, blogs and RSS - ECM on-Demand (SaaS)
Has been slow to catch on, but seems inevitable - Repurposing of content will become easier
XML is making slow but steady headway - Scalability and Centralization.
Centralized RM/Compliance that spans the entire organization.
Enterprise versus departmental solutions. - Commoditization.
Out-of-the-box basic DM and Imaging capabilities.













