ECM (Enterprise content management ) - is a set of technologies used to capture, store, preserve and deliver content and documents and content related to organizational processes. ECM tools allow the management of an organization's unstructured information, wherever that information exists.
ECM employed the technologies and strategies of content management to address business process issues, such as records and auditing, knowledge sharing, personalization and standardization of content, and so on.
Businesses and established organizations are vastly different
environments than the Web 2.0 social networking-centric universe. Where
Web 2.0 is all about sharing information and engaging in two-way
conversations, the enterprise concerns itself, in part, with
individuals who are guarded with information and an organizational
structure that disseminates information in top-down fashion. From my
experience of evangelizing the benefits of social media at a mid-sized
civil engineering company, I have learned many lessons on how the
enterprise regards and judges social media.
SharePoint is ideal for anyone who wants to operate their business more efficiently â from small groups to cross-functional teams to entire organizations. Those who might benefit most from SharePoint's collaborative environment include individuals, teams and projects within medium to large companies.