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.
On the heels of its acquisition by Open Text, Vignette
plans an imminent introduction of VCM 8.0, a key component of the
Vignette Web Experience foundation, which is designed to empower
marketers and business users to manage media-rich, global Web
properties.Vignette says VCM 8.0 allows organizations to easily
create and manage an engaging online experience while relieving IT of
basic, day-to-day Web responsibilities. Reportedly, a novice user will
be able to build Web sites in minutes rather than hours while
maintaining brand consistency. VCM 8.0 also includes
productivity-enhancing capabilities such as personalized toolbars,
favorite shortcuts and workspaces that recall user preferences.
Everyone said that the Interwoven/Autonomy deal would only be the first in a series of big announcements within the enterprise content management world. And that it is.Today, Canadian-based enterprise content management vendor Open Text (news, site) has reached a deal to buy Vignette Corporation for US$ 310 million.Vignette
is expected to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text. The deal
will see Vignette stockholders get US$ 8 per share plus 0.1447 of Open
Text stock.