Ecm practices

Ever think about global warming, air pollution and dying out populations of polar bears? Or whether your grandchildren will be able to leave the house without an oxygen mask?Yes, we are back onto the environment-friendly, green track. There’s a lot that can be done both at home (think recycling) and at work (not surprisingly, think content management). There are multiple advantages to a green(er) enterprise. With green IT practices being strategic this year, businesses can not only control costs and efficiency, but also reap environmental benefits.

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The working group on "Interoperable ECM" (iECM) sponsored by industry association AIIM held another formative meeting today. It's tough getting standards groups off the ground, but the group saw good progress, not the least of which was to decide to eschew developing new standards before existing ones could be mapped concretely against canonical content management processes to see what exactly is missing. For a while, the discussion drifted a bit too deeply into the the semantic-web weeds, but I think practical goals will prevail, so if you are interested in interoperable content management systems -- as either a user or a supplier -- then I encourage you to participate in this effort.

Lately I've been thinking a lot about how and why the Web content management (WCM) industry has grown so consistently this decade, as well as the relationship of WCM technologies to two other important trends: Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and "Web 2.0." I summarized some thoughts in a recent EContent Magazine article; it's behind their pay-wall, but they kindly agreed to share a reprint, which you can find here (4MB PDF). Summary: WCM technologies have succeeded as distinct animals from their ECM cousins for some very practical reasons, but the rise of Web 2.0 patterns is challenging traditional WCM approaches as well. From the article's last paragraph: ...Meanwhile, vendors are making some halting moves to converge the domains of ECM and WCM. Think of it as a kind of reformation after the renaissance. Ultimately, though, it will be customers who teach the marketplace how the tools and approaches need to evolve

Corporate executives and government officials are searching for new ways to manage text documents, photos and other images, audio and video files, e-mails, faxes, blogs and other forms of content. As a result, several trends have emerged."The big issue for many companies is to break down content management silos," says Doug Armstrong, leader of Internet service practices for West Monroe Partners. "Many companies have been using point solutions."By deploying enterprise solutions, a firm, for example, can get new hires up to speed more quickly with the knowledge contained in different parts of the organization, Armstrong explains.

Traditionally, government agencies weren't associated with the latest and/or most practical IT-enabling technologies. This negative perception has started to change over the past couple of years, however, and e-government initiatives are playing a key role. E-government is as much a way of doing business and way of communicating with the public as it is a technology. E-government comprises a group of enabling technologies, including ECM, Web publishing, document management, GIS, and Web services. Used with permission from Integrated Solutions magazine

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software can guarantee that legal contracts, records, and documents are no longer lost or misplaced. It simplifies case management and litigation support, making documents available with the click of a mouse.

Enterprise content management (ECM) involves much more than going paperless. According to AIIM, ECM involves "technologies, tools, and methods used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content across an enterprise." At the heart of ECM is your organization's ability to access, monitor, and process your information as efficiently as possible. This White Paper has some recommendations for success from professionals who, between them, have almost 25 years of experience developing and implementing ECM solutions. Subbmitted by Optical Image Technology