Business Landscape

Organizations that effectively manage their content are quickly gaining competitive advantages in their industries. Their ability to collaborate and share vital information helps them increase revenue, decrease costs, quickly satisfy their customers and regulators and retain their employees and corporate knowledge.  This applies to businesses and organizations of all shapes and sizes. 

The key business drivers of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) adoption are: Cost, Compliance, Collaboration and  Continuity.   Every organization must manage and plan for all four, which can be difficult when the volume of content files and content types is growing exponentially.    

Another key development is the evolution of the tools enabling Enterprise Content Management.  Collaboration and document management platforms like SharePoint have now evolved where companies implementing them can gain measurable productivity, hard and soft cost savings and organizational efficiencies unavailable just a few years ago.   

In short, the market need for ECM and the tools and skill sets required to deliver it have finally arrived at the same place.   Enterprise Content Management skill is now established as a critical component for every successful business strategy.