Content Technologies Market: Where It's Heading

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Content Technologies Market - Where it’s heading……..

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Good things about Content Technology Systems…..

•Everything in one place

• Create once, re-use

• Process Oriented

• Easy-to-use

• Enable knowledge mgmt/compliancy etc


Bad things about Content Technology

• Expensive

• Very expensive

• Clunky and difficult to use

• Reliance on basic procedures

• Major time-consuming updates


The Software Landscape


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What is content technologies?

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Digital Asset ManagementDigital Asset Management

RM/CompliancyRM/Compliancy

SearchSearch

LibraryServicesLibraryServices

DRMDRM

COLD & ERM

COLD & ERM

CollaborationCollaboration

WCMPrint

Syndication

ECM ServicesECM Services

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ArchivingArchiving

IntegrationIntegration


What happened in 2007?

• Microsoft SharePoint (MOSS 07)• Oracle digests Stellent• IBM digests FileNet• OpenText digests Hummingbird• EMC starts to reposition• Autonomy acquires Meridio• Open Sources ECM continues to grow• SaaS options emerged strongly• Non - US vendors grew in importance


What didn’t happen in 2007?

• Enterprise Search did not die• It became ever more important

• Records Management did not grow substantially• But archiving did

• The skills situation didn’t improve• The market didn’t actually consolidate


What is happening right now……..

• Archiving becomes a prime focus• MOSS is being questioned• The buyers market is back• Web 2.0 exhaustion & confusion• Social Software patchy but starting to catch on

• Security and Identity Management trump functionality for IT buyers

• End to end components management starting to get attention

• E-Mail the number one content concern• Digital Asset Management sort of emerging


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Maintenance Balance Shifting

Stasis Continuity Restructuring

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Vendor Evolution

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EMC

Xerox

OracleOpenText

Alfresco

Vignette

Microsoft

Interwoven

IBM

Hyland

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NewGen

Nuxeo

Tower

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Options….

SaaS

OpenSource

OnPremise

OffShore

Enterprise Platform

Authoring & XML

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