The current state of Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
James Lappin
Posted on June 6th, 2009
I went to the AIIM Roadshow at Wembley Stadium last Friday (June 5). The main draw was the advertised keynote. Steve Marsh, SharePoint product manager for Microsoft UK, would give a talk entitled ‘How SharePoint fits within the ECM spectrum’ I was intrigued by the title, it implies that SharePoint is nestled proudly and comfortably underneath the umbrella of ECM. The reality is that SharePoint 2007 has driven a coach and horses through the ECM market, and we are only just beginning to see the impact of this on vendors, on professional practice and on standards. My main interest in the product manager’s talk was to hear the messages he would give to AIIM. AIIM represents both ECM vendors and individual professionals interested in…