More vendor consolidation despite ECM market growth. IDM reports on a recent Meta Group report covering the future of enterprise content management (ECM). To quote: While the worldwide enterprise content management (ECM) market will continue to grow at a healthy rate, further vendor consolidation is expected in… [Column Two]

Here’s another quote from the article: “ECM systems are generally tactical and non-discretionary expenditures, but they are increasingly becoming strategic core investments. With organisations seeking more strategic enterprise content solutions, the ability of ECM software to fully manage all enterprise content and avoid costs by consistently applying proper compliance and legal risk policies/procedures is emerging as critical to organisations.”