Enterprise content management has traditionally been very expensive to license, roll out and scale. It often requires expensive hardware and supporting software. The enterprise content management industry has been dependent on complexity, with the vendor controlling the customer through proprietary power. But there is a cost-effective alternative: open-source software. Web 2.0 sites have changed the way in which content is both accessed and mashed up. Here, Knowledge Center contributor John Newton explains how open-source software gives companies an enterprise content management solution that focuses on lower cost, greater simplicity and greater customer choice.
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2.0 sites have changed the way content is being accessed around the
globe by remote workers, requiring easier access points through tools
such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. The clunky and traditionally
expensive enterprise content management (ECM) methods no longer apply,
as budgets ar…