From vision to reality – ECM in the cloud is here

by: David Jones

Remember the days when people laughed at enterprise content management (ECM) in the cloud? Well, those days are gone.

Research by analyst firm Ovum has exploded the myth that organizations won’t store key content and processes in the cloud – and done it in style.

The headline number says 99.5 percent – yes, ninety-nine point five percent – of the 250 global organizations surveyed will utilize some form of ECM in the cloud within the next three years. That figure includes:

• 66 percent for document storage
• 58 percent for capture and indexing
• 42 percent for records management
• 52 percent for case management

But, at the risk of being controversial, the important thing here is not the numbers – it is the shift in mind-set.

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