Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

Due to the rapid growth of the businesses and various transactions many of institutions head to use electronic management systems and solutions that are commensurate with digital era requirements. From this point many specialized companies for information technology such as IBM Company are providing business market with the latest solutions and systems for the storage and management. ECM is considered a one of the most important solutions for improving organizational performance.

What is ECM?

We can define Enterprise Content Management (ECM) as strategies for content management, so every organization uses the most suitable tools and methods to obtain the best content management with seamless work flow.

ECM platform Services

Enterprise Content management services include various aspects of management such as data, contracts, information and documents management. These services are done through one user-friendly interface. The most important of these services:

• Making all content reachable anytime and anywhere.
• Data capture and converting information from paper documents to electronic form.
• Establishmentof metadataand indexes, which describes the characteristics ofthe documentandmake it easierto findthemby searching.
• E-Mail integration by sending, forwarding, and taking any action through it.
• Scanning by usingOptical Character Recognition (OCR).
• Full insurancefor documentsand databy development ofsome restrictionsto access the contentandusing public key infrastructure (PKI) for moreinsurancewhile sharing informationthrough Internet.
• Integration with any CMS.

How to determine the success of ECM?

We can determine the success of any ECM through a set of standards such as:

• Knowing the extent tomeet businessrequirements by ECM Services.
• Determine the gained profitsfrom
• Follow-updocumentsperiodicallyto seethe efficiencyof usage.
• Flexibility ofusing andobtaining the required

Finally, we can say that ECM has become increasingly important for any content management as it depends on the best possible way technological means to ease the workflow.