Content management takes a leap ahead

Forget what you know about collaboration technologies. The latest versions of these platforms have many new features, and are worth a fresh look. One example is Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2007, which most companies use for workgroup collaboration. The product has undergone significant changes--today, adding SharePoint to Windows Server, SQL Server and maybe Exchange provides good synergy. That's not the case if you're a Linux shop, however. SharePoint 2007 is now more credible for enterprise content management. Instead of using file servers, you can capture content in SharePoint. SharePoint also has capabilities for records management and workflow, although it's not a replacement for a file system like SQL Server. If it comes down to a decision between IBM's and Microsoft's collaboration strategies, evaluate based on how much you care about things like Java and support for non-Microsoft platforms, whether you need an email strategy with content and collaboration and whether you need to support multiple rich client platforms.

Read more about the advances in content management:
- read the article at TechTarget

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