CMS, DAM, and Hosted Applications
September 11, 2003
I have spent some time at the show with Crownpeak, Atomz, and eMotion. The first two are Applications Service Providers (ASPs) for content management, whereas eMotion is an ASP for digital asset management. When I start to think about the ASP option, I sometimes find myself thinking that everyone should simply do it—the argument seems so compelling.
Of course, it doesn't make sense for everyone to use a hosted application for content management. At certain ends of the market, it might not make financial sense (if you are either very small or very large, or if your content, workflow, and/or business requirements are inordinately (and necessarily) complex). But the track record for CMS implementations is still relatively spotty, so why not pay someone else to perform a set of tasks and functions for you at an agreed price? Sometimes it makes too much sense.
Posted by Bill Trippe at September 11, 2003 7:06 PM
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Hello,
And thanks for your question.
It would be impossible to recommend a specific solution, of course, without knowing more about the specifics of the situation--what kinds of content, what kinds of users, and what kinds of uses for the content.
Indeed, it may well be that they may need more than one solution at the end of the day.
I can say though that I would probably first explore the overall IT architecture that the organization is using. I am working with a client now who is changing over to an applications-server centric architecture. They will most likely go with a J2EE solution, using Java for their core programming environment. It's going to follow, then, that their content management solution must work well with this kind of architecture. They are looking at the existing CMS system they currently use to see if it will integrate well with the new application-server centric architecture. They may end up upgrading or replacing the CMS.
Hope this helps!
Bill
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As a consultant, what solution would you
Posted by VENAISSIN at September 15, 2003 9:33 AMrecommend to a client who has a very large, inordinately and complex business operation, and moreover doesn't want its data circulating on third party hard drives ?