IP protection drives content management

Increased awareness of protecting intellectual property will drive the adoption of content management software by businesses, according to research firm IDC, reports Inquirer.net.

In a study, IDC predicts the market for content management software will reach more than $280 million in four years, from around $145 million in 2006.

Growing awareness of compliance and risk management is likewise expected to drive growth in this market, dominated by three vendors: EMC, IBM and US-based software firm Interwoven.

US trade publication KMWorld has selected Nstein Technologies' Ntelligent Content Management (NCM) Suite as one of its Trend-Setting Products of 2007, reports PRNewswire.

Compiled by KMWorld editors, based on discussions with knowledge management practitioners, integrators, analysts and end-users, the list identifies key products that have had an impact on the market over the past year.

The NCM Suite is a content management platform - with digital asset management, Web content management and text mining products - developed for the media and electronic publishing industry.

EMC's Middle East operation has released the EMC Documentum 6 enterprise content management platform - enabling rapid and flexible development, configuration and deployment of enterprise content applications, according to Al Bawaba.

The timing of the new platform release is ideal as the Middle East's content management sector is expanding due to increased corporate e-mail and online content as well as changing regulatory requirements.

"With the release of the Documentum 6 platform, EMC continues to lead the Middle East into the next generation of enterprise content management, as it moves from a separate application platform to an integral part of an organisation's information infrastructure," said Mohammed Amin, GM of EMC Middle East and North Africa.