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IA Specialists Surveyed on CMS Gripes

3-Feb-2003

Tags: Web Content and Experience Management, Building Business Case, Information Architecture

More survey data continues to come in about CMS usage, shortcomings, and benefits. This latest, from the new "Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture" (AIfIA), asked a gaggle of information architects -- a savvy bunch to be sure -- about what they did (and mostly didn't) like about content management packages. Interestingly, some of the results appear a bit contradictory, e.g. half the group thinks CMS packages require too much customization, while the other half gripes that the tools can't be customized enough. Further evidence that content management remains a youngish discipline with cloudy market segments and highly varied use cases, we're tempted to conclude. One other big area of discontent -- no surprise to veterans -- is around content migration...
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