Microsoft, Oracle, and ECM
In a recent article in Infoconomy, I argued that Microsoft and Oracle's enterprise content management strategies represent two sides of the same ECM coin. Both vendors are targeting many of the same markets and use-cases, but Microsoft with a more bottom-up approach and Oracle with a greater emphasis on enterprise control. Specifically:
- The difference between the two platforms gets to the heart of the ECM challenge. Is managing content about central control or adaptive enablement?