Enterprise Content Management: Simplified Processes with Better Tools

Any business, whether small or large, old and established or new and blossoming, needs to be able to manage content that it both produces and consumes and to be able to do so easily. Content is created all the time, everyday, but the truth is that not many people take the necessary steps to make sure that content is of value and as useful as possible.

Content is really any piece of data or information that has value and relevance to you, your business and potentially, your customers. Content is created with some purpose or usefulness in mind: To communicate something to someone, to record some piece of information for later use, or to create information that’s actionable either immediately or at some later date. Content is seldom created without any thought to its purpose or relevance. Content creation leaving the thinking part out of it makes content less valuable: less relevant, less actionable, less useful, all with a shorter shelf life. Not having some context associated with your content makes matters even worse.

Information relies on context being there so that you can do something with it, so lack of it will at the very least make your content less valuable, or even worse, meaningless and maybe even useless. Context is the bridge that injects value into content. It turns “simple data” into information which in turn connects the intent of the content creator through his piece to the audience or information consumer.

Ensuring that context is always part of your content makes it more valuable and relevant, but it is also important that you manage this content efficiently – that’s where content management systems help.

Content Management Systems should be a way to extend the life of your content’s relevance and value. It needs to ensure that the content’s inherent value is captured and leveraged as much as possible throughout its lifecycle.

While you may want the content to remain as valuable for as long as possible with some things you just can’t. For examples – the daily news! What was headline news last week may not be as important today. On the other hand, a government’s analyst’s report on the political landscape of a particular region could have value for decades as the individuals covered in the report move into and out of power.

FedCMS puts the tools and processes in place that allow you to capture the expertise of the person creating the content so that it can be effectively managed, stored, and more easily retrievable. We do it for the way your organization works.

Our solution is comprised of our products, Word2XML (MS Word add-in tool) that integrates with open source CMS and eCMS systems like Drupal, Alfresco as well commercial ones like SharePoint, Documentum, FileNet and more.

What we provide is a proven combination of software, systems, processes, and best practices that we’ve vetted over the years with clients ranging from content publishers to people doing digital preservation and archiving. We know and understand enterprise content management systems and we know how to do it right, so that it’s not only easy but gets the job done in a way that delivers value every time.

Let us help you with the creation of the right solution and right framework for your content management needs.

Contact us now so that we can help you maximize getting value out of your content.