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system, then you have to agree that while all of these aspects are essential, not all organisations
need all of them. Unless, crucially, they can be delivered to the desktop in a cost-effective and timely
manner. This is where Web-based technology can become the determining factor. Most users are
familiar with its use, and it delivers the one aspect that document management vendors avoided just
a few short years ago the possibility of genuine group collaboration.
Todays document management systems, however, offer not just control of the document processes,
but also a way of bringing users closer together so that documents, ideas, working methods and
works-in-progress can be discussed, reviewed, updated and distributed around the enterprise.
With companies like Lotus adding document management capability to Domino/Notes, and document
management vendors such as Documentum, FileNET and PC DOCS/Fulcrum expanding their horizons
towards the capture and processing of real knowledge, its an increasingly competitive market. Then
theres Web-based front-runner Open Text, arriving later on the scene and offering a range of
functionality with hardly any mention of client/server software in its portfolio. There is a place for
client/server software, but its unlikely to be a growth industry, as Fortune 1000 organisations look
for greater cost effectiveness and consistency.
To determine the long-term future of document management search through all the knowledge you
have available. The answer will become increasingly obvious.
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