By Simon Godfrey – Despite some signs of decline, figures published by Fortune reveal that the ECM market is set to increase in size by 16.1 percent between 2023 and 2030, reaching an overall value of over $106 billion. It is clear, therefore, that ECM systems are by no means out for the count. Instead, we are in a transitional phase where the nature of content management systems is evolving.

Traditional ECMs have existed for a quarter of a century, improving over the years as more features and levels of functionality have been added. The downside to this is that systems have become increasingly complex and technical in nature, particularly as many organisations have had to incorporate more than one ECM, and sometimes even one per department.

Clustering layers of software in one monolithic system has proved fiendishly difficult for IT departments to manage, increasing the need for new methods to manage content. This is where cloud-based services and hybrid options are coming to the fore.  Read On: