Merrill Lynch estimates that more than 85% of all business information exists as unstructured data.
It is estimated that unstructured content is growing at anywhere between 65 and 200 % per annum, depending on industry sector.
Enterprise Content Management
Businesses are realising that Enterprise Content Management (ECM), as a strategic initiative, can result in significant efficiencies in content and process management. An effective ECM system can also massively impact the bottom line, providing real Return on Investment.
An Enterprise Content Management system is the technology used to store, preserve and deliver unstructured content and documents that relate to your organisation’s business knowledge. This unstructured information can exist in many forms:
- Office documents (paper and electronic)
- Email
- XML
- Images
- Audio files
- Video files
- Engineering drawings
- Intranet or Extranet web pages
It is not enough to simply ‘manage’ this unstructured content. You need to know that you are accessing the latest version of a document or record and that your ECM solution supports any regulatory or compliance requirements for your industry. Core to Perspicuity’s ECM solutions are the tools that manage the complete lifecycle of content; from creation to retirement. These tools will help you to optimise your business processes and increase your ability to interact with partners, customers and suppliers.