Enterprise Content Management Definition

ECM is a broad term that means many different things to many different people. Typically EMC implies the acquisition and management of both structured and unstructured content that is dispersed across a number of different repositories, often described as "information silos". ECM technologies typically are capable of managing structured content, unstructured content, email, images, raw print data, and other digital assets. Increasingly ECM implies the ability to manage legal compliance with regards to privacy, content metadata, and records management.