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Question CMS consolidation

Graham Oakes has written an article that questions whether to consolidate websites. To quote:

Many organizations are looking at a portfolio of dozens of content management systems running somewhere on their network. From sheer tidiness alone, it'd be nice to have a shorter list. And such tidiness can have real benefits: better negotiating leverage with vendors, reduced overhead to manage contracts, reductions in the number of servers and hence in datacenter space (with attendant power and operational costs), and so on. Finally, increased demands for compliance and control are placing a premium on simplifying information management. That oil company was looking at a return on investment running well into eight figures based on such benefits.

But dig a little deeper and things aren't so clear.

Posted by jamesr on March 30, 2007 06:33 AM
Categories: Content management