CMS or ECM – what is the difference?

Written by James Robertson, published August 20, 2008

Categorised under: Content management, Information management

Jed Cawthorn talks about the difference between CMS and ECM. To quote:

The whole world often seems full of unfathomable jargon, and no one tops the information technology industry for its love of the Three Letter Acronym (TLA). Two TLA’s that cause much confusion in our industry are CMS and ECM. Although there are similarities between the two, there are crucial differences that should be cleared up.