For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

November 14, 2008 (updated November 18, 2008)

ECM Systems Integrators: Fit Matters Most

Strategy, Platform Breadth, And Industry Experience Provide Value

by Craig Le Clair, Sheri McLeish

with Kyle McNabb, Keith K. Tsang, Charles Coit


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Every dollar spent on enterprise content management (ECM) software usually requires another dollar to make it work. Services such as project management, systems design, and integration support are a few of the needed services that systems integrators provide information and knowledge management (I&KM) professionals to get ECM up and running. Systems integrators tend to get mixed reviews but are making efforts to expand offerings beyond ECM to information management and to become versatile with hybrid on- and off-premise delivery models. Enterprises can make better systems integrator choices if they understand what strengths each type of ECM integrator has and how they correspond to ECM efforts underway.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemEnterprises Use Systems Integrators To Help Link ECM To Business Context

itemEnterprises Also Want Tactical Help From Systems Integrators

itemA Mixed Bag Of ECM Success Using Systems Integrators

itemSystems Integrators Begin To Step Up To ECM Challenges

itemNavigating The Murky Waters Of ECM Systems Integrator Support

itemTop ECM Systems Integrators Show Vertical, Geographic, And ECM Expertise

recommendations

itemKnow Thyself And Then Find Your Systems Integrator Soul Mate

WHAT IT MEANS

itemStrategy Starts At Home

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed systems integrators, including Accenture, Atos Origin, IBM, Infosys Technologies, and Unisys; had conversations with a half dozen firms that recently engaged an SI for an ECM project; and reviewed numerous case studies, Forrester client inquiries, briefings, and historical data as part of this research.

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Analyst: Craig Le Clair, Sheri McLeish
Technology: Enterprise Content Management, Information & Knowledge Management, IT Services, Systems Integration
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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