Hydrasight research conducted in 2007 indicated that do-it-yourself (DIY) enterprise content management (ECM) was still the preferred solution for the majority of Asia Pacific organisations. Even though IT organisations have often built functionally rich, valuable business applications, Hydrasight believes that in-house developed ECM deployments will come under increasing scrutiny as a result of tightening IT budgets. Preparing defensible, business-oriented solutions with supporting value metrics will be required to maintain development and further funding commitment.