ECM systems consolidation: tactic or strategy?

To meet these business demands for increased efficiency, agility and accountability, organisations now are considering it a strategic requirement to consolidate their disparate ECM systems. Consolidation translates to one of two solutions, federation or migration. Federation strategies work well when the organisation is looking to consolidate two modern ECM solutions that already provide the features demanded.

However, to reduce the TCO of owning multiple legacy archives, the only appropriate solution is document migration. Organisations are now viewing this as a strategic opportunity for three reasons: to repurpose critical business information historically locked away in legacy systems, to provide a contemporary ECM solution that offers the features and performance demanded by today’s businesses, and to support document-enabled online applications.

Document and image migration is no longer mired with challenges far outweighing the benefits. Documents can now be migrated quickly and efficiently, realising additional value from their content during the process. This includes providing new channels for document access, extracting actionable information previously locked away in static document formats, and enriching the customer experience through personalised communication providing the opportunity for competitive differentiation and increased customer retention.

Organisations like Xenos, with an extensive background in document formats, content transformation, and legacy archive integration can turn what may be initially viewed as a tactical requirement into a highly strategic opportunity.

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