Word of the Day: content services platform

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms | December 12, 2018 content services platform A content services platform is software that enables users to create, share, collaborate on and store text, audio and video content. The CSP serves as a repository of record and a single source of truth. Content services platform is a relatively new term that is gaining acceptance as a successor to enterprise content management (ECM) software. Several prominent vendors, notably Box, Hyland and Nuxeo, use the term, or variants such as "content services" to describe their software. Also, tech analyst firm Gartner formally declared in 2017 that it would henceforth use CSP instead of ECM to identify vendors and their services in what Gartner described as a fast-growing market. Content services platforms for intelligent content can be installed either as a product suite or as separate applications with common application programming interfaces (APIs) and data repositories. Common capabilities include: The ability to store data a single time and use it for multiple purposes. The ability to manage and store metadata for digitized content. Automatic versioning that allows documents and other data to display the most recent version by default, with access to previous versions. CSP vendors Many of the vendors with products in the CSP category have simply expanded their ECM products and spun them into service-oriented architecture platforms with integrated content-related services and microservices, content repositories and tools. Content services platform vendors include Open Text, Microsoft, IBM, M-Files, Oracle, Alfresco, Laserfiche, Newgen Software, Micro Focus (HPE), iManage, Fabasoft and Objective. Quote of the Day "The need for people to collaborate around content is a universal use case and has changed very little over the decades." - Laurence Hart Trending Terms intelligent content software as a service enterprise content management content as a service content delivery CMIS PICS Learning Center The next step in ECM: The content services platform Expert Laurence Hart explains why ECM vendors are taking a new approach to the evolution of the content services platform. Nuxeo among new wave of content services platform vendors Nuxeo is among a group of content services platform vendors that were previously referred to as part of the enterprise content management sector. A Canadian tribal council is using the Nuxeo platform to preserve several dozen native languages. Box AI, workflow automation strategies about to unfold The Box AI, workflow automation and cloud strategies are instrumental to the content services platform vendor's future, Box CEO Aaron Levie said. Box is investing in those directions, according to Forrester analyst Cheryl McKinnon. Content, data services enable digital workplace transformation Digital experience design for employees can rival what we're used to at home with web and e-commerce sites. Content services middleware can enable a digital workplace transformation. Payless ShoeSource switches digital asset management tools The shoe giant uses a digital asset management tool to take care of image maintenance so it can focus on products and omnichannel customer experience instead.   Quiz Yourself Neither of the content analytics applications _____ backwards compatible. a. is b. are Answer Stay in Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed! FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.