Riding the Electronic Content Wave in Education (Strategic Focus): Industry Research

Riding the Electronic Content Wave in Education (Strategic Focus)

Published Date: June 2008

Published By: Datamonitor

Page Count: 161

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Overview: Catalyst; Summary; Key Messages; Document management is a ""must-have"" functionality for higher education; Institution-wide implementations of ECM will become increasingly common; A few vendors have been particularly successful in cornering the education market; The constellation of competitors is likely to change for document management solutions; Table of Contents; Table of figures; Table of tables; Market Opportunity; A content explosion is sapping the productivity of higher education institutions; ECM represents a broad range of features, functionality and even solution areas; The value proposition for ECM is clear for higher education; A myriad of factors are driving the adoption of ECM in higher education; Changing business dynamics are driving the need for increased organizational efficiency; Meeting more strident calls for public accountability demand better visibility into internal processes; Many institutions have hit the ""upper limit"" on space for document storage; Recent natural and man-made disasters have highlighted the need for digitizing important documents; There are few limitations to the uptake of ECM by education institutions; Lingering vagaries about ECM implementation will slow its uptake by some institutions; Many institutions are already knee-deep in the implementation of other more mission-critical applications; Adding yet another solution to the IT infrastructure may represent an unsustainable institutional burden; Higher education represents an attractive opportunity for ECM vendors; ECM Spending by Higher Education Institutions in Australia; ECM Spending by Higher Education Institutions in France; ECM Spending by Higher Education Institutions in Germany; ECM Spending by Higher Education Institutions in the UK; ECM Spending by Higher Education Institutions in the US; Customer Impact; The end-user desktop is rapidly becoming crowded with mission-critical applications; Practical realities are driving the uptake of specific ECM functionality; The tide is going out for department-level adoptions and coming in for institution-wide ones; Competitive Landscape; The ECM market in higher education is far from monolithic; A few vendors have a strong focus on serving higher education institutions; Optical Image Technology - DocFinity; Feith Systems - Feith Document Database; Hyland Software - OnBase; Perceptive Software - ImageNow; The long-term forecast for document management may be mixed; Go to Market; Greenfield opportunities exist, but they are disappearing rapidly; Let customers speak to the quality of your solution or service; Modular solutions offer institutions flexibility and confidence; Prepare for the encroaching enterprise applications market
APPENDIX: Abbreviations; Definitions; Methodology; Further reading; Ask the analyst; Datamonitor consulting; Disclaimer
List of Figures and Tables: Figure 1: Documents and content are everywhere in higher education; Figure 2: Higher education's IT goals trend towards standardization & simplification; Table 1: ECM Solution Definitions; Figure 3: Australia Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Table 2: Australia Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Figure 4: France Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Table 3: France Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Figure 5: Germany Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Table 4: Germany Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Figure 6: UK Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Table 5: UK Higher Education Spending on ECM: 2006 - 2012; Figure 7: US Higher Education Spending on ECM by Solution Area: 2006 - 2012; Table 6: US Higher Education Spending on ECM by Solution Area: 2006 - 2012; Figure 8: ECM investments by functionality; Figure 9: There are many vendors serving the ECM market