State of Content Software Technology: Annual Outlook

This Briefing provides an Outsell perspective on Content Software Technology (CST) vendors and their products, which support creation, management, selling and distribution, and sharing and use of all forms of information content. It provides an overview of the current state of the CST marketplace and an outlook for next year, and identifies the vendors that will shape the space in coming months. Key trends include mergers and acquisitions among CST players to create broader product lines; a growing interest in context

- or process-driven content solutions; the effect of increased regulatory compliance demands; and a split between enterprise suites and smaller service-oriented architectures. A detailed table and analysis define the various CST players and products in the market. For content deployment professionals, this Briefing provides an invaluable overview of vendors and products, and how they work together (or sometimes against each other). For commercial content vendors, it is a roadmap to the various technologies that can provide pathways into the enterprise for their content.