Tag: ECM

ECM Industry Perspectives - Consolidation? Convergence? or Evolution? Find out the Truth

The ECM market is undergoing further consolidation, convergence and evolution with the impact of Microsoft Sharepoint, Web 2.0, cloud computing, enterprise social networking, virtualisation and other innovations and discontinuities in the market.
 
As we approach the end of 2009, John Symon, SVP Asia Pacific at Document Boss, gleans some insightful perspectives from three industry veterans in both the USA and Europe: 

The M&A Activity in the ECM sector continues to sizzle!

Today, Nuance acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions that integrate paper documents into a host of software applications provided by multiple major ECM vendors, including EMC, IBM, OpenText and others.

The acquisition was valued at $54 million, all paid in Nuance Stock. This seems to be another example of how valuations have held up during these tough economic times.