Gartner Puts IBM ECM in Pole Position

May 28, 2007: Gartner has named IBM as a world-leading provider of enterprise content management (ECM) in terms of revenue for 2006.

According to a new report from the research firm, IBM led all vendors of enterprise content management for revenue and attained the number one position overall in the ECM market for 2006. The year also saw the market grow by 12 percent compared with 2005, driven by new interest in web content management, records management and content archiving according to Gartner.

IBM believes that its strength in the market comes from its combined FileNet and content management software portfolio, hardware and services. It claims that with more than 17,000 customers, its ECM portfolio supports a services oriented architecture in multiple infrastructure environments such as HP, SUN, Microsoft Windows and Oracle, as well as IBM’s own infrastructure including DB2, WebSphere and AIX.

“We are committed to supporting both the FileNet and IBM enterprise content management platforms and are focused on helping clients preserve their investments in existing content repositories, data and applications,” said Lee Roberts, general manager, Enterprise Content Management for IBM.

“IBM’s comprehensive enterprise content management portfolio is enabling clients to better compete and pursue new business opportunities by using information as a strategic asset.”

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