The whole world often seems full of unfathomable jargon, and no one tops the information technology industry for its love of the Three Letter Acronym (TLA). Two TLA's that cause much confusion in our industry are CMS and ECM. Although there are similarities between the two, there are crucial differences that should be cleared up.

The first obvious difference we see here is that the CMS definition explicitly mentions software; it’s a software system (or systems) for a specific use (managing and publishing content – whatever that is!).  On the other hand, the ECM definition mentions both strategies and tools. So let us take a look at the roots and history of our two TLA’s.

Read Jed Cawthorne’s full article and comparison tables on CMS or ECM - What is the difference?