Today's technologies give workers more accessible information unbelievable. Such a large amount of information means some direct result: such as the management of the company and the information communication between the employee may be difficult.

When this occurs in content management system and information communication system, many IT organizations selection tool. Extensive use of portal system and network is content management system. For enterprises, and to determine which tools are the most suitable for the need of the enterprise, the likelihood is a challenge.

"You can use an able to run the file management system or network content management system", located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Forrester's true vice President Connie. Moore said, "these products, many are the common gateway interface - like us, but I think a lot of company just put them together.

Different in where?

Portal is an indispensable display screen, which shows the contents stated to computer users. The employee can enter a separate frame, obtain certain personalized information, application and back office system, the structure with a throughout the organization's unified appearance. Portal system will not take back content, and the organization.

On the other hand, content management system can organizations of different content and make them standardized document, contract, for instance, the demo version and sales data, and then submitted to the content on the doors. However, content management system does not support a complex network of the transaction.

"Is your doors, you can get you need from here, it's all the information you need links to information resources that may come from content management system," Moore said.

This two systems is to realize the aim of information communication and streamlined personalized information they need (made) and the information they need for employees to finish the job application. For the company, in the portal system and content management system is restricted to choose between, should pay more attention to what part of the cause.

Decided to target

And other technical projects, the choice of the two systems, the first step is to have a goal and the concept of views. "The first hire a information architect," Tony. Bonn - an independent network content management agencies CMS Watch founder said, "let him see how to generate the feasible content and its service to those who need it users."

Originally, if a company to obtain from the existing content more usage, a content management system can easily, Bonn thinks, this type of system is able to demonstrate draft and sales as well as operation scheme.

If the company hopes to ease network, a portal transaction can do.

"I should do, what I had decided to what kind of problem," said the Bonn.

Kyle McNabb Forrester's true Co., LTD, senior analyst he recently consulting an insurance company, the company is debating what use portal system or content management system. McNabb said, who shall give priority to access in determining the already existing with different format file, company chooses a content management system.

"They don't need to use lots of backend application for integration," he said. "they just have to integration, and make it easier to success."

Cost,

Cost and the return on investment has been one of the CIO, more concern is not the main technology investment project cost and return on investment.

Start a content management system cost about $75,000 to $150,000 in between. McNabb said: the historical information records and the workload list will be with the length of time and history, and it will increase in proportion to the cost of production. On the other hand, the gateway management system is often as a large part of the package to discount sale, for instance, with content management system suite.

Portal system and content management system function has been slowly. In some places, they have been bundled in large enterprise content management system, such as IBM sale in suite, Microsoft, SAP or related products. BEA A small, looks just play the role of small companies also more and more mergers and acquisitions Epicentrix Vignette: the EMC Documentum by buying their products to expand Plumtree and scope.

"In the future, will be to point, no need to consider the portal system or separate the content management system," said, "they say McNabb, 'I need a whole enterprise internal Internet."