<p>A decade ago, the industry was vigorously pursuing the Holy Grail of enterprise content management (ECM). The basic premise: one content repository to serve as the home for all content within an organization. We now know this approach doesn't work for web content management (WCM) systems because they have very specialized requirements and need to evolve quickly to keep up with technology.</p><p>These characteristics don't apply to most digital asset management (DAM) needs, yet people are still struggling with their DAM requirements.</p><p>Platform vendors poured resources into building WCM into their platforms with only cursory attention to DAM features. Even so, there are a large number of platform vendors with a set of DAM features that are good enough for most organizations.</p><p>When trying to decide whether to go with a pure play DAM system versus a content management system (CMS) platform, ask yourself if rich media like video, audio and image files is your business or just part of doing business.Drawing the DAM Line</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/digital-asset-management/are-content-management-systems-good-enough-for-digital-asset-management-022876.php">Keep reading...</a></p>