What are the products and services targeting the document management market
The document management market is on the upswing with many vendors planning to enter into this arena. The growing volume of the different types of documents in the enterprise has given rise to the demand for the document management products and services. It is certain that even the big players in the IT sector would enter the document management market with their own version of the document management software and hardware.
There are many products already existing in the document management market. But still there is demand for the document management services with the growing volume of the documents in the enterprise. Many commercial and even open source products are available for document management. With many such products in the market, the users of the products are likely to get confused on which one to use for their business. This gives rise to the opportunity for the services providers to give their valuable services to the businesses.
At present many web based document management services are available and it is sure that the trend is towards going the internet way where the users can access the services anytime from anywhere in the world. Moreover in this model cost involved is not upfront, but it is increased incrementally based on the usage pattern of the business. In this business model you can pay only for the number of active users using the application.
Accelerated growth
is experienced in the data capture and processing arena. Many leading
vendors like Xerox and Canon have already entered this document management
market and there is likely many small vendors would enter this field in
the near future. Moreover, acquisition of the vendor services is also
taking place in the document management market and this trend is likely
to continue until the position is consolidated by a few top companies.