Benefits of CMS

By Jacob Anderson

Content Management Systems (CMS) can be big or small, simple or complex. Defined, it pertains to a system for managing content. The term Content Management System (CMS) refers to a software package that facilitates automate tasks and information is a certain unit or organization. View content as any object that is sent, received,created, stored, or otherwise handled in some way. An effective CMS software should provide a framework upon which to construct the tools essential to connect humans with such information. According to the website www.cm3cms.com, a good CMS should include following elements:

1. Tools to help build any kind of content driven web interface

2. Forms management

3. User management

4. Personalisation services, i.e. the power to point content to individual users and groups

5. Authentication

6. Opening points for purpose-specific content management applications - e.g. forums, surveys, shops, websites, intranet tools, extranet tools, information input and tracking, etc.

7. Index and search (well, James Robertson defined this already)

8. Tools to facilitate integration with other data management systems

With CMS, your unit or organization does not have to depend on someone else to run or supervise your daily transactions. You can also update, edit and remove your contents whenever and wherever you need to. There is a standardized content delivery processes to form consistency of quality. When it comes to convenience, CMS lets you to supervise and respond promptly to users enquiries and demands and grants you global access for content changes. It also allows an easy modification of layout, easy delivery of content to different channels and it helps you quickly establish new web interfaces. The gains don't just end there. With CMS, you can save on the cost of additional manpower or IT outsourcing as you or someone else in your organization can do the updating of data. It also brings down the requirement for desktop-based content software.

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