ECM market will hit US$3.5 billion in 2012

Based on the study by Research and Market , CMS Wire reports that ECM Market was $1.6 B in 2006. The market will be doubled at US$ 3.5 B in 2012. The report attributes the growth to the business with small IT budget. Does this indicate the this is an opportunity for SaaS CM to ride the growth with Small and Medium Businesses?

ECM market will hit US$3.5 billion in 2012

Based on the study by Research and Market , CMS Wire reports that ECM Market was $1.6 B in 2006. The market will be doubled at US$ 3.5 B in 2012. The report attributes the growth to the business with small IT budget. Does this indicate the this is an opportunity for SaaS CM to ride the growth with Small and Medium Businesses?

Can Google become an Internet Content Management repository ?

Steve Bryant of eWeek comments about the new Google Docs and Spreadsheet shows how Google is following different approaches of classification to mails and documents.

Some of my thoughts what more Google can do:

Google currently allows uploading few types of file format.

As it says in the site:

Types of files that you can upload (up to 500KB):

Documents
* HTML files and plain text (.txt).
* Microsoft Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf), OpenDocument Text (.odt) and StarOffice (.sxw).

Spreadsheets
* Comma Separated Value (.csv)
* Microsoft Excel (.xls) files and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods).


I do not see any reason for Google not allowing other file format to be saved in the same folders where you can store Google Docs and Spreadsheets. These non -supported files can be opened in the native applications in the user's computer. But this will help user to share the documents using the same approach as for the Docs and Spreadsheets. Also, gradually Google can take step towards becoming your Internet repository with content management functionalities.