Comments on: Content Management Systems – Why companies change them out so often http://blogs.perficient.com/ecm/blog/2010/01/29/content-management-systems-why-companies-change-them-out-so-often/ A Perficient Blog Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eric Malamisura http://blogs.perficient.com/ecm/blog/2010/01/29/content-management-systems-why-companies-change-them-out-so-often/#comment-20 Eric Malamisura Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:59:40 +0000 http://blogs.perficient.com/ecm/?p=258#comment-20 Omar, Great post but I think you missed one HUGE reason that more often than not I have seen be the key reason. The IT department or someone in the company with some pull convinced management that this new system is 'cutting edge' and 'if we aren't using this system, than we are going to fall behind'. It is statements like those that push these huge changes, while in reality the company loses a lot of money by doing this, or more typically no one in the company uses the CM systems anymore. Huge issue, IMHO, if you have a CM system that works, aside of upgrades of newer versions of your current system you should NEVER change that system. Unless of course they have money to burn, in that case they should just give it to me! :) Omar,

Great post but I think you missed one HUGE reason that more often than not I have seen be the key reason. The IT department or someone in the company with some pull convinced management that this new system is ‘cutting edge’ and ‘if we aren’t using this system, than we are going to fall behind’. It is statements like those that push these huge changes, while in reality the company loses a lot of money by doing this, or more typically no one in the company uses the CM systems anymore.

Huge issue, IMHO, if you have a CM system that works, aside of upgrades of newer versions of your current system you should NEVER change that system. Unless of course they have money to burn, in that case they should just give it to me! :)

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