Forrester Report: EIM Becomes a Reality

Enterprise information management (EIM) is the discipline of jointly managing both data and content to deliver an increased value of information to the organization. While Forrester recognizes that adoption and implementation of a full EIM strategy may be years off, we encourage enterprise architects to consider an integrated approach when adding or replacing data and content technologies.

This report, based on interviews with leading data and content management vendors, covers the range of capabilities available to start managing enterprise information holistically, regardless of where it’s stored and what format it’s in.

Included in this report:

• Ways to take steps toward an EIM strategy
• Sample vendor approaches to EIM
• A look at Forrester's EIM barbell model