I disagree with several points. One, many other options provide integration with LDAP, OAUTH, etc systems. So for many, this is a non-issue. Two, while it might be accessible from anywhere in the world, you fail to note that some functionality is only available to people…

The only thing I'd add to Jawad's answer is that, since he mentioned Wordpress and Dotnetnuke, Drupal should also be mentioned, given that it's the most popular enterprise-level open source CMS But the most important part of his response is that you need shouldn't select a…

Please define "integrated management software."

I'd recommend an agile model for development and implementation. Schedule releases for every 2 weeks or every month so that users get early experience with the application and can give early feedback. A big-bang approach could result in significant time and dollars taking…

Good article. There's another aspect which needs discussion: hosted vs on premise. Organizations that want to host their platform on premise will be interested in understanding the differences in administration time and effort as wells as differences in difficulty of…