A content management system (CMS) is a term used to describe a system
             that manages Web site content. The CMS is well known for its ability to
             provide templates that allow a content author to manage the creation,
             modification and removal of Web site content without the need to know
             Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Thus, the organization is less dependent
             on specialized Web developer skills for Web site development and
             maintenance. However, the are numerous lesser known benefits such as data
             integration, design consistency, personalization, content syndication,
             automation of review, approval and publishing, and indexing, search, and
             retrieval that make CMS's an attractive value proposition for most
             Because a CMS separates the management of content from design, a Web
             page can more easily include content from multiple sources such as
             databases and files. The format management feature allows electronic and
             scanned paper documents to be formatted into HTML or Portable Document
             Format for use on the Web site. And, Web developers can more readily
             leverage templates and design elements to ensure consistency throughout the
             Web site. This also means that maintenance is less complicated because
             developers only need to modify templates instead of individual Web pages.
             Most CMS's allow different levels of access permissions to be set for
             separate areas of a Web site, facilitating work by areas of responsibility.
             Web sites are growing more complex in their needs for personalization
             and content syndication. More and more, companies wanted to customize Web
             sites to appeal to different audiences, particularly in sites for
             electronic commerce. In conjunction with a customer relationship
             management system that understands the site visitor's preferences and
             behavior, CMS's help to manage the personalized content that they can
             access. Web sites are no longer operated in a vacu...