As one of the creators of the content management interoperability services (CMIS) draft specification, Microsoft recently confirmed that it plans to support the standard for SharePoint. Given the broad vendor support behind CMlS and that many enterprises struggle with integration across multiple content management/ records management solutions, this initiative holds significant mediumand long-term potential for buyers.
Some enterprises report however, that for records management requirements, they anticipate needing a higher degree of control than is expected to be available in the first release of CMIS. As CMIS solutions come on the market and mature, they should ultimately become a highly effective method enabling information sharing across content management repositories from different vendors.