A content management system is simply a program or system used to manage content on a website. These systems are primarily used for managing content that is maintained by multiple contributors - for example, the Wikipedia website. Content management systems are used for storing and maintaining content, while allowing multiple users to edit, proofread, add to, or change the content from their location. This creates a “live” document that is constantly being updated and changed to reflect the newest and most up to date information available.

A Content Management System (or CMS) can be used either over the Internet or over a corporate intranet. Content managed can consist of text files, images, audio, documents, or web content. The CMS makes these files available to multiple users at the same time, which is incredibly convenient when doing business. In the corporate world, news, policy manuals, sales brochures, and human resources documents can all be stored via CMS for easy access throughout multiple offices. This gives all users access to the most recent update of the documents and eliminates the need for storing multiple paper copies.

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