How did Electronic Document Management Systems come about?

The first EDM systems were designed in the 80s and stored files on local file systems. They dealt with limited file types that consisted of mostly unstructured information. Because the technology was new, it was limited to larger organizations and governments and had to be managed by experts until the 1990s. Eventually, many of these systems evolved into document imaging systems that concentrated on scanning, storing, imaging, and retrieving documents as image files. 

Today EDMSs have come a long way, even small organizations or individuals can use an EDMS at home to manage their documents. They have evolved even further with so many capabilities including reading many different file types, implementing workflows, auditing, improved management, and so much more.  At DOMA, we can’t want to see what the future holds for all the technologies relating to document management.