Since the release of SharePoint, content management using SharePoint is one of its key tenets. Many companies implement SharePoint based on its strong document management capabilities.
As the needs of an organization grow, so does the content it has to handle and the need to manage it appropriately. File saving and sharing is easier when a company is smaller and everyone participates in the storage of documents. Exposing information to the outside world is manageable because only one or two people may be responsible for the management of information. There is little duplication of efforts or information.
As companies grow, the complexity in processes grow. This results in the increased need for storage and, as a result, things may become unmanageable. Companies go from having one or two file shares to having several. Multiple people now need to review and approve documents before they are shared. As a result, those documents and versions are propagated across the organization...
