Simply Content Management

What is the difference between Data management, Information management and Content management?

Data Management is all about data, which is stored in database. Data is nothing but values stored in structured database as structured data formats. Data does not have any meaning by itself, however if interpreted by human or machine will make it understandable.

Content Management is about managing the content – which includes real stuff arranged in unstructured formats like document, spreadsheet, presentation, flash, images and in other file formats. Content management includes management of content mentioned above and also the metadata.

Information Management, in my perspective is above the data management and content management. Or in other words, a combination of what we do in Content management and data management. May be what Google is doing is Information Management or Information Management in Internet!