Imagine a world where most content management functionalities are accessed through large-scale ASPs (application service providers) instead of performed by in-house software solutions. For example, rather than investing in an ECM system, your organization could scan a document, send the image to one ASP for indexing, one for data extraction, another for processing the extracted data, and finally one ASP that hosts your document image repository. This model would allow your business to manage content with minimal investment in hardware and software technologies. It is also a speculative future that industry analyst Bud Porter-Roth believes is possible with the widespread adoption of SOA and presents in his article SOA + ECM = The Future.