What is CMS?

A content management system (CMS) is critical to the success of almost every website and intranet, and yet many organizations are not familiar with this technology.

A content management system (CMS) is a computer application used to create, edit, manage, search and publish various kinds of digital media and electronic text.

In Technical View, A Content Management System (CMS) is a piece of software that runs on a server. Typically a database application, a CMS makes it easy to publish and administrate content.

Some basic features those are common to all CMS:
a) Separation of content, structure and design
b) Easy content production, no programming skills required

Common advantages of a CMS:
Decentralized maintenance - Typically based on a common web browser. Edit anywhere, anytime. Bottlenecks removed.

Designed with non-technical content editors - People with average knowledge of word processing can create the content easily. No HTML skills required.

Configurable access restrictions - Users are assigned roles and permissions that prevent them from touching content in which they are not authorized to change.

Daily updates - You do not need to involve web designers or programmers for every little modification - you are in control of your website.