Polaris Software and Interwoven, a leading global provider of content management solutions, came together to organise a round table on ''enterprise content management'' in Mumbai today.

The round table, which focused on the manufacturing sector, featured S R Ramaswami, senior vice president and member of the corporate leadership team of Polaris, Sunil Chavan, country head, India, Interwoven, Sanjay Sood, head, internet banking, ICICI, Manoj Srivastava, head, IT, Bharti Infotel and C R Narayanan, ITC Director, Alstom India.

Speaking on Polaris'' partnership with Interwoven, Ramaswami said, "Owing to its rich experience and expertise in enterprise systems, Polaris understands that in order to provide an enhanced customer experience to its clients today, advanced content management solutions have to be integrated with its products. This understanding and thought leadership forms the basis for Polaris'' partnership with Interwoven. This round table is an effort to share the knowledge with the manufacturing sector."

Over 25 senior invitees attended the round table from the enterprise and manufacturing community. Following this event, Polaris and Interwoven plan to extend similar round tables on the relevance of content management to other industrial sectors.

The objective of holding the round table was to create a greater impact of the business value that content management can bring about in larger enterprises. The analyst group''s recent findings also indicate that the content applications / content management software market is expected to reach an estimated size of $52 million by 2007. Interwoven with its cutting edge solutions and Polaris as a strong implementation partner, propose to work together in close partnership to target this market.