# kontextual-engine — Source Map

Research date: 2026-05-05

This file collects the main sources consulted for the market exploration and scope refinement. Vendor descriptions in the research files are based primarily on vendor-owned pages, with market framing supplemented by analyst and industry sources.

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## Market and economic framing

| Source | What it informed |
|---|---|
| Forrester, “Highlights From The Forrester Wave™: Content Platforms, Q1 2025” — <https://www.forrester.com/blogs/highlights-from-the-forrester-wave-content-platforms-q1-2025/> | Content-platform market structure and AI/content-platform convergence. |
| Forrester, “Generative AI Is Ushering In A New Era Of Intelligent Content Management” — <https://www.forrester.com/blogs/generative-ai-is-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-intelligent-content-management/> | AI as a driver of renewed ECM/content-management value. |
| McKinsey, “The economic potential of generative AI” — <https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/the-economic-potential-of-generative-ai-the-next-productivity-frontier> | Broad economic-value framing for knowledge-worker AI use cases. |
| AIIM, “2025 State of the Intelligent Information Management Industry” — <https://info.aiim.org/state-of-the-intelligent-information-management-industry-2025> | Strategic importance of unstructured data, information management, and governance for AI initiatives. |

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## Enterprise content, document, governance, and file platforms

| Vendor/system | Sources |
|---|---|
| Microsoft SharePoint / SharePoint Premium | <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration>, <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/ai-in-sharepoint-an-overview-c0b1efc3-81d0-4981-8be9-7ba3a75fae15> |
| OpenText Content Cloud | <https://www.opentext.com/products/content-cloud>, <https://www.opentext.com/products/ai-content-management>, <https://www.opentext.com/products/core-content-management> |
| Hyland | <https://www.hyland.com/en> |
| Alfresco | <https://www.hyland.com/en/solutions/products/alfresco-platform>, <https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/community/> |
| Nuxeo | <https://www.hyland.com/en/solutions/products/nuxeo-platform>, <https://doc.nuxeo.com/> |
| Box | <https://www.box.com/home>, <https://www.box.com/overview>, <https://www.box.com/ai> |
| M-Files | <https://www.m-files.com/>, <https://www.m-files.com/m-files-platform/>, <https://www.m-files.com/press-releases/m-files-delivers-context-first-document-management-innovations/> |
| Laserfiche | <https://www.laserfiche.com/>, <https://www.laserfiche.com/products/ai/>, <https://www.laserfiche.com/products/document-and-records-management/> |
| DocuWare | <https://start.docuware.com/>, <https://start.docuware.com/intelligent-document-processing> |
| Doxis | <https://marketplace.microsoft.com/de-de/product/saas/sergroupholdinginternationalgmbh1636119641023.doxis?tab=overview> |
| iManage | <https://imanage.com/>, <https://imanage.com/imanage-products/the-imanage-platform/>, <https://imanage.com/imanage-products/the-imanage-platform/ai/> |
| NetDocuments | <https://www.netdocuments.com/>, <https://www.netdocuments.com/solutions/legal-ai/> |

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## Enterprise search, AI context, RAG, and agentic platforms

| Vendor/system | Sources |
|---|---|
| Glean | <https://www.glean.com/>, <https://www.glean.com/product/overview>, <https://www.glean.com/connectors> |
| Google Gemini Enterprise | <https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs>, <https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise>, <https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise/agents> |
| Sinequa | <https://www.sinequa.com/>, <https://www.sinequa.com/product/>, <https://www.sinequa.com/product/our-connectors/> |
| Coveo | <https://www.coveo.com/en>, <https://www.coveo.com/en/platform>, <https://www.coveo.com/en/platform/generative-ai> |
| Elastic | <https://www.elastic.co/enterprise-search>, <https://www.elastic.co/enterprise-search/vector-search> |
| Dropbox Dash | <https://dash.dropbox.com/>, <https://dash.dropbox.com/features/universal-search>, <https://dash.dropbox.com/security> |

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## Headless CMS, composable content, content supply chain

| Vendor/system | Sources |
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| Contentful | <https://www.contentful.com/>, <https://www.contentful.com/solutions/composable-content-platform/>, <https://www.contentful.com/composable-content/> |
| Contentstack | <https://www.contentstack.com/>, <https://www.contentstack.com/platforms/headless-cms>, <https://www.contentstack.com/platform> |
| Sanity | <https://www.sanity.io/>, <https://www.sanity.io/content-lake>, <https://www.sanity.io/docs/getting-started/the-sanity-content-operating-system-an-introduction> |
| Adobe Experience Manager / GenStudio | <https://business.adobe.com/products/experience-manager/adobe-experience-manager.html>, <https://business.adobe.com/products/experience-manager/sites.html>, <https://business.adobe.com/products/experience-manager/assets.html>, <https://business.adobe.com/solutions/content-supply-chain.html> |
| Strapi | <https://strapi.io/>, <https://strapi.io/headless-cms> |
| Directus | <https://directus.io/>, <https://directus.io/toolkit/connect>, <https://directus.io/features/existing-database> |

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## Team knowledge and collaboration systems

| Vendor/system | Sources |
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| Atlassian Confluence | <https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence> |
| Notion | <https://www.notion.com/>, <https://www.notion.com/product/agents>, <https://www.notion.com/product/wikis> |
| Guru | <https://www.getguru.com/>, <https://www.getguru.com/solutions/ai-enterprise-search>, <https://help.getguru.com/docs/what-is-verifcation> |
| ServiceNow Knowledge Management | <https://www.servicenow.com/platform/knowledge-management.html>, <https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/knowledge-management.html> |

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