KMWorld Readers' Choice Award Winners 2025

KM is about people and their ability to capture, organize, share, and make actionable knowledge. KM relies on technologies that can enable this core mission. Congratulations to the KMWorld Readers' Choice Award winners, and many thanks to all of you who submitted nominations and took the time to vote.

KMWorld Leader Group for 2025

While our Readers' Choice Awards honor the top companies in each of the categories, we've expanded this year's coverage to include a supplementary list we're calling the Leader Group that showcases the broader landscape of exceptional KM solutions available to organizations today. So much excellent work is being done, and done quickly, given the rapid changes in technology. We urge you to review the winners and our new Leader Group of companies to check out how they could help you in your KM journey.

Readers' Choice Awards 2025 - Copyright Clearance Center: Building an Effective Copyright Compliance Program

CCC's Annual Copyright Licenses provide an important foundation on which organizations of all sizes can build an effective copyright compliance program.

Future-Ready Knowledge Management: Skills, Roles, and Career Paths in Transition

The future of KM as a discipline and profession lies not just in systems and strategies, but in the people who bring them to life. While no one can predict the future, skills such as facilitation, emotional intelligence, and change management will always be valuable for organizations.

Why Diverse Data Leads to Smarter Business Decisions

To truly unlock the business growth capabilities of data and AI, strategy must be grounded in diversity and aligned with an organization's values. When inclusive data is supported by ethical, diverse teams and a culture of accountability, the result is not just smarter business, but also meaningful impact for society as a whole.

Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Manufacturing: Securing Institutional Expertise for the Future

The manufacturing sector is at a crossroads. While investments in new technologies and infrastructure are essential, they must also be utilized to preserve and share institutional knowledge. By adopting a comprehensive KM strategy that includes centralized data management, digital innovation, and a culture of knowledge sharing, manufacturers can safeguard their expertise and secure long-term success.

Navigating the IT Landscape: Balancing Hybrid Cloud and Cloud Repatriation to Stay in Control of Your Infrastructure

To secure their data, certain industries have strict regulations regarding data storage, requiring data to be kept in specific geographic locations or under stringent security measures. This is yet another reason for organizations nowadays to switch back to on-prem resources.

Experts predict AI will continue impacting KM in 2025

AI continues to disrupt the knowledge management space and experts in the field predict that it's a trend that still hasn't reached its full potential, yet. In 2025 there's more room for improvement.

The Productivity Paradox: Why Your AI Investment Won’t Pay Off Without KM

There should be one clear group of winners emerging from the coming disillusionment: knowledge and information managers. The AI reckoning will force a long-overdue epiphany upon executive leadership: The value of technology is not inherent; it is contingent on the quality of the information fuel you feed it.

Will AI Ever Play in Peoria? The Enterprise Reality Check

The tech industry has a long history of overpromising and underdelivering, but AI has taken this to new heights. We're bombarded daily with headlines about AI writing novels, diagnosing diseases, and even replacing entire job functions. Yet, when you peel back the layers, you find a landscape littered with half-baked implementations, inflated claims, and solutions that work only in the most controlled environments.

A System of Systems … With a Twist

Many long-standing technologies such as swarm intelligence, biomimicry, neural networks, and the like are now being stitched together. Think of what could happen if each of those technologies interacted not only with each other but also with the environment at large, its living and artificial elements, as an integrated whole.

252 Million Walas

There are 195 countries in the world. How many more entrepreneurial innovation hotspots are out there, waiting to be tapped and awakened? In our high-tech, virtual world, all of the steps Pakistan has taken can be replicated virtually anywhere, regardless of your country's size, GDP, or location. Imagine the possibilities ...

The Trend-Setting Products in Knowledge Management 2025

AI-Powered PLM in Manufacturing: Making PLM Content AI-Ready

How ENOVIA + Adlib turn CAD, BOMs, and SOPs into reliable knowledge for search, RAG, and compliance

Pharma Launches Don’t Fail Because of Strategy. They Fail Because of Documents.

Discover how Veeva + Adlib eliminate content bottlenecks, accelerate approvals, and make your launches AI-ready.

Managing Information Through Transition: The Merger and Acquisition Integration Playbook