2024-04-24 13:06
“All vendor websites look the same today.” That was an observation volleyed by Andrew Kumar of Uniform at a recent Boye & Co CMS Experts session in Toronto. Is he right? &hell…Read More
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2024-04-23 21:09
When I spoke to Nishant Patel last week, he was floating on cloud nine. You might assume it’s because the company he co-founded, Contentstack, just announced the addition of Google Clo… Read More
2024-04-19 20:30
When it comes to AI, every technology vendor is being compelled to go with the flow. Seriously, though, is it even a choice? Can you afford to sidestep the infusion of artificial intelligenc… Read More
2024-04-17 14:42
Lasse Fredslund is Product Owner at Umbraco and a CMS Critic Contributor. “The Cloud is on the ground,” says digital sustainability expert and author, Gerry McGovern… Read More
2024-04-16 22:40
I got the Salesforce Blues…Even Slack can't pick me up…I got the Salesforce Blues…Is Informatica outta luck? Oh, Salesforce. Even legendary blues disciple Robert Johnson… Read More
2024-04-15 21:05
I’ll say it: the word “headless” isn’t exactly a great catch. Or catchy, for that matter. I’m not alone in this opinion (or malady, take your pick). It su… Read More
2024-04-10 16:32
John Panella knows a thing or two about customer experience. As Group Vice President at Publicis Sapient, a top digital business transformation and consulting firm, he leads technology… Read More
2024-04-08 12:41
AWS and Salesforce are pals. The soiree started back in 2023 when the two announced an expanded partnership designed to streamline the building of AI apps and bring more Salesforce pro… Read More
2024-04-04 19:26
Being open source is as much a technology posture as it is a philosophical mindset. For CMSs that are truly cut from the cloth, being open and transparent about practices, communities, and o… Read More
2024-03-29 16:21
Gurdeep Dhillon has some thoughts on “professional references.” Just after announcing his new gig as Chief Marketing Officer at Contentstack – a composable digital experien… Read More
2024-03-25 21:37
At its core, CI HUB is enabling users to work smarter – and more efficiently – without hopping between windows. The Potsdam-based company gained early success by focusing o… Read More
2024-03-22 15:44
For the past seven years, Kentico – a composable hybrid headless platform – has been at the forefront of recognizing and honoring exceptional achievements in digital innovation a… Read More
2024-03-21 16:50
Digital accessibility continues to be an elusive problem. It really shouldn't be, but it is. In the physical realm, governments around the globe have made solid gains in regulating environme… Read More
2024-03-20 15:24
Sailing might not seem fast. A yawl or a sloop can’t hold a candle to a speedboat with twin outboard engines or a raging hydrofoil. But if you’ve ever seen the America’s Cu… Read More
2024-03-15 20:39
When you deconstruct the word “research,” it literally connotes that one is searching – again. For the past three years, that’s precisely what the MACH All… Read More
2024-03-13 20:32
John West is the Principal Solution Architect at Conscia and a CMS Critic contributor. FOR CONTEXT, I’ve been on the Internet since 1990 and writing code for the web since 1995… Read More
2024-03-07 15:51
Big changes are afoot at the very top of Sitecore. The global leader in end-to-end digital experience management software recently announced that Dave O'Flanagan has been appointed as… Read More
2024-03-07 12:27
Technical debt is a challenge that increases as digital business gets more complex. This debt accumulates when companies opt for quick-fix solutions or continue to rely on outdated systems… Read More
2024-03-04 16:36
As a father to a somewhat fully-grown human, I can now draw analogous similarities betwixt parenthood and entrepreneurship. In addition to watching my son come into the world and now m… Read More
2024-03-01 14:33
Shock and awe. Seems like a fitting phrase to describe the amount of passion and participation we saw in our 12th annual CMS Critic People’s Choice Awards. Yup. We’re a lit… Read More
2024-02-28 20:31
Preston So is an institution in the CMS world. A vanguard of the hallowed halls of content. It's not hyperbole. He's been at it for a long time and made incredible contributions to the indus… Read More
2024-02-28 16:14
Unbeknownst to most, the acclaimed songwriter Tom Waits – famous for his raspy, sandpaper pipes and beatnik stylings – is an adept etymologist. Not professionally, mind you… Read More
2024-02-27 17:07
Jon Stewart is president and co-founder of ZenSource, and CMS Critic contributor. Both Content Management Systems (CMS) and Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) play pivotal roles… Read More
2024-02-23 15:51
As content goes global, the need for reliable and accurate translation is exploding. While a multitude of tools exist to automate the translation function – everything from Google Tran… Read More
2024-02-21 19:05
DAM is having a moment right now. And it's not just the publication of Forrester's Q1 Wave Report for Digital Asset Management Systems, which hit the streets today. That's certainly ad… Read More
2024-02-21 15:14
Ryan Breen is CTO at Fastr, a digital experience composition platform built for e-commerce, and a CMS Critic Contributor. To differentiate, e-commerce businesses need to deliver the r… Read More
2024-02-20 21:12
Strapi has always been a tenacious force in the headless CMS field. The platform delivers a healthy dose of customizability to its users and can play on the REST and GraphQL sides of the API… Read More
2024-02-20 19:01
Nazy Fouladirad is President and COO of Tevora, a leading global cybersecurity consultancy, and a CMS Critic contributor. Most organizations today are increasingly dependent on more t… Read More
2024-02-19 19:59
Humans love to muse about the future. And why not? It’s veiled in mystery, replete with speculation, and full of plot twists. That makes it both exciting and terrifying. Li… Read More
2024-02-14 14:17
One of the key advantages of the MACH Alliance’s best-of-breed open ecosystem is the propensity for like-minded composable systems to join forces – and together, bring unified so… Read More
2024-02-13 02:44
As 2024 begins to take shape, digital optimization is becoming paramount for organizations as they focus on the ever-elusive goal of growth. With increasing competition across digital proper… Read More
2024-02-12 17:26
Tom Cranstoun is the principal consultant at Digital Domain Technologies Limited and a CMS Critic contributor. Reflecting on the Boye & Co CMS Kickoff 2024 down in St. Pete Beach… Read More
2024-02-09 00:04
There's no question that speed can be the deciding factor when it comes to e-commerce and digital retail. There's more to it than that, but the buck generally stops when the clock hops. Prec… Read More
2024-02-08 18:32
Snapshot Drupal, Joomla, TYPO3, and WordPress have formed the new Open Website AllianceThe organization coalesced after the group penned an open letter to the EU regarding the Cybersecurity… Read More
2024-02-05 21:42
Laura Stringer is founder and principal at Ninth Fourth, a product management consulting firm for B2B and SaaS companies, and a CMS Critic contributor. Localization is one of those th… Read More
2024-01-31 13:00
Andrew Kumar is the GVP, Customer Solutions & Tech Ecosystem at Uniform, and a CMS Critic Contributor. Effective content management is crucial for businesses to stay competitive a… Read More
2024-01-25 23:00
While attending the 2024 Boye & Company CMS Kickoff last week, I had a chance to connect with content management leaders and founders from an array of vendors. Some were leading th… Read More
2024-01-24 16:27
For many large-scale organizations, an annual report is a moment of clarity. It encapsulates the past year’s performance with a keen focus on financials, and often provides a throat-cl… Read More
2024-01-16 01:34
In most organizations, there is pressure to do more with less. As budgets tighten, scope expands and timelines become more aggressive, content teams are forced to get creative about how they… Read More
2024-01-14 21:21
The digital transformation of content management systems (CMS) is accelerating, with AI capabilities becoming a significant differentiator among providers. Some CMS vendors are enhancing the… Read More
2024-01-12 20:20
While attending the Acquia Engage Conference in Boston last November, we covered an array of news and announcements from one of the market’s leading DXPs. The most notable was around a… Read More
2024-01-08 20:30
Snapshot The 2023 CMS Critic Awards “People’s Choice” nominations are officially openTo nominate your favorite platforms, visit www.cmscritic.com/nominateNominations close… Read More
2023-12-31 10:42
IN THE LATE ‘90s, there was a popular television series in the U.S. called Early Edition. If you don’t remember it – or, perhaps, chose to forget it – it was halfway… Read More
2023-12-20 21:59
This is the second article in a two-part companion set by CMS Critic contributor and industry analyst Mark Demeny. As noted in my “meta-commentary" on the Forrester DXP Wave for 2023… Read More
2023-12-20 16:29
This is the first artice in a two-part companion set by CMS Critic contributor and industry analyst Mark Demeny. When a new analyst report comes out, it’s a bit like Oscar season among… Read More
2023-12-19 20:11
Nope. It’s not a figma of your imagination. On the same day that U.S. Steel agreed to a hefty takeover by Japan’s Nippon Steel, another deal in the software world was falli… Read More
2023-12-13 14:45
The MACH Alliance is breaking out the balloons and stringing the streamers. Reaching 100 is quite an accomplishment by almost any measure – and today, the organization celeb… Read More
2023-12-12 21:11
Deane Barker is the Global Director of Content Management for Optimizely Content is awesome, but, in the end, artifacts are what get delivered. We create content, then we turn it into an "ar… Read More
2023-12-12 14:53
“I feel the need… the need for speed…” It's not easy earning “Top Gun” status in the website performance game. But Zengenti, the pilots behind Contensis… Read More
2023-12-11 18:36
If it feels like you’re drowning in AI, you’re not alone. ChatGPT might only be a year old (and acting a bit like a toddler), but the wave of innovation it spurred is dominating… Read More
2023-12-08 20:56
As a new year beckons and we take stock of the one reaching its conclusion, it’s always a natural time to look back on the learnings and the experiences and enthusiastically towards th… Read More
2023-12-05 19:50
Crownpeak is unwrapping an early gift this holiday season: a dynamo CEO who's ready to tackle growth in 2024. The digital experience platform (DXP) just announced that Samuel Monti &nd&hell…Read More
2023-12-05 14:23
In a post published on the MACH Alliance website this morning, Jon Panella – Group Vice President at Publicis Sapient and a MACH Alliance Chairperson – voiced the advocacy group'… Read More
2023-12-04 21:54
Hygraph continues to climb higher and higher. Not “content” to simply be “content management," the company has positioned itself as a federated content platform, enab… Read More
2023-11-30 10:12
What a year 2023 has been in CMS. Both buyers and investors keep pouring money into the space, everyone is busy adding GenAI, and if you do a Google search for “headless CMS,” yo… Read More
2023-11-29 21:30
Las Vegas in late November always means cool desert air, seasonally appropriate lighting, and a whole lotta tech folk. Right now, the casinos are flush with attendees from AWS re:Inven… Read More
2023-11-22 16:47
Acquia, a leading digital experience platform (DXP) provider, recently announced new capabilities for its Acquia Site Studio, the low-code Drupal website builder. With Acquia's ne… Read More
2023-11-21 15:27
This week, Sitecore – a leading digital experience platform (DXP) – welcomed Kathie Johnson to its leadership team as Chief Marketing Officer. Johnson assumes the new… Read More
2023-11-17 17:15
Snapshot Acquia held its flagship Engage Boston conference on November 14-15.The event was part of its 2023/2024 Digital Freedom Tour, with more locations planned for next year.Signature key… Read More
2023-11-14 15:27
Snapshot: Acquia announced today that it will acquire Monsido from CivicPlus.The acquisition will bring enhanced accessibility and optimization capabilities to Acquia DXP.Acquia is also part… Read More
2023-11-10 14:55
This week, Proventus AS announced the release of Relatude 7, the latest version of its signature content management system (CMS) and e-commerce platform. According to the company's pre… Read More
2023-11-08 13:13
The MACH Alliance has never been known to “sit one out.” The industry organization has always been something of a firebrand, outspoken in its fierce advocacy of MACH (Micro… Read More
2023-11-07 23:07
The Milwaukee Kentico User Group – known under the handle of “MKE KUG” – has some big plans for 2024. While the community has been dormant, two local agencies … Read More
2023-11-07 20:40
Snapshot: Laura Goldberg is CMO at Constant Contact, a leading digital marketing platform.The company is innovating to make email and integrations easier for SMBs.Security and data privacy c… Read More
2023-11-03 16:46
Today's marketers have tight schedules and a ton of complexity to wrestle with. Creating campaigns across multiple formats, geographies, channels, and languages – and managing them sec… Read More
2023-11-02 17:33
There's no question that Netlify can “amplify” how brands build, deploy, and scale their apps. Since 2014, it's been one of the leading platforms for running modern Jamstack web… Read More
2023-11-01 14:53
The number “13” gets a bad rap in superstitious circles, but Umbraco might see it as a good luck charm. Today, the company announced the availability of its Umbraco 13 rele… Read More
2023-10-29 10:56
Snapshot: Kentico Connection 2023 took place October 25-26 in Nashville, TN.The conference was part of a global series with events held in Brno, CZ and Sydney, AU.The event featured a rich a… Read More
2023-10-27 15:26
As omnichannel continues to evolve digital strategies for brands, composable and headless solutions are finding growth opportunities across a multitude of industries. This includes the healt… Read More
2023-10-25 23:32
Headless CMS platforms are enabling users to have more freedom and choice when it comes to content delivery. This includes expanding their bench of connector resources and juicing their over… Read More
2023-10-18 22:38
Sitecore, a global leader in end-to-end digital experience software, recently unveiled some new offerings as part of its robust, cloud-based digital experience platform. The new soluti… Read More
2023-10-16 12:03
Over the past few years, we've steadily covered the rise of the MACH Alliance – an undeniable force of independent tech companies advocating for open, best-of-breed technology eco… Read More
2023-10-13 14:34
Optimizely, a digital experience platform provider, just announced a new operating system for marketing practitioners built on its industry-leading DXP: Optimizely One. Comprised of Op… Read More
2023-10-11 21:14
Global business transformation agency Valtech today announced it has developed the first connector to act as a bridge between Salesforce Commerce Cloud and leading experimentation and digita… Read More
2023-10-10 20:54
Snapshot: Zmags has rebranded as Fastr and launched its new FastrAI service.New AI features will power multivariate experimentation with greater speed and agility.Generative AI provides cont… Read More
2023-10-09 18:13
If you build it, they will come. That's always been true for AWS. As the world's leading provider of cloud infrastructure services, Amazon has maintained an unprecedented pace of innov… Read More
2023-10-05 15:13
The category of headless CMS is very much a developer-led technology. Visit the websites of any leading vendors, and it is clear who the primary buyer persona is. The content is targeted at… Read More
2023-10-05 13:58
Conscia, a Digital Experience Orchestration (DXO) platform, announced this week that it has achieved membership in the MACH Alliance – a prestigious industry organization focused on op… Read More
2023-10-05 12:34
Image Relay, a digital asset management (DAM) platform, recently announced the launch of its new Digital Proofing capabilities. The solution promises to streamline the collaboration, r… Read More
2023-10-04 22:06
Kentico, a leading provider of digital experience platforms (DXPs), just announced the appointment of Bill Cunningham as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Cunningham will play a critical… Read More
2023-10-04 17:32
Snapshot Contentful just launched new products and capabilities focused on digital teams.Features include enhancements to its Contentful Platform, Contentful Studio, and Contentful Ecosystem… Read More
2023-10-03 13:23
If there's a bright spot in the CMS world, we have an idea where it's coming from. Earlier today, Brightspot, a leading provider of content management solutions, announced a new versio… Read More
2023-10-01 18:11
Snapshot Uniform continues to lead innovation in the digital experience composition (DXC) space. The company’s new Enterprise Visual Workspace gives brands and digital teams grea… Read More
2023-09-26 22:25
Conscia.ai continues to orchestrate its growth in Europe by hiring top talent in the sales department. According to a recent post, the digital experience orchestration (DXO) platform has acq… Read More
2023-09-26 21:24
Acquia, a leading digital experience platform (DXP), just announced the launch of its new integration hub, Acquia Exchange – a solution aimed at enhancing the flexibility and extensibi… Read More
2023-09-25 20:41
Kentico is kicking things up on the headless hybrid field. The award-winning provider of digital experience and content management software just announced that Mainz 05, a renowned German fo… Read More
2023-09-25 15:53
It's a regular Wednesday eve, and you are rushing against the clock to update the material on your website. A product launch is approaching, and every second matters. While you're meth… Read More
2023-09-22 19:25
As headless CMS vendors look to compete in the brave new world of AI, leadership is becoming critical to driving innovation and growth – and providing strategic market direction. … Read More
2023-09-21 15:00
Snapshot Sitecore announced that it will continue to add artificial intelligence features across its productsThis follows the recent launch of the company's AI-based Content CloudThe DXP pre… Read More
2023-09-18 16:31
AI continues to dominate the news cycle across the digital experience ecosystem, and Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions are no exception. While many platforms are harnessing LLMs… Read More
2023-09-15 11:58
We’ve covered several stories about the unique Women in MACH program, most recently at the MACH Two Conference this past June in Amsterdam – where the MACH Alliance la… Read More
2023-09-12 14:55
DAMs and PIMs have become essential technologies in the digital ecosystem. As brands scale in multiple directions – driven in large part by growth in e-commerce and omnichannel s… Read More
2023-09-11 16:23
IF YOU'VE NEVER experienced slam poetry, you’re missing out.I’m by no means a rabid fan, but I’ve been to several “slamfests” over the years. My first for… Read More
2023-09-08 16:01
As composable commerce becomes a critical goal for organizations, headless CMS vendors are looking to expand their capabilities into the burgeoning space. Among them is Contentful, a le… Read More
2023-09-07 18:51
As generative AI continues to march its way across the digital experience stack, platforms are looking to public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP to help scale their innovation and g… Read More
2023-09-04 18:41
What can I say? I’m obsessed with Halloween.But it’s not just me.For the last 17 years, my wife and I have spent the months of September and October avoiding zombies, dodging dem… Read More
2023-08-29 18:32
What to know:
TinyMCE has introduced AI capabilities to its rich text editor
Powered by OpenAI, the new feature is available and easy to activate
The solution provides pre-written prompts to… Read More
2023-08-24 12:53
The financial services domain is experiencing a remarkable transformation, prompted by disruptive newcomers and the rise of Open Finance. These modern players, predominantly digital-only ban… Read More
2023-08-23 18:23
Adobe, Acquia, and Optimizely are Leaders in the latest Forrester Wave: Content Management Systems, Q3 2023 – a quarterly report published by one of the most prestigious and respe… Read More
2023-08-22 13:05
In a recent interview, I invoked the original Star Wars film as a thematic backdrop. It seemed an apropos analogy for exploring the galactic frontier of composable – and, hopefull… Read More
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