In today’s competitive business environment, delivering dynamic experiences across multiple digital channels is becoming increasingly important. In the past, a traditional monolithic C… Read More

How does one describe Andrew Kumar? Let’s try this: an intrepid soul on the digital frontier. An avid explorer restlessly digging through the detritus to uncover what’s below. Or… Read More

Optimizely is gettin’ SaaSy with us. Along with its growing spade of enterprise-focused digital experience products – including its industry-leading content management system &nd… Read More

Skip the intro and directly access my downloadable Responsible AI Principle worksheet for your team now. An Introduction to Responsible AI for Digital Marketing Teams In today's digital… Read More

When I spoke to the incomparable Kristina Podnar last November, she was – in a word – ecstatic. And rightly so: the Data Provenance Standards, an initiative she helped guide into… Read More

CI HUB has been a persistent explorer of in-app connections. The company’s software enables users to access and manage content from various key sources, including DAM (Digital Asset Ma… Read More

In the first (and arguably best) Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the main character Jack Sparrow – played by the talented, if not controversial Johnny Depp – has a trusted c… Read More

The digital experience landscape wouldn’t exist without Adobe – and more precisely, its Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) platform.  AEM has long held the crown in the kin… Read More

Data is, without question, the most valuable currency to any business. That said, digital analytics have taken on a pronounced role in making data actionable and impactful to an enterprise … Read More

Turning 20 is a milestone for everyone.  It’s your second decade, a rite of passage into adulthood. You’re not exactly a “kid” anymore, but you’re still at… Read More

As a digital analyst – and, at heart, a guy who just likes to write stories about cool people and tech – I try to bring an outside perspective to everything. Sometimes, I’m… Read More

Maybe you've noticed, but there's been a bit of “sea change” in CMS leadership over the last year (among other industries). Here are just a few examples of the notable transforma… Read More

“Fresh” is a fun word. It just rolls off the tongue. Sure, it's most often associated with flowers, or maybe clean shirts drying on a clothesline in the warm breezes of a June af… Read More

J.P. Morgan is one of the most iconic and recognizable brands on the planet. As a leading financial services firm, it has long been at the forefront of fintech innovation, where trust is the… Read More

I was recently in Paris, where, along with the Eiffel Tower and a metric tonne of boulangeries, there are 76 McDonald’s restaurants. That might seem like a decent concentration for a s… Read More

Amplitude continues to prove its value as a go-to product analytics platform, especially around its Snowflake applications.  To that end, the company just announced the general availabi… Read More

Austin is serious about its barbecue. Just let that word sink in for a moment: Barbecue. If your mouth isn’t watering, let me further tantalize you with a fiery visage of hot ribs and… Read More

There are 80 million reasons why Dominik Angerer is excited. Let’s start with the first one: Storyblok is on a roll. It’s true. The headless CMS – now s… Read More

Naming a product, service, or business is the hardest part of any brand hustle.  If you've ever been tasked with this burden – or even been part of the process – you know wh… Read More

Content marketing is a bit like playing Centipede.  If you're not familiar, this was a legendary 1980s arcade game created by Atari and famous for its trackball input, a unique implemen… Read More

May 16th is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. It's a moment to reflect on how far we've come in our quest to build a more accessible world and discuss the continued work ahead.  On th… Read More

It's a glass-clinking, champagne-drinking moment by all accounts. Optimizely, a leading digital experience platform (DXP), just announced that it has surpassed $400 million in annual recurri… Read More

As we turn the corner towards summer in the Northern Hemisphere, things are heating up in the composable world. Fresh off the publication of chiefmartec's 2024 State of Martech Report &ndash… Read More

Confession: I'm an art lover. I can’t get enough of it. Modern. Antiquity. Banksy. The whole gamut.  How much do I love it? Well, along with other, shall we say, more practical sp… Read More

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is an annual event that focuses on access and inclusion. Each year, it draws attention to the vital role of digital accessibility, encouraging commu… Read More

Artificial intelligence keeps steamrolling almost every part of the tech conversation.  Even as litigation heats up around copyright issues – with authors like Margaret Atwood and… Read More

“I don’t like being bored.” That was one of the first things Christine King said to me during our recent chat.  Take a quick gander at her resume and you’ll see… Read More

“I don’t like being bored.” That was one of the first things Christine King said to me during our recent chat.  Take a quick gander at her resume and you’ll see… Read More

“If you build it, they will come…” Maybe the team at Builder.io was channeling that phrase as they forged their roadmap for innovation. It’s clearly working. And if… Read More

Janus Boye is the host, lead, and coach at Boye & Co and a CMS Critic editor and contributor.   “Straight talk” is a style of communication aimed at solving problems wit… Read More

“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? … Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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