It wasn't so long ago that websites were islands, barely capable of communicating with the mainland. They were isolated brochureware, a place where the sun rose and set on static information that was hard-coded like a pina colada on a tropical postcard. In the early days (we're talking the ancient realm of the 1990s), CORBA offered the first common object requests between systems. It was later... Read More →
As the U.S. heads into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, we've got some fireworks on display across the digital experience stack. Let's light things up with some of the biggest news we've been following this month. Constant Contact to acquire SharpSpring Constant Contact, the e-commerce focused marketing platform, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire... Read More →
In our exclusive Q&A with Sanity founder and CEO Magnus Hillstead, we discuss the current state of the CMS market, the advantages of headless, and what's ahead for the structured content platform. After a year of hyper-accelerated digital transformation, the content world might feel a little, well… unruly. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, companies feverishly raced to adapt in... Read More →
It's almost officially summer in the Northern Hemisphere. And while some outdoorsy types are packing their Airstreams to do a bit of camping, WordPressians made the virtual hike to WordCamp Europe 2021 last week. As one of the largest community events in the WordPress ecosystem, WordCamp Europe attracted nearly 10,000 registrees from over 140 countries to their first online forum in 2020... Read More →
Ready to drop your jaw? WP Engine, a leading WordPress digital experience platform for websites and apps, just released a comprehensive study of the “WordPress Economy.” Simply put: the numbers are staggering. The research – which was carried out in the US, UK, and Australia – suggests that 41% of the internet is currently built on WordPress, representing over 82 million... Read More →
