Another week, another unicorn makes its way across the windswept landscape of CMS... OK, enough melodrama. The dust has been settling for a few days since Contentful's $175 million Series F funding round, and it's time for a little reflection. No question: this is a big deal for the Berlin-based headless CMS platform, which is now sporting a valuation of around $3 billion. As they say in... Read More →
Yup. July officially marked the "dog days of summer" in the Northern Hemisphere. While many of us were melting under the malaise of record-breaking heat, the news has yet to cool off. Seemingly, neither does Covid-19 and its latest wave of hyper-contagious Delta variant. The entire month was mired by headlines about hotspots and breakthrough cases that are once again challenging our world.... Read More →
The last year has seen a number of jaw-dropping moves by CMS and DXP vendors, from strategic acquisitions to major expansions. Yesterday, Sitecore elevated the noise to a whole new level with the largest martech investment deal ever. The digital experience platform provider announced that it received backing on $1.2 billion in capital investment – just five months after Steve... Read More →
In another dramatic shift to the content management and digital experience landscape, Episerver has announced its plans to buy Optimizely. Episerver, the customer-centric digital experience platform, is recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms. With the acquisition of Optimizely, an innovator in experience optimization, Episerver appears to be ramping... Read More →
In a year that’s already seen major shifts in strategy from enterprise software vendors, Sitecore is shaking things up with the appointment of Steve Tzikakis as its new CEO. Effective immediately, Tzikakis will take the reins from Mark Frost, who over the last three years successfully led Sitecore through a radical transformation of its business, transitioning to a multi-product company with... Read More →
