Oh, 2021. We had such big plans for you. If nothing else, you were destined not to be 2020. And yet, here we are: history (almost) repeating itself in the form of the Covid Omicron variant – which, at the publishing of this piece, is dwarfing the number of daily positive cases that its predecessors achieved. Thankfully, symptoms appear to be mild this time around, and hospitalizations... Read More →
Well, 2021 is almost at an end. The holidays are upon us, and merrymaking is in full swing (at least as far as Omicron will let us swing). Before we wrap things up and officially start the festivities, there's one last piece of business to attend to... NOMINATIONS! That's right: it's time to kick off our annual CMS Critic Awards – and it all starts with our 2021 People's... Read More →
Talk about welcome news. Earlier in December, Optimizely – a leading digital experience platform (DXP) – announced a definitive agreement to purchase Welcome, a content marketing (CMP), marketing resource management (MRM), and digital asset management (DAM) platform. Yes, that's a lot of three-lettered acronyms for one sentence... While the DXP juggernaut is no stranger to... Read More →
It's clear that Lars Petersen likes acceleration. That's apropos when it comes to delivering digital experiences, which his company Uniform is focused on doing. Now, it seems his quest for speed has accelerated the track to funding as well. In just 15 months, Uniform – a new breed of headless composable digital experience platform – announced that it has raised a $28 million Series... Read More →
Kentico has been helping to shape the CMS landscape for almost two decades. A timeline on their website suggests that the company was born prior to 2004, out of the senior thesis of Petr Palas – Kentico's founder and CEO. It even spins lore about this hallowed thesis living on a floppy disc somewhere, presumably in an underground vault, where it acts as the company's "lucky charm." A lot has... Read More →
