When it comes to content management systems, there's one platform that makes headless "like butter." Of course, we're talking about ButterCMS, an aptly-named brand that's been making solid gains over the years, particularly around the rise in popularity of JAMstack and MACH-related microservices. The platform powers static site generators like Gatsby, for example – and makes it incredibly... Read More →
More WordPress in the press – and the operative word is headless. We're covering a couple of big announcements today that are certain to have lasting impacts on the WordPress community. What's clear is that Automattic, the company that owns WordPress, seems to be listening intently to its users – and gearing up to challenge the headless CMS marketplace. Without further ado, (don't)... Read More →
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 →
As headless continues to heat up, some of the leading platform providers are looking to the channel to differentiate their offerings and amplify their growth. That's certainly been the case for Storyblok, which now touts over 600 solution partners worldwide. While the North American market has remained a greenfield for the enterprise CMS, Storyblok just announced a strategic partnership with... Read More →
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 →