Web Content Management, Digital Strategy, Web Design
Press releases about WCM acquisitions are not usually helpful — they make vague claims about cutting-edge solutions and operational synergies. They are written to please and protect the companies involved, not to help customers decide what they need to do when their WCM vendor is acquired. One way to be more savvy about M&A in WCM is to look back at what worked in the past and what didn’t, and why.
Web content grows at an astonishing rate. Thanks to modern technology, publishing a new webpage, creating a new website, launching a new online community is fast and easy. Or is it?
Predictable but unwanted side effect of decentralised content management practice is the decline in quality of the published digital content. Diluted brand, outdated content, broken links are only a few examples of issues which – if left unresolved – can affect customer experience and cause reputational damage.
OpenText announced an agreement to acquire HP TeamSite, a web content management (WCM) platform, previously known as Interwoven TeamSite and Autonomy TeamSite. As part of this acquisition, OpenText also acquires other customer experience tools: HP MediaBin (digital asset management solution), HP Qfiniti (contact center management tool), HP Explore (analytics), HP Aurasma (augmented reality tool), and HP Optimost (A/B testing). The transaction purchase price is quoted to be approximately $170 million…
Although mergers and acquisitions in the WCM space are a fact of life, CrownPeak’s merger was particularly unsurprising. The senior team is made up of leaders with a track record of managing rapid growth, and with two rounds of venture funding firmly in the past, securing more funding and growing through acquisition was an expected next step. For ActiveStandards, a digital governance vendor often considered alongside Siteimprove and Sitemorse, this merger represents an escape from drawn-out sales attempts generating lots of enthusiasm at the web practitioner level, but not making it to the C-suite.
Tiffany Elliot, Marianne Kay, Mary Laplante
Delivering an experience – rather than publishing content – is aspirational for higher education institutions. Web managers, content strategists, marketers, and leaders acknowledge that more advanced applications of digital content, technologies, and practices are becoming essential. They recognize the growing need, and they want to be able to respond. But cultural, organizational, and technology obstacles are significant.
What’s new in Web Content Management? In this WCM Round-up we take a look at the Gartner’s WCM Magic Quadrant, discuss challenges of managing content in Higher Ed, contemplate Drupal 8 upgrade path, take note of the new OpenText partner program, dotCMS webinars and upcoming industry conferences…
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TYPO3 Association and the Neos team made an announcement about separating the Neos project from TYPO3. Sitecore, a leading WCM vendor, cuts its global workforce. Django-based Wagtail CMS celebrates its v1.0 release. GOSS Interactive published a Digital Self-Service Survey Report 2015. OpenText partners with Manifesto…
Web Content Management Round-Up covers major recent events and news in the web content management industry. In this month’s issue: Drupal 8 Security bug bounty program, Wimbledon and IBM partnership, HannonHill Cascade CMS 7.14 release, Umbraco Awards 2015, upcoming industry conferences…
What’s new in Web Content Management? Adobe announces a strategic partnership with Microsoft. OpenText plans to cut its workforce by 5%. Appnovation Donates $30,000 to Drupal 8 Accelerate. Hippo releases Hippo CMS v10. Automattic Acquires WordPress Service Provider WooThemes. Mura CMS launches a Mura CMS Themes Competition…
What’s new in web content management industry? TerminalFour won eight new university clients. eZ Systems is actively working on the new generation of its products: eZ Platform, eZ Studio, and eZ Studio+. CoreMedia announced CoreMedia v8. Blue River Interactive Group, the company behind Mura CMS (a Cold Fusion based Web Content Management System), announced Mura Experience Platform. HannonHill improves its Web CMS training…