Amid constant predictions of "industry consolidation" why do we see so many Web CMS vendors? I can think of at least six reasons.

What if we could do simple "tasting notes" for certain WCM vendors, like wine critics do? What would we say? Quite tongue-in-cheek, here's a sampling

Should you worry about your incumbent WCM vendor? In all likelihood, no. This marketplace has seen more continuity than churn

We increasingly see WCM vendors putting pressure on their SI partners to become more like loyal resellers. For WCM, you don't want a reseller. Look for independent services firms that know a small handful of tools really, really well. Then work only with those integrators and consultancies who will sit on your side of the table, rather than just parrot the vendor line

RSG has just released a significant update to our Web Content & Experience Management (WCM) vendor evaluations. That's version 22.5 for those of you keeping track

If you simply make a feature matrix, nearly all of these players will check nearly all the boxes: segmentation, content repurposing, microsite management, campaigns, marketing platform integration, and so on.

When you start looking deeper, some significant differences emerge.

In the real world -- the world where you labor every day -- these technologies are not going to mesh. A "single platform" is a PowerPoint-only pipe dream. Investors can dream, but what about you the customer?

As a buyer, what to make of this? We'll share some broader marketplace trends with our subscribers shortly, but in the meantime, I'm pleased to announce a significant update to our WCM vendor evaluations, with a particular emphasis on the major, .NET-oriented players

One gets the sense that investors finally lost their patience, and want to accelerate their efforts to modernize the firm

...This raises a question: will the company re-commit to software development and professionalize its operations, or will it continue to meander as one of the biggest family-run operations in this marketplace?

Every now and then a software company just up and dies. It doesn't happen often, and usually the tell-tale warning signs have been accumulating for years. As you the customer assess your current and potential crop of technology suppliers, it's worth reviewing autopsy reports for lessons learned.

The latest victim in the Web Content & Experience Management (WCXM) space is Refresh Software, who finally called it quits

In our recent 20.1 release of the WCM Report, we’ve updated evaluations of several CMS vendors in the .NET arena, including DotNetNuke, Ektron, Kentico, SharePoint. The mid-market product tier is a bit like the crowded Grand Central station:

Last week we released a significant update to our comparative Web Content Management vendor reviews. There's a lot to conclude here about what's going on in the marketplace, but for now, I'll just summarize some of the new info from our revised evaluations

This week we updated a slew of Web Content Management vendor evaluations. Over the past two quarters we've touched every vendor review in one way or another, so this latest update officially represents

Software vendor Alterian has cleared up which Web CMS software it wants to try to sell you in the future. In short, all of their alphabet soups going forward will taste like Morello