Why Is WCM Such a Fragmented Marketplace?

• October 6, 2018

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

Sitecore versus Episerver

• March 6, 2018

I sometimes refer to Episerver in shorthand as "a poor man's Sitecore," but as you'll see below, that's a real over-simplification...

The Main Problem with .NET WCM Vendors

• April 19, 2017

They have each innovated in their own way and built up channel networks, but also have benefited heavily from Microsoft's abdication of this space. Yet, there's one glaring weakness that limits them among the larger enterprise customers they all covet....

Your CMS Vendor Still Wants to Sell You Services

• October 20, 2016

A year ago I outlined why letting a Web Content & Experience Management (WCM) vendor also serve as your integrator was generally a bad idea. Since then the problem has only gotten worse...

Five thoughts on the Sitecore buy-out

• April 1, 2016

This deal puts to bed the absurd rumors that Microsoft would acquire Sitecore (would have been a very poor match). Microsoft might still make a move to buy a true cloud WCM, though still doubt it in the near term...

Beware the WCM Vendor Trying to Be Your Integrator

• August 3, 2015

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...

How can you distinguish among .NET WCM vendors?

• June 3, 2015

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....

What to Make of the Ektron and EPiServer Merger

• January 30, 2015

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?...

Growth and Turmoil in the WCM Mid-Market

• January 12, 2015

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...

Version 21 of our Web CMS vendor evaluations released

• May 15, 2012

We've released a major update to our Web Content and Experience Management (WCXM) Evaluations, which review 35 major CMS products from around the globe.

First and foremost, you will notice the name change:...

Mid-market WCM products continue to chug along in 2011

• June 27, 2011

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:...

EPiServer Acquired: No big deal

• November 30, 2010

Swedish WCM vendor EPiServer was acquired a few weeks ago -- and I've been trying to come up with something meaningful to say about it ever since...

CMS Vendor EPiServer Not Going Public

• August 12, 2010

This year's big plan for Swedish Web CMS vendor EPiServer was to go public on July 30th. In the end, though, that didn't quite work out: EPi withdrew at the last minute...

Updated Web CMS evaluations spotlight mid-market .NET vendors

• June 2, 2010

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...

Alterian drops Immediacy

• February 4, 2010

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...

EPiServer goes public

• January 27, 2010

Like nearly all its competitors, Swedish Web CMS and Social Software vendor EPiServer is doing well financially. The company reports nearly $30m in revenues over 2009 and now boasts almost 3,000 customers. So perhaps it's no surprise that last week...

SDL moving into targeted marketing and e-commerce

• January 18, 2010

For those vendors with solid profits, it's a buyer's market. SDL, parent company of such products as Tridion, Trados, Trisoft, and XySoft, announced the acquisition of Dutch e-commerce vendor Fredhopper today....

Making sense of CMS Watch....

• June 11, 2009

At CMS Watch we evaluate an awful lot of products, and making sense of all this research can be a challenge....

EPiServer 5 is now ready

• September 24, 2007

After a long series of delays, Swedish Web CMS vendor EPiServer finally released version 5.0 of EPiServer CMS last week. ...

EPiServer founder sells out to investors with global ambitions

• August 27, 2007

New owners and a new CEO. Such was the major announcement earlier this week from Swedish CMS vendor EPiServer...

CMS vendor Synkron is bought by local competitor

• March 29, 2007

In news from the Nordic market, Danish CMS vendor Dynamicweb has bought all shares of local competitor Synkron....

CMS Watch releases CMS Report, V9

• February 2, 2006

I'm thrilled to announce Version 9 of The CMS Report, just out today. It includes substantial product updates, based mostly on interviews with technology buyers like you. ...

Content and technology standards in New Zealand

• December 9, 2005

The New Zealand national government has embarked on developing a national content strategy (via Hilary Marsh)....

Swedish EPiServer joins Google partner program

• December 8, 2005

In a brief press release Swedish CMS vendor ElektroPost today announced that they have signed a partnership agreement with search giant Google....