SDL buys again, picking up Idiom
Today comes news that SDL is acquiring
Idiom, Inc. for US$21.7 million
RWS
SM2
- One of 15 vendors evaluated in the Email & Marketing Automation stream
- Download a complimentary sample vendor evaluation from our evaluation research.
Tridion
- One of 34 vendors evaluated in the Web Content & Experience Management stream
- Download a complimentary sample vendor evaluation from our evaluation research.
Related Posts
What InfoWorld didn't tell you about Tridion
Respected IT site (formerly magazine) InfoWorld recently packaged up many of
its more positive product reviews from 2007 into a "2008 Technology of the Year"
awards compilation. The reviews of some of the vendors we cover made me pause a bit.
The challenge of multi-site web content management
Our customers tell us they are increasingly managing multiple websites. They
typically want a platform that recognizes their (inevitably) unique approaches
to centralization and distributed management. Many Web CMS tools can now "clone"
websites, but this usually entails just copying a set of content, structural
elements, vocabularies, and templates -- it does not address the problem of
ongoing management of those assets
London Calling
The Greater London Authority is going to share Web Content Management System
services to boroughs and other government entities on a fee-for-service basis.
I don't think it will work.
Looking beyond North America for your ECM vendor
It's not surprising that enterprises around the world typically first consider
major North American vendors like EMC,
IBM, and Open
Text for their ECM needs, considering the millions those companies pour
into marketing efforts. But buyers should look beyond the marketing, as many
regional vendors may well have good technology solutions
Globalization and content component management
I have a more sanguine view of the recent acquisition of Tridion by SDL than my CMS Watch colleagues. From the perspective of content component management (CCM), return on investment often comes in the area of translation
A new report on Content Component Management
Today we announced an alliance with The Rockley Group to publish a report evaluating Content Component Management tools and practices.
Tridion opens U.S. office
Holland-based CMS vendor Tridion has been making noises about crossing the Atlantic for as long as I've been watching them (more than 5 years).
Tridion scrounging for dirt
In a CMS marketplace with 1800 vendors, you shouldn't be surprised when one casts aspersions on another.
Sampling Ajax in a CMS
A while back we invited some CMS vendors to demonstrate how they were using Ajax to improve system usability.
Tridion Makes a (Small) Push for the Enterprise
People frequently ask us what distinguishes an Upper Tier from an Enterprise Web CMS. There are several distinctions.
Public boasting, private financials
This is the time of year when CMS vendors start crowing (or eating crow) about their 4th Quarter results.
Yankee CM Vendor Go Home?
Several well-backed European Web CM vendors are testing the huge U.S. marketplace. One Holland-based vendor that has decided stay at home is Tridion, makers of DialogServer. Tridion's focus on multinational CM projects exposes a traditional weakness of U.S.