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A Flurry of Private Equity M&A in Content Management Hits the CEM World

The CEM (customer experience management) world has experienced a number of content management system (CMS) mergers and acquisitions, with whispers of others on the way. The acquisitions of Sitecore, Episerver, and Ektron by private equity firms are the most prominent recent examples. This activity will only increase over the next year or two, and the… read more >

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Adobe and Livefyre, engaged to be married

Earlier this week Adobe announced it was taking its relationship with Livefyre, the cloud-based content marketing and engagement platform, to the next level by acquiring the firm for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition, expected to officially close in the coming months, will enable Adobe Marketing Cloud customers to increase their content velocity by integrating real-time,… read more >

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Dell To Name the Biggest Merger in Tech History

When Alan Pelz-Sharpe, Vice President & Managing Director VOCalis with Digital Clarity Group and previous guest on The CMS-Connected Show, explained the story behind the Documentum divestiture last month, he expressed his disagreement with many people who claim that Documentum is an old technology. He believes it is not true and believes the opposite to be… read more >

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Adobe Acquires Livefyre to Extend Marketing Cloud

Livefyre is planned to be part of AEM and integrated into Adobe Marketing Cloud to make UGC available across all eight digital marketing solutions. Thousands of brands worldwide including two-thirds of Fortune 50 companies rely on Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe claims. “The addition of Livefyre will enable customers to increase their content velocity across AEM… read more >

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What Adobe’s Latest Acquisition Says About the Future of Marketing

Adobe’s chief rivals Marketo, Oracle (with Eloqua), and Salesforce all offer similar content marketing capabilities as part of their own product portfolios or through partnerships, said Cathy McKnight, co-founder of research firm Digital Clarity Group. “User-generated content has a huge influence on brand-related decisions, so it makes sense that some of the most engaging content… read more >

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What does the future hold for CrownPeak and ActiveStandards?

June 30, 2016. 10:00 am ET / 3:00 pm BST (GMT+1). Online webinar with Cathy McKnight and Marianne Kay read more >

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OpenText acquires HP TeamSite

Yesterday, an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) vendor 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… read more >

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A Closer Look at the CrownPeak and ActiveStandards Merger

This week proprietary web content management system vendor CrownPeak merged with digital governance platform provider ActiveStandards. Jim Yares, former COO at CrownPeak, has been appointed as the CEO of the combined company. CrownPeak isn’t as widely known amongst technology buyers as some of its competitors. CrownPeak’s partner network and user/developer community is relatively small, and marketing investments… read more >

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The next chapter for Sitecore

May 24, 2016. 10:00 am ET / 3:00 pm BST (GMT+1). Online webinar with Cathy McKnight and Tim Walters read more >

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E-Commerce Round-Up: January 2016

E-Commerce Round-Up covers major recent events and news from the past month in the e-commerce world, and provides a brief analysis of what they mean. This month’s Round-Up covers recent Amazon developments (confirmed and rumored) and the declining fortunes of online flash sale and daily deals companies. Amazon buys a French delivery company . …. read more >

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