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CMS Critic contribution: Forrester DXP Wave 2025
I saw down with Matt Garrepy of CMS Critic to continue the tradition of discussing new analyst reports as they are released. The agentic revolution we saw emerging at MACH Alliance’s Composable Conference this year is now the primary evaluation criteria. Only 9 vendors made this year’s cut—down from 15 in 2023—and agent orchestration capabilities
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Some Thoughts on the Gartner Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) Magic Quadrant for 2025
It’s been a few months since the Gartner DXP Magic Quadrant for 2025 was released, and there has already been some very well-researched commentary and discussion from vendors. So, rather than repeating the excellent work of others, I want to highlight a few of the core concepts and where the DXP market is headed. First, each and
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Is Your AI Content Management Strategy Ready for the New Era?
Understanding content management as a practice will become more critical for organizations. The Gist I have always said that content management systems (CMSs) have a multiplier effect on existing organizational maturity and practices. If your AI content management strategy and operations are already running smoothly, a good CMS implementation will make that faster and more
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Thoughts on the Forrester DXP Wave 2023: Don’t Judge an Analyst Report by its Infographic
When a new analyst report comes out, it’s a bit like Oscar season among CMS/DXP vendors. Not only do employees at the “winning” vendors get a rare opportunity to crow on LinkedIn and thank everyone who made it possible – because bragging about revenue is gauche – but it also gives those of us in
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November Updates
MACH and J. Boye social night in Toronto – November 21st. I will be in Toronto on November 21st. to attend a J. Boye CMS Experts group in person. It has been quite some time since I’ve been to one, so I’m looking forward to seeing Janus and friends. Following this event, we’ll be at
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How to evaluate Content Management Systems
The last five years have meant some rapid advancements in how Content Management Systems are built, deployed and implemented. However, these advances also come with a great deal of added complexity and understanding needed “headless!” “multi-tenant SaaS!” etc. It’s no wonder clients are more confused than ever. Here is our four-phased approach for evaluating a
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Updated: Is the hype around personalization dead?
Update: I joined Andy Kaiser, the CEO of Ninetailed for a webinar where we discussed this blog post (and it’s role in influencing his product direction) and how things have changed in the intervening years since I originally wrote it. We covered a great deal along the way – how technologies have changed, the role
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October market updates
Overall thoughts on the week – There is a lot of vendor focus around two core problems these days; federation and visual editing. Some examples: There are a lot of functions like this which will get absorbed into larger portfolios one way or another. As always, the real test is to understand how well they
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Adobe Franklin – What is a CMS exactly, anyway?
I finally got around to playing with Adobe Franklin – down to getting the sample configs into GitHub, content into Google Docs and starting to understand how blocks and styles work. (My version of this blog post hosted via Adobe Franklin can be found on my personal test site here: https://main–adobe-franklin–mdemeny.hlx.live/adobe-franklin) At its core, the key value proposition
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AI and content management – what does it all mean?
Generative AI is in the midst of having a major moment in the content management space. One of the long-standing hurdles for any organization is creating large amounts of high-quality content – particularly as the number of audiences and channels continues to grow. Generative AI has the potential to dramatically reshape how marketing organizations create
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What do people really mean when they say “headless”, “hybrid headless” or “composable”?
Whenever I am in a room discussing all things content management with peers and talking about the definition of “headless”, “hybrid headless” and “composable” I’ve found that even among a group of five people you’ll get six opinions. What is clear is that “headless” is a pretty poor word to describe headless content management systems,
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Some thoughts about the Wix and WordPress kerfuffle
Last week, Wix engaged in some “guerilla marketing” by sending a number of prominent influencers some very nice Bose noise-cancelling headphones, and a link to a bizarre “secret” site with a “parody” video of a fictitious communique from “WordPress” to their users. Apparently there is another Wix vs. WP video out there – not linked
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WCM/DXP 2021 predictions (Part 3 of my 2020 review)
Last time around in my 2020 predictions, I did reasonably well, so I’m going to be a little bolder in my 2021 set. To be clear, I think some of these may be a little too early (i.e. ad network consent as a feature, SPAC exit, etc.) but here goes. Previous entries: Part 1 (2020
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2020 Year in Review (Part 2 – missed trends)
This is Part 2, where I cover some of the trends that I missed in 2020. Part 1 is here and is reviewing some of my 2020 predictions. Part 3 will cover predictions for 2021. Front-end-as-a-service One of the big trends that I missed, is the emergence and growth of a relatively new category: “Front-end