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• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  OpenText releases document capture, Salesforce integrations

  Like Salesforce, Box and Adobe, OpenText invests in AI and machine learning to enable smartphone document capture so users can digitize documents that are searchable in the cloud.

• October 07, 2021 07 Oct'21

  Hyland execs offer insight into content services roadmap

  After an acquisition binge, Hyland Software pauses to discuss its acquisition strategy and future roadmap, which may include more AI/machine learning and vertical-specific features.

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Box adds ransomware content security

  In its pursuit of enterprise business, Box Shield adds security features that may circumvent ransomware; Box Sign available for U.S. and Canadian customers.

• September 08, 2021 08 Sep'21

  Acquia acquires Widen digital asset management

  DAM is an old idea making a big comeback for marketing teams trafficking in online video. Acquia adds the Widen DAM to its digital experience platform.

• August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

  Adobe buys Frame.io cloud video review platform for $1.275B

  Adobe plans to acquire Frame.io review and approval platform for $1.275 billion to streamline digital collaboration among video editors, producers, agencies and clients.

• July 26, 2021 26 Jul'21

  Box Sign gives business users built-in digital signature tool

  Box's $55 million acquisition of SignRequest in February yields a native digital signatures feature for Box Business and Enterprise cloud content management users.

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  Adobe launches PDF extraction, generation APIs

  Adobe deconstructs the PDF creation and content extraction processes with the release of APIs for developers available on AWS marketplace.

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  Acquia releases employee experience features for DX platform

  Developers are the focus of Acquia's update to Open DXP. They get an all-cloud app dev environment, AI search and a toolbox to build employee-facing apps and services.

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Box Shield adds enterprise content security features

  Box Inc. adds security features for information governance to prevent unintended oversharing of sensitive information and intellectual property in the remote work era.

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Adobe Commerce users get AI search for sites

  Adobe Commerce adds AI live search, product recommendations tuned for B2B organizations and digital signatures.

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Hyland gets digital asset management tech with Nuxeo buy

  By acquiring a smaller competitor's digital asset management platform, Hyland looks to build on its 2020 purchase of Alfresco, another cloud-native content management vendor.

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  OpenText releases Cloud Editions content services updates

  OpenText CE 21.2 includes federated document compliance that extends to Microsoft Office 365, along with a revamped content services platform and other feature releases.

• March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21

  Adobe courts small businesses with Acrobat Pro package

  As the pandemic disrupts paper workflows, Adobe courts small business users with simple webforms, digital signatures and payments integration with their sites and PDF documents.

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  OpenText cloud suite adds developer, experience features

  OpenText releases Cloud Edition 20.4, which gives users more development tools. It also adds applications to OpenText's burgeoning digital experience platform.

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Hyland acquires Alfresco ECM, content services

  Hyland scoops up Alfresco in a CMS market consolidation. An expert says it's a good fit because Hyland's platform needs the accelerated cloud modernization that Alfresco can provide.

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Acquia Drupal, Marketing Cloud get feature boosts

  Acquia users get Drupal migration tools and marketing automation features built with technology from recent acquisitions as the company expands its digital experience platform.

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Hyland Software CEO discusses Alfresco, RPA, blockchain

  Hyland moves on incorporating Another Monday RPA, Learning Machine blockchain credentials into its platform. Alfresco integration waits in the wings as acquisition closes.

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Box Shield, mobile app upgrades on the way

  Among a slew of coming upgrades, Box Inc. goes after Microsoft's government business with FedRAMP High certification.

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Episerver to buy Optimizely, adds to CMS, e-commerce suite

  As Episerver evolves into a digital experience platform under new leadership, the company adds native A/B testing functionality by acquiring Optimizely.

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  Acquia launches digital experience platform

  Acquia's digital experience cloud aims to create a more marketer-friendly environment in its historically developer-centric platform based on Drupal.

• May 21, 2020 21 May'20

  Adobe Experience Manager buoys U.S. census during pandemic

  The first U.S. Census digital experience was launched in time for the pandemic, and now Adobe looks to parlay the success into more government business.

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  Microsoft buys Softomotive to boost Power Platform RPA

  Microsoft's acquisition of Softomotive gives Power Automate users a low-code RPA system to build bots for Windows-based tasks.

• April 27, 2020 27 Apr'20

  Acquia releases Drupal 9 migration tools

  Many Drupal users didn't migrate from versions 7 to 8. Now that 9 is out in beta, Acquia offers a sandbox and assessment tools to move Drupal users into the more secure version 9.

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  New OpenText CE apps, services roll out

  OpenText containerizes its applications for cloud deployment; adds raft of content services and features for customer experience support, security, and app development.

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Box Shield adds malware detection

  Box Inc. quarantines malware-infected files with features that allow content to be viewed, with admin and security team alerts to address threats before they spread.

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  Box, Dropbox shore up clouds; Box-Microsoft integrations go live

  Online document collaboration platforms Box and Dropbox shore up cloud bandwidth, security and customer support as remote work spikes due to coronavirus containment efforts.

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Contentful App Framework first major release under new CEO

  Contentful CEO Steve Sloan, who joined the company in November after leaving Twilio, discusses the release of App Framework, a bundle of APIs and workflow blueprints.

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  Adobe Acrobat DC integrates PDF tools inside Google Drive

  With new Google Drive integration, Adobe embeds free features for commenting and annotating PDFs inside Google Docs. Acrobat subscribers can create, sign and modify PDFs, too.

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Akeneo rolls out newest version of PIM software

  Akeneo PIM version 4.0 features digital asset manager, API-integrated connection modules and AI attribute mapping to better organize enterprise data.

• January 29, 2020 29 Jan'20

  Endpoint security key asset in $1.42B OpenText Carbonite acquisition

  OpenText's chief product officer discusses how the recently acquired Carbonite -- which had recently acquired Webroot -- fits into the content services provider's product roadmap.

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Ex-SAP exec steers Episerver CMS toward digital experience market

  Alex Atzberger discusses leaving the helm of SAP's CX platform to become Episerver CEO. Now, Episerver looks to reinvent itself as a digital experience platform provider.

• January 02, 2020 02 Jan'20

  Box vs. Dropbox outages in 2019

  In this infographic, we present a timeline of significant service disruptions in 2019 for Box vs. Dropbox.

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  Acquia acquisition of AgilOne CDP signals CX platform expansion

  Acquia's acquisition of AgilOne, a customer data platform specializing in analytics, shows it's serious about competing against CX platforms from Adobe, Oracle and SAP.

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  New capabilities added to Alfresco Governance Services

  The updates are intended to secure electronically stored information residing across different locations in light of recent regulatory changes, including the GDPR, FOIA and CCPA.

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Acquia cloud CMS on AWS, Vista cash flow raise user expectations

  Acquia's new venture backing and customer experience cloud apps precipitate a need for easier integrations and setup for future releases, customers and partners said.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Adobe Sign introduces updates targeting mobile device users

  The updates include a new home screen and a page for users to track the signing process, the ability to zoom and navigation buttons that help improve users' experience on mobile.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Acquia, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert on open source, Vista, CDPs

  Acquia and Drupal founder Dries Buytaert discusses his company's move into marketing automation, CDPs and what's next after Vista Equity Partners' billion-dollar investment in Acquia.

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  New Acquia Drupal tools show open source loyalty post-Vista deal

  Acquia, recently acquired by Vista Equity Partners, remains committed to Drupal and moves deeper into the CX space with tools for e-commerce and marketing automation.

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  OpenText's Carbonite acquisition expands its cloud portfolio

  OpenText acquires Carbonite, a vendor in cloud-based data protection and backup, disaster recovery and end-point security.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Salesforce CMS: Users can publish without leaving platform

  Catering to small and midsize customers, Salesforce remixes and upgrades existing features to form a content management system for users to broadcast content to customers.

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  SharePoint, OneDrive cloud migrations get easier

  Moving to SharePoint Online and OneDrive may get simpler with new migration tools. Plus, new features in the cloud services aim to entice IT.

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  Microsoft Power Platform adds chatbots; Flow now Power Automate

  Microsoft changes name of Flow to Power Automate, adds virtual agents to Power Platform among host of robotic process automation tools in latest release.

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Coda launches next version of project management app

  Coda 2.0 includes updates to design, a smoother performance, more organizational tools and new features to secure documents, such as locking and permissions.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Microsoft acquires Mover.io to ease OneDrive migrations

  Microsoft's Mover.io acquisition signals a fresh push to get legacy on-premises SharePoint users, as well as Box and DropBox subscribers, on to its OneDrive file-sharing cloud.

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  Alfresco Software acquires SAP connector company Pernexas

  The acquisition aims to make gaining new customers easier by providing another option to SAP customers looking for a cloud-native platform that can support SAP implementations.

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  WebPurify launches profanity filter for memes and images

  WebPurify has launched a beta of its Optical Character Recognition Profanity Filter Service to identify and block profane images on sites and apps with user-generated content.

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Box cloud content management adds PDF tools, boosts security

  Box partners with Adobe in releasing a new set of PDF tools that can be used within Box's content management cloud to enable electronic signatures and document archives.

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  Shutterstock adds new features to content creation platform

  The updates to Shutterstock Custom accommodate social media campaign demands and include the ability to generate assets to increase engagement and e-commerce purchases.

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  OpenText's Mark Barrenechea talks Google, AI, future of CMS

  OpenText CEO talks about the company's future, how AI changes everything, his acquisition philosophy and how to keep a tech company relevant as it moves into its third decade.

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Alfresco cloud services aimed at business customers

  Alfresco toes the line of open-source lineage while wooing new business customers with a suite of tools simplifying workflow customization as well as managed services.

• September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

  Icelandair turns to headless CMS to improve CX

  The right CMS makes a big difference for CX, so Icelandair moved off its on-premises content server to a headless CMS – with one layover on a cloud CMS that wasn't quite right.

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Microsoft 365 Business update targets nonprofits

  Microsoft announced this month that it is releasing new updates and offerings for nonprofits, addressing concerns customers had over cost, cybersecurity and user training.

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Nintex launches no-code workflow automation tool

  Nintex has launched a no-code workflow automation tool, Workflow Generator, in an effort to bridge the gap between IT departments and process experts.

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  Cohesion is latest Acquia acquisition

  While Acquia would not provide specifics of the deal, the decision behind the acquisition of Cohesion was the chance to bring more value to customers, according to Acquia's CTO.

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  Microsoft PowerApps pricing proposal puts users on edge

  Microsoft's PowerApps pricing changes, expected to take effect in October, could make them too expensive for some users who connect to data outside of SharePoint and Dynamics.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Nuxeo Content Services Platform updates bring flexibility

  Nuxeo updated its content services platform to expand its reach and flexibility with other services. The Nuxeo platform now includes support for Sitecore, Aspera and more.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Evergage launches Data Warehouse, a BI analytics product

  Data Warehouse, Evergage's new BI analytics product, is designed to collect and analyze customer data in an effort to provide more information and analysis to business analysts.

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  Upgrades to Nintex Forms simplifies electronic form creation

  The new form designer by Nintex brings user-friendly capabilities to Nintex Forms for both electronic form creation and data collection processes.

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Adobe Sign for small businesses supports SMB digitization

  To offer a simpler e-signature software, Adobe introduced Adobe Sign for small businesses.

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Litmus email platform adds cloud integration, privacy protection

  The Litmus update enables marketers to import email files from cloud storage services -- including Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive -- and adds privacy protection.

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Investis Digital Connect.ID, a CMS suite, launched

  Connect.ID is composed of Connect.ID Platform and Connect.ID Intelligence. It is designed to enable enterprises to build business websites more efficiently.

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  Alfresco cloud migration service moves content off premises

  With new cloud migration services, Alfresco promises to move content from IBM, SharePoint, Documentum and other legacy ECM systems to its cloud platform in a matter of weeks.

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  New Contentful CMS targets content delivery for retailers

  Contentful's content infrastructure is a CMS that intends to bring more flexibility and benefits than a traditional or headless CMS. The offering is directed at e-commerce retailers to drive online sales.

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  OpenText cloud editions to replace on-prem apps

  OpenText cloud editions are on the way for on-premises apps, including content services, AppWorks, security and business apps.

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  OpenText-Google partnership expands due to Anthos

  OpenText invests heavily to support Google Cloud migrations in the wake of Google Anthos container environment introduction earlier this year.

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Hootsuite teams up with Yext for online review management

  Yext's management platform for businesses' online reviews is now available in the Hootsuite dashboard, following an integration between the two companies.

• July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19

  Microsoft OneDrive Personal Vault aims to secure online files

  Nervous about putting your most sensitive or important files in the cloud? Microsoft's answer is an added layer of security for OneDrive users called Personal Vault.

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  Acquia Content Cloud is here, in private beta version

  Acquia Content Cloud is a cloud-based headless content management system built on Drupal. The content-as-a-service product is only available in private beta.

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Dropbox Business gets integrations with G Suite, Slack and Zoom

  Dropbox Business has been overhauled in an attempt to make it a hub for business communication and collaboration. The updates include new integrations with G Suite, Slack and Zoom.

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  Nuxeo Insight Cloud adds AI content services to platform

  Nuxeo adds AI content services to its content management suite in hopes of spurring citizen data scientists to create custom data models for their workflows.

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Solodev launches CMS to target medium-sized businesses

  Solodev DCX 9.0 targets medium-sized businesses with its scalability. The cloud-first CMS features collaboration tools, flexible pricing and automation.

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Box workflow automation software, Box Relay, overhauled

  Content management software vendor Box makes over Box Relay, integrating the workflow automation system more fully into the Box platform and boosting workflow self-service.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Acquia-Mautic acquisition underscores open source model

  Holding to the strategy of building a digital experience platform based with open source roots, Acquia acquires Mautic, an open source marketing automation cloud.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Rise of headless CMS: Businesses move away from traditional WCM

  Traditional web content management dominates the market, but as mobile and voice channels become increasingly important, companies opt for headless content management.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  SAP, OpenText broaden partnership with cloud integrations

  SAP reveals deeper cloud partnerships with content management vendor OpenText as both legacy platforms entice long-term clients off on-premises systems and into the SAP cloud.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  New Microsoft Fluid Framework features real-time editing

  Microsoft's new software development kit, Fluid Framework, provides users with real-time editing that can be used across applications and with a variety of formats.

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Hertz app causes legal pain for Accenture developers

  Hertz e-commerce system for consumers at the center of $32 million suit; analysts looking at the detailed complaint spread plenty of blame over both parties.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  New capabilities enhance Acquia Cloud security

  Acquia's new security and compliance competencies for the Acquia Cloud aim to reduce operational resources, increase data protection and simplify user innovation.

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  Alfresco CMS now using AI, ML to pull, organize data

  A new Alfresco CMS module uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to allow users more specific organization and use of their data stored across multiple documents and devices.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  DocuSign Agreement Cloud digitizes contract management

  DocuSign's Agreement Cloud includes its classic e-signature tools, as well as new products and integrations to help customers digitize the agreement management process.

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  Dropbox acquisition of HelloSign targets Box's enterprise share

  Dropbox deepened its play for enterprise customers by acquiring e-sign startup HelloSign and targeting a top competitor, Box.

• December 24, 2018 24 Dec'18

  Current trends in content management indicate road ahead

  CMS trends for 2019 promise to include more AI, and even more AI on top of that. E-commerce and personalization -- to effect more inbound revenue -- also promise to figure in.

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  Slack roadmap reveals new integration, collaboration in 2019

  Slack plans to invest more in security, speed and integration with business productivity apps in 2019. The vendor revealed the plans in a roadmap presentation to admins this week.

• November 16, 2018 16 Nov'18

  At Acquia Engage, CTO talks of open source WCM, Red Hat buy

  Drupal author and Acquia founder Dries Buytaert talks about how the web content management system written for fun is morphing into a platform from which CX and e-commerce flow.

• November 12, 2018 12 Nov'18

  HubSpot CMS targets WordPress users with stand-alone product

  With the growing importance of customer experience personalization, HubSpot is offering its CMS as a stand-alone product to help customers' web businesses.

• November 07, 2018 07 Nov'18

  Dropbox Extensions gives users chance to try other vendors

  The new Dropbox integrations will bring APIs to other file editing and e-signature vendors, making it easier for users to update files without toggling through applications.

• October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18

  M-Files QMS implementation helps Farbest Brands wrangle docs

  Farbest Brands spent years shopping for technology that would foster compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011. It finally settled on a quality management system.

• October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18

  Box takes on OpenText, Microsoft as enterprise content hub

  Enterprise content management platforms will become the single source of truth for knowledge for desktop and mobile devices. Box hard-charges bigger competitors to win that spot.

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  Box AI strategy looks to give users AI development tools

  Box wants to be the hub of its enterprise users' software and AI content ecosystems with integrations and partnerships ranging from Google, IBM and Microsoft to Slack and Facebook.

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  Box-IBM AI connection core component of Box partner strategy

  Box and IBM continue to expand their three-year relationship. As a result, IBM became the first Box AI partner to develop custom AI applications for Box Skills Kit.

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Box Skills Kit to hit market soon in general release

  Box says its Box Skills Kit AI development system will be generally available in December 2018. Meanwhile, Box moved on workflow automation, cybersecurity and Google integration.

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Box Activity Stream embeds Salesforce, Slack in Box viewer

  Box advances its digital workplace strategy with Activity Stream, which enables users to access business apps like Salesforce, Slack and DocuSign within the Box viewer.

• August 27, 2018 27 Aug'18

  M-Files cloud subscription turns hybrid with M-Files Online

  The ECM industry is continuing to move toward cloud management, yet there are still data migration and security worries preventing some organizations from updating legacy systems.

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Box admins get a deeper view with Insights Dashboard

  In the GDPR era, compliance and security become heightened concerns. Box Insights Dashboard gives administrators a look into enterprise cloud activity.

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Box AI, workflow automation strategies about to unfold

  Box is set to reveal new AI and workflow automation tools to add to its cloud content services platform -- technology seen as key to the vendor's future.

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Evaluating CMS platforms, LA County stays on Documentum

  OpenText wins -- or rather, retains -- a massive Documentum customer in LA County after the company acquired the content services platform from EMC last year.

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  At OpenText Enterprise World, security and AI take center stage

  OpenText unveiled its new application, OT2, at OpenText Enterprise World 2018, while also touting the importance of security. That and more are discussed on the latest episode of the Pipeline podcast.

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Endpoint security tool fueled OpenText's Guidance Software acquisition

  Endpoint security was the primary draw for OpenText's Guidance Software acquisition. But plans to improve e-discovery and data forensics with Magellan AI are part of the roadmap.

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Customers, vendors differ on digital transformation definition

  Digital transformation may be the talk of the analyst sphere and the marketing domain, but people using the technology aren't necessarily thinking in those terms.

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Execs: Content management in the cloud not as easy as it looks

  Challenges await companies as they move content and microservices app-enabled processes to the cloud. Chief among them are data security and apprehension about process complexity.