What to Make of Acquia Buying DAM Vendor Widen

It’s not a surprising move, but I think for Widen licensees, not a very welcome one. Longtime WCM / nascent MarTech suite vendor Acquia has announced it is buying Digital Asset Management (DAM) vendor Widen. This fills a gap in Acquia’s portfolio but I think for Widen licensees, this may not be a very welcome one. Let’s … Read more

What to Make of Sitecore’s Moosend Acquisition

The real story here is that the Sitecore we all know now appears to be going away Last week Sitecore announced its plan to acquire Moosend. UK-based Moosend provides very low-priced, SaaS-based email marketing services. Its main capabilities include lightweight B2C campaigns, landing pages, and newsletters. This post first appeared on the RSG Blog. Continue reading … Read more

Mastercard Acquires SessionM CDP

Financial services company Mastercard has agreed to buy longtime CDP vendor SessionM. To quote from the press release: The addition of SessionM will enhance Mastercard’s ability to help brands around the world deliver personalized, real-time offers and comprehensive campaign measurement based on robust, data-driven insights. Earlier, Oracle also acquired Loyalty… This post first appeared on … Read more

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