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Ask Tony: How CMS Watch is funded

Written by James Robertson, published May 5, 2004

Categorised under: Content management

Tony Byrne writes about how CMS Watch is funded. To quote:

Dear Tony,

Is CMS Watch a non-profit org similar to Consumer Reports? You’re not CMSWatch.org. How is CMS Watch funded? What insurance do I have that your report is non-biased and without CMS corporate $ influence throughout? I need to understand if the report has an objective point of view.

I have great respect for the work that Tony does, and I’ve mainly blogged this to highlight that we follow the same business model. That is:

  • we don’t receive any income from vendors
  • we don’t implement, resell or deploy software
  • we don’t have any software products of our own
  • our advice is impartial, and completely vendor-neutral
  • we work hard for our customers, to ensure they get the best outcome when selecting a CMS
  • we don’t restrict ourselves to just a handful of CMS products, but instead give the best recommendations we can by looking at the entire CMS marketplace

(You can read a description of our consulting work on our services page.)