Mid market web CMS vendors pull ahead
Categorised under: Content management
As quoted by CMSwire, and following on from my last post, Tony Byrne has made some observations on the state of the market in the new edition of The CMS Report:
- Mid-market vendors now offer comprehensive Web content management packages that are typically easier to implement than those from enterprise-tier players.
- A new class of mid-market “challengers” can provide XML-based solutions, often for less than US$40,000 in licensing.
- Major USA-based CMS vendors have seen only limited success selling Web content management tools in Europe, where national and regional suppliers have snapped up most large accounts.
- Although feature sets are converging across CMS vendors, underlying technical architectures continue to diverge in important ways. Different vendors also follow highly distinct user-interface models.
- There are no predominant Web content management suppliers in the marketplace, which means prospective buyers face a confusing set of alternatives. Nevertheless, a little diligence can yield good choices.
I agree 100% with these observations…
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