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Time to Consider Open Source for Digital Experience? Forrester thinks so...
Posted on Friday, November 2, 2012 by John Carione RSS
A few months ago, we began discussing some options with Forrester research around getting a refresh on how Enterprises are now using Open Source platforms for Digital Experience. We worked with Forrester in true partnership to create a customer survey that was constructed to dig deep to understand... 1) What are the main challenges in 2012 regarding Web Content Management systems, who are the key stakeholders and where are organizations struggling? More...
Drupal performance data has never looked so good
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 by Acquia Inc. RSS
Written by: TraceView
Do you wonder how your site is performing for end users? Why certain pages are slow or throw exceptions? If server resources are limiting performance?
As of today, the most detailed and actionable Drupal performance data available is just one click away for Acquia Network subscribers—thanks to AppNeta’s newly launched, awesome partnership with the Acquia team!
And, even better, AppNeta’s TraceView APM service is free for Acquia members to get started! More...
Working smarter: Drupal-enable your team with training
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 by Heather James RSS
In the landscape of web development, working and learning are converging. I think about this quite a bit at Acquia as we keep tuning our courses and training program.
We often focus on the technical benefits of adopting Drupal. However, it occurred to me the other day, there are potential auxiliary benefits in terms of empowering staff by using Drupal. Drupal has the potential to increase job satisfaction and motivation by posing a fundamental shift in how individuals and organization work. More...
Driving Social and Web Experience Conversion: Acquia and Drupal rated as Visionary in latest Magic Quadrants
Posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 by John Carione RSS
Over the past month, Gartner has released new 2012 versions of the Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management (WCM) and for Social Software in the Workplace (SSW). We are pleased to announce that Acquia / Drupal has been rated VISIONARY in both Quadrants. This is an important and exciting milestone for both Acquia and Drupal. Drupal now commands a unique position as the only platform cited as a leader in both the Social Software in the Workspace and Web Content Management Magic Quadrants. More...
Did you hear? Acquia acquires Mollom
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by Ron Pruett RSS
We’re delighted to announce the acquisition of Mollom (www.mollom.com), the spam blocking solution that has already stopped nearly a billion spam messages. The fact that Mollom was co-founded by Dries Buytaert, also one of the founders of Acquia, makes Mollom an even more a perfect fit Acquia. We are determined to provide the best and most innovative services and Mollom, with its superior and unique technology, allows us to expand our social publishing and web-experience-management services to our current customers and to an even broader audience. More...
Didn't realize Drupal was a platform for Digital Marketing? Check this out...
Posted on Friday, July 13, 2012 by John Carione RSS
Most Web Content Management systems have traditionally been sold to and bought by IT. However, innovation that has come out of the consumer technology space over the last decade has accelerated what experts are calling the "Consumerization of IT". Drupal is now in the center of this trend, which has shifted the buying center for Enterprise web technologies from IT to Digital Marketing organizations. More...
Drupal Training in Australia & New Zealand
Posted on Monday, July 9, 2012 by Erich Ludwig RSS
If I may start this post with something obvious - let me say that "Drupal is global."
In my last post I wrote about DrupalCon (and associated Training) coming to Europe in August.
Today's post brings us even further from this writer's desk - crossing the equator, the prime meridian, and crossing seasons from the hot hot summer we're having here in Boston to the deep down under winter of Australia & New Zealand. More...
Meet Acquia's training partners
Posted on Monday, July 2, 2012 by Heather James RSS
By Heather
I'm going to be blogging about our training partners and their trainers this summer, because they are awesome, and I'm very proud of what they're doing. All of our training partners are really busy. For example, Doug Vann is traveling around the US to teach and consult, soon he'll be in Austin on July 9-13 for a full week of training courses with NxtTeam. It's a good thing he doesn't also have to update and maintain his own materials.
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Drupal goes to Rock Center
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by Ron Pruett RSS
NBC Universal is a world leader in media and entertainment and is headquartered in the mecca for these industries - Rockefeller Center in New York City. More...
10 Worthy Investments for Delivering a Truly Captivating Web Experience
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 by John Carione RSS
Over the past decade, socialization on the Web has completely transformed how people consume information and interact with one another. Today’s marketing organizations now have the responsibility of capturing an integrated view of their customer across channels, while simultaneously promoting, delivering, and measuring engagement of those customers. This must be managed at every touchpoint along the customer journey all the way from initial response to checkout. More...

