web content management

Health Care Industry Adoption of Open Source and Drupal

Posted on Mon, May 17, 2010 17:59 by Tom Erickson

The Veteran's Administration’s (VA) recent decision to go open source, which I blogged about earlier this week, is the latest in a growing number of health care organizations turning to open source for next gen solutions. While the VA is not pursuing a particular technology at this time, we hope that Drupal can play a part in their approach.

Enterprise Drupal Gardens

Posted on Tue, May 11, 2010 12:03 by Tom Erickson

Early last year, shortly after I had officially joined Acquia as an employee, I was thinking about critical issues that enterprises face when confronting the interactive web. Acquia had heard from several corners of the market about their headaches with current technologies.

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2009 Perspective

Posted on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 17:54 by Tom Erickson

It was a very good year

As we’re just a few days away from 2010, I’ve been reflecting on the momentum Acquia has built over the last year. Based on our reception by the market, and the steady rise in enterprise acceptance of social computing, it’s clear 2010 will be a significant year both for our company and Drupal.

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Beyond Social Business Software

Posted on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 17:32 by Tom Erickson

Acquia issued a press release today contrasting Social Publishing platforms represented by Drupal and the growing number of Social Business Software products. At first glance it would seem that we don’t like those products, but that’s not the case. The products have some nice capabilities and many organizations are using them daily.

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Gartner and Acquia's Raison d'Etre

Posted on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 13:58 by Tom Erickson

I was re-reading the October, 2008 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software last week. Gartner of course, is a key analyst for many enterprises evaluating IT strategies or making tactical decisions on software deployments. We've been speaking to them about the convergence of web content management and social software, something we call "social publishing".