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Episerver Tries to Rebuild its Brand
Stockholm-based Episerver has a new logo and a new nickname: epi. But the company claims it's changing more than its branding. Episerver, a provider of web content management and digital marketing software, has been trying to redefine itself since merging with Nashua, N.H.-based Ektron early this year.
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News You Can Use: Akumina is Selling Its Web CMS Division
Pune, India’s Persistent Systems Inc. plans to acquire the assets and hire the employees of Akumina’s content management services business. Persistent Systems filed its plans with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Officials said they signed an agreement with Akumina Nov. 9. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions.
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Is Akumina Reuniting the Old Ektron Team?
Akumina founders Ed Rogers and Steven Sherkanowski just hired a colleague from their Ektron days — and apparently have plans to recruit more of the old team. David Maffei, who worked at Ektron from 2005 to 2011, is Akumina's new chief revenue officer.
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EPiServer Taps Ektron Roots in New Release
Stockholm-based EPiServer flexes its Ektron muscles in its first major release since a private investor merged the company with Nashua, N.H.-based Ektron early this year, company officials told CMSWire.
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Ex-Ektron Pres Tim McKinnon Now Sonian CEO
Tim McKinnon — the man who steered Ektron through its merger with EPiServer before leaving the company himself — started a new job this week. And he said he couldn't be more excited about the opportunity to take the helm of a small but growing company.
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Who Wins, Loses in Ektron-EPiServer Web CMS Merger?
The merger between Ektron and EPiServer announced Tuesday forms a tech alliance that could compete with web content management system giants like Adobe and Sitecore, according to industry analysts.
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Told You So: Ektron is Merging with EPiServer
Accel-KKR, the private equity firm that closed 2014 by buying Stockholm-based EPiServer and Nashua, N.H.-based Ektron, today confirmed what CMSWire reported more than seven weeks ago. It's combining the two web content management systems (CMS) under the EPiServer name to "create the most complete digital experience platform in the cloud.
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Ektron Delays Annual Conference 7 Months
Low registration numbers have reportedly convinced Web CMS provider Ektron to delay its annual conference. Ektron Synergy 2015 is now scheduled for Nov. 8 through 11 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas — seven months later than originally planned.
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Bill Rogers Is Out at Ektron, Sources Say
It's a new year, but the Ektron story is far from over. Multiple sources confirmed today to CMSWire that Bill Rogers is no longer CEO at Ektron, the company he founded.
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Rethink Your Redesign Strategies to Hit Your Targets
The central message of 2014 for digital marketers couldn't be much clearer: give customers the information they need on whatever devices they're using. That theme surfaced again Tuesday in a CMSWire webinar sponsored by Ektron, "Website Redesign: Strategy First, Tactics Second.
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Not a Rumor: Accel-KKR Invests in EPiServer
Say what you will, but sometimes the scuttlebutt that emerges through Twitter (and that we report on) happens to be the truth, or pretty close to it anyways. We can now confirm that Accel-KKR has made a “majority investment” in (and may very well own -- read on) EPiServer.
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Ektron: Good or Bad Software? Depends On Who You Ask
Sale. Investment. No sale. No investment. Merger with EpiServer. No merger with EpiServer. Whatever the heck's happening at Ektron, this is a technology company. And the future of the Nashua, NH-based .
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Is Newly Sold Ektron Merging with EPiServer?
It's hard to separate fact from fiction in the continuing saga of Nashua, N.H.-based Ektron. But we wanted to share the newest rumor this morning — namely, that the company that just bought Ektron is also buying EPiServer and has plans to combine the technologies. Plot thickens! @accelkkr buys @episerver
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Once Red Hot Ektron Reportedly Sells for Paltry Sum
Privately held companies have it easy: they can vaguely boast of double-digit growth, record profits, strong cash balances and bright futures even when reality seems to suggest otherwise. At least that seems to be the case with Nashua, N.H.-based Ektron.
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