In this new blog post, Dries Buytaert, who founded Drupal and spent many years as one of Acquia’s most senior leaders, openly shares what he sees as one of the biggest mistakes in Acquia’s history. The mistake in question was shutting down a product called Acquia Gardens, a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform that allowed anyone to create Drupal websites without needing to write code.
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Orchestration is redefining the role of CMS platforms
Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, comments in his blog, which is always a source of great articles, on what he calls orchestration and how this is gaining importance in the marketing and technology sector. The key transformation is that the tech stack as such is losing centrality, since orchestration lets it behave like a network in which previously disconnected pieces of software can operate as connected nodes.
(more…)Driesnote at DrupalCon Vienna: AI is rewriting the rules of CMS and the internet
The impact of generative artificial intelligence AI is huge in our lives and it is also huge in content management systems (CMS). Drupal is by no means unaware of a train it necessarily has to catch: Dries Buytaert, Drupal founder, said at DrupalCon Vienna that AI is both storm and path and that it is a change that must definitely be surfed.
(more…)Orchestration is redefining the role of CMSs
Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal, writes on his blog, which is always a source of strong articles, about what he calls orchestration and how it is gaining importance in the marketing and technology space. The big shift is that the tech stack itself now matters less because it is beginning to act as a network thanks precisely to orchestration, so that previously disconnected software pieces can operate as connected nodes.
(more…)Drupal can rest easy with Acquia’s new CEO, Chris Tranquill
This is at least what Drupal founder Dries Buytaert states in one of his recent blog communications. Chris Tranquill is now the new CEO of Acquia, one of the world’s most popular DXP (digital experience platforms), replacing Steve Reny, who spent many years at the company, the last three as CEO.
(more…)Drupal: the best placed to succeed in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)?
Dries Buytaert, Drupal’s founder, is as unequivocal as other CMS and DXP leaders. The arrival of AI has completely reshaped the market; that is no longer in dispute. The question now is which platform the agencies or companies will choose to prosper in an AI-dominated world. On his blog, Buytaert argues that Drupal is the best-placed platform to prosper in the AI era.
(more…)Dries Buytaert takes on a new role at Acquia
One of the most recognizable figures at Acquia and within the Drupal community is, without a doubt, Dries Buytaert—the company’s co-founder more than 17 years ago. Just days after serving as the public face of DrupalCon in Singapore and outlining all the latest developments, Buytaert announced he will transition into a new role at Acquia: Executive Chairman.
(more…)Drupal goes all-in for 2025 with the upcoming launch of Drupal CMS
The founder of the company, Dries Buytaert, confirmed that the new version of Drupal CMS will be available to all users by mid-January. While this isn’t entirely unexpected, the real surprise is that the project appears to be on track to launch on its originally planned date.
(more…)The new name of Drupal Starshot is terrible
I’ve been wanting to write this opinion piece for a while. On August 14, Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, announced that Drupal Starshot would officially be renamed Drupal CMS. Honestly, I think it’s a big mistake.
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