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Digital commerce vendor commercetools has appointed Matt Tuel as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Tuel will oversee global operations, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and driving strategic growth initiatives. Previous COO and co-founder Denis Werner will assume the Chief Information Security and Compliance Officer (CISCO) role. 

“With his deep expertise in guiding venture-backed companies like Profitero, Logentries, and Affinnova through pivotal growth stages, Matt is uniquely equipped to accelerate the operational excellence and strategic focus we’ve built at commercetools,” said commercetools CEO Andrew Burton. 

Elsewhere, Optimizely takes home several TrustRadius awards, Adobe and AWS partner up, and a new Gartner report has the DX industry talking.

Featured Stories

• Optimizely Earns Multiple 2025 Buyer’s Choice Awards from TrustRadius: “Optimizely’s customers continually highlight the platform’s innovation and ease of use, empowering teams to drive data-informed decisions and create impactful content.”

• Adobe and Amazon Web Services Partner to Bring Adobe Experience Platform to Brands: “Our collaboration with AWS expands access to Adobe Experience Platform, powering an integrated set of applications that enable timely customer experiences based on deep insights.”

• Canto Launches Canto PIM: “Canto PIM empowers organizations to reimagine their content and product information operations for the digital-first era.”

• Constructor Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Knowledge Discovery Software for External-Facing Use Cases 2024: “At Constructor, we take immense pride in being able to play a part in the search and discovery experiences of hundreds of millions of people every week.”

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Stories that caught our eye

1. commercetools a Winner in the 2024 Germany AWS Partner Awards: Recognized for helping customers drive innovation.

2. Bloomreach Announces Successful Completion of ISO Recertifications: Including the recently updated ISO 27001:2022.

3. Composable Commerce For Modern Retailers: A way to unlock a better customer experience. 

4. Allyable and OroCommerce Announced Strategic Partnership: Working to bring cutting-edge accessibility capabilities to enterprise supplier processes.

5. Wix Named Most Accessible Website Platform CMS: Recognized in the 2024 Web Almanac report. 

6. RWS Global Chooses Box for Intelligent Content Management: Box will support customized experiences such as theatrical productions and sporting events.

The word on the street…

1. [LinkedIn]: Composable regret is a thing. The 'MACH'-lash happened: Gartner analyst Mike Lowndes announces a new report explaining the importance of digital maturity. 

2. [LinkedIn]: Is composable broken?: Conscia CEO Sana Remekie explores why some composable projects don’t work out. 

3. [LinkedIn]: Trends to define the next era: Kentico CEO Dominik Pinter makes a few predictions for the future of the CMS/ DXP space.