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Storyblok recently released the results of a survey of 300 IT and marketing leaders from global brands. The research shows that traditional monolithic CMS platforms, such as WordPress and Sitecore, are failing teams today. 93% of respondents were frustrated with limited integration options with other services and tools in their tech stack, while 38% needed a better integration experience.

“This survey shows that many companies are hitting the limits of their current CMS. They are dreaming of a CMS that’s keeping all their systems in sync without constant workarounds,” said Storyblok CEO Dominik Angerer. 

Elsewhere, the ‘Shopify for B2B transactions’ completed a pre-seed round, but there is another twist in the WP Engine vs Automattic saga, and Payload CMS has added some new upgrades.

Featured Stories

• Volta, a Shopify for B2B Transactions, Raises Biggest Pre-seed Round of Italy: “The B2C sector has evolved rapidly, with digital platforms replacing paper catalogs and delivering integrated e-commerce solutions. Meanwhile, B2B operations have lagged nearly 15 years behind, still bogged down by outdated, manual processes.”

• Shopify Promotes Commerce Platform to Enterprise Customers: “We’ve built a flexible, scalable platform that powers merchants of all sizes.”

• 4 Big Takeaways for Marketers from Opticon 2024: “Optimizely’s new tools streamline workflows, connect siloed data and offer new martech possibilities for healthcare.”

• Payload 3.0: The First CMS That Installs Directly Into Any Next.js App: “This release is about more than just becoming the first Next.js CMS: Every part of Payload has been significantly improved, slimmed down, optimized, and generally sharpened.”

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Stories that caught our eye

1. Agiledrop is Now a Storyblok Certified Partner: The Slovenian-based agency offers replatforming to the headless CMS. 

2. Oriflame Transforms Ecommerce Search Experience with Lucidworks: AI-powered semantic search for the beauty brand. 

3. WP Engine vs Automattic Judge Inclined to Grant Injunction: The latest twist in the ongoing WordPress saga. 

4. Amperity Recognized in 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List: Welcome recognition for the CDP vendor. 

5. Unpacking Cloud and Composable Commerce: Eagle Eye’s VP explains how the trend impacts ecommerce. 

6. MikMak Continues Its API-First Platform Enhancements: The MikMak Insights API integrates MikMak commerce intelligence data with various data solutions.

The word on the street…

1. [LinkedIn]: Should you centralize or decentralize your technology stack?: CEO of Conscia Sana Remekie poses the question. 

2. [Reddit]: Handling static text in CMS workflows without overloading the CMS?: Help this Redditor solve this problem.