Acquia Named a Strong Performer in Digital Experience Platforms by Independent Research Firm

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 22, 2015) - Acquia, the digital experience company, today announced that it was named a strong performer in the Forrester Research, Inc. report: "The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Platforms Q4 2015." The Cambridge, MA technology research firm cited the Acquia Platform's open, cloud-first and integration-centric platform, which is appealing for companies looking to anchor digital experiences with content and community, but extend it out to commerce and service through integration.^[1]

Forrester Research reports that "Today, the proliferation of customer touchpoints, applications, and digital interactions demands a new technology architecture. We call this architecture a digital experience platform. For most large organizations, digital experience platforms include web and mobile touchpoints today, though advanced firms are expanding their digital presence, with retailers implementing digital walls or manufacturers empowering customers with mobile apps."^[2]

According to Forrester, Acquia received the highest strategy score among all vendors.^[3]

"With so many solutions on the market, it can be hard for even the most savvy digital leaders to identify the best solution amidst the noise," said Tom Erickson, CEO of Acquia. "This report is important because we feel it gets to the heart of the matter and clearly identifies, as Forrester says, 'the technology designed to win, serve, and retain customers.'^[4] We at Acquia strive each day to do just that, and are proud to be included in this report. With Acquia Platform, our customers can trust in an agile, resilient, and open platform that truly helps them rewrite the rules of digital experience delivery."

Acquia provides the leading cloud platform for building, delivering, and optimizing digital experiences. Global organizations use the massively scalable and highly secure Acquia Platform to unify content, community, and commerce and manage one, dozens, or hundreds of sites at breakthrough speed. Real-time customer analytics and personalization help organizations deliver the right experience, at the right time, to the right device.

The Forrester Wave for Web Content Management evaluated 10 vendors on 40 criteria for current offering, strategy, and market presence.

The full Forrester Wave for Digital Experience Platforms is available for download from Acquia. Visit: https://www.acquia.com/wcm/forrester-digital-experience-platforms

About Acquia
Acquia is the digital experience company. Intuit, Warner Music Group and Stanford University are among the more than 4,000 organizations that are transforming their digital businesses with Acquia's open cloud platform. Global 2000 enterprises, government agencies and NGOs rely on Acquia to create new revenue streams, lower costs, and engage audiences more deeply through content, community, commerce and context.

For more information visit www.acquia.com or call +1 781 238 8600.

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^[1] "The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Platforms Q4 2015"
^[2] "The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Platforms Q4 2015"
^[3] "The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Platforms Q4 2015"
^[4] "The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Platforms Q4 2015"