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So SDL officially announced the completion its acquisition of Alterian, a provider of web engagement management solutions. But the details were very light. We change that right now.

It's finally official. SDL has publicly announced that is has completed its acquisition of web engagement management provider Alterian.

I expect you've all heard the story by now: SDL has acquired Alterian.

While things have been changing in the world of web content management, it seems the key vendors who led the charge last year, still do according to Gartner's latest magic quadrant for web content management. But there are a few new faces to look at, so let's review.

In the hysteria that often surrounds the management of unstructured data, sometimes you’d get the idea that structured content was all safely under wraps. Anyone working with content will know that this is not so. Hence, the release by SDL today of its Product Content Maturity Model with upgrades to SDL Trisoft and SDL LiveContent to support it.

A little interesting potential acquisition news this morning. It looks like SDL might be wanting to get its hands on web engagement management provider Alterian.

Editor's Note: Alterian released a comment on the potential acquisition offer. Read on to get their perspective.

To remain relevant, the Web CMS (WCM) world must evolve. And given WCM's critical position in the information stream this fact is broadly accepted. However, the nature of the forces driving this evolution look different depending on who you talk to.

In this exclusive CMSWire interview SDL's CMO of Web Content Management Solutions, Robert Carroll, expounds on the industry shift from a core Web CMS focus towards Customer Experience Management (CXM).

Small things make the difference, and here’s a small thing from SDL. The UK-based information management software vendor has announced a simple translation tool for the desktop that will work across 60 languages.

Quiet week in the GRC space this week, but there’s still a few nuggets worth noting. Social media and the risks it poses were identified by Symantec, Passware shows that its new product finds your OS passwords, SDL’s translation software gets further security certification and Nextware legal services offers iPad support.

The Forrester Wave: Web Content Management for Online Customer Experience (CXM) has just arrived and it reads like a who's who of web content management. Seems there are few WCM vendors who don't make some attempt to support the delivery of a complete online customer experience, but most still have a lot of work to do. Who leads and who challenges? Read on.

UK-based SDL (news, site) announced the release of SDL LiveContent 2011, a multi-channel, context-aware product information platform that uses structured XML to produce different outputs on demand. That’s quite a mouthful. In simple terms, if your business is fast-moving, with frequent changes to product information and you’ve embraced consumerization by supporting multiple devices, SDL Live Content is something you should explore.

SDL (news, site) has taken a firm grip on supporting the growing population of mobile users in Tridion 2011.

After a far too brief holiday, the DAM Lowdown returns with: SDL's acquisition of Calamares, FocusOPEN launches a developer network, Createasphere hosts an open source DAM seminar, NorthPlains extends TeleScope via partnership and Quick Hits.

SDL has previously partnered with companies in need of web content management solutions. Today, SDL acquired a digital assets management solution, and its offering just got spicier. By acquiring Calamares, a cloud-based platform that allows enterprises to centrally compose, enrich, publish and distribute video and other rich-media assets, SDL is able to extend its customer engagement solutions to include video and rich media management, which are more in demand across the enterprise than ever before.

EMC (news, site) is adding to its Web Content Management partnerships. Now, along with FatWire, the enterprise content management giant has struck an agreement with SDL (news, site).