Company

CMS Watch (http://www.cmswatch.com)
An analyst firm that serves as a buyer's advocate: telling the real story about content technologies

Headquarters

9110 Warren St., Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
+1 301 585 7004
info@cmswatch.com

Key Data

Founded: 2001
Status: Privately held corporation; profitable
Analysts: 5+
Customers: thousands of technology buyers worldwide

Company Overview

CMS Watch^tm is an analyst firm that provides an independent source of buyer's advice on content management, records management, enterprise portals and enterprise search technologies. Highly detailed CMS Watch reports help sort out the complex landscape of potential solutions so that project teams can minimize the time and effort to identify and evaluate technologies suited to their particular requirements. To retain its independence as a vendor-neutral analyst firm, CMS Watch works solely for solutions buyers and never for the vendors it covers.

Products

Web Content Management: The CMS Report
The acclaimed CMS Report offers a comprehensive evaluation of web content management products and best practices, including updated, comparative surveys of 32 web CMS packages, as well as 85 descriptive charts and 150 product screens. This report helps customers make the right CMS decision for their organization.

Enterprise Portals: The Enterprise Portals Report
This report illuminates the complexities of enterprise portal products and includes detailed 8- to 15-page comparative surveys of 13 Enterprise Portal products, as well as short descriptions of several other vendors across 4 vendor categories. The report is ideal for companies looking to quickly get up-to-speed on the latest in enterprise portal technology products.

Enterprise Content Managmeent: The ECM Suites Report
The report offers in-depth reviews of 30 Enterprise Content Managment technology providers with implementation advice and best practices. Detailed functional charts and analysis tools help guide through the intricacies of planning and implementing a complex document or records management system.

Web Analytics: The Web Analytics Report
This report enterprise make informed analytics technology strategies and buying decisions. The 275 page report evaluates 13 major Web Analytics vendors, including Google, WebTrends, Omniture, and WebSideStory.

Enterprise Search: The Enterprise Search Report
This 500+ page report provides 10- to 20-page comparative evaluations of 29 enterprise search offerings. It illustrates how to create a business-driven enterprise search strategy, helps select a search product and provides unbiased technical assessments to streamline the buying process in this confusing, fast-changing landscape.

Target Market

CMS Watch customers include mid-size and enterprise-level organizations worldwide and the system integrators who consult with them. The IT project teams/professionals within these two groups benefit from the reports as follows:

Mid/Enterprise-Level Organizations

• Get to the right shortlist of products
• Reduce risk by applying best practices
• Save time and find the best solution for the organization
• Avoid common pitfalls and costly mistakes

System Integrators/Consultants

• Help customers streamline the Request for Proposal (RFP) process
• Apply report information to a multitude of client scenarios
• Facilitates the role of the consultant
• Establishes, reinforces credibility as marketplace experts

Founder

Tony Byrne, Founder & Principal

Media Contact

Kristie Hughes, Marketing Director
+1 202 966 6999
khughes@cmswatch.com