Next, a reminder that cybersecurity remains a problem. Optiv found that 58% of chief information security officers believe that experience handling a data breach makes them more attractive to potential employers. That may help to explain why the same survey finds that companies often fail to implement basic security practices.
Should business users work independently of IT? No prizes for guessing that 70% of IT workers think it’s a bad idea while 69% of business users think it’s good. Both sides agree their organization would benefit from “low code” platforms that make development easier for whoever does the work. Also no prize for guessing that survey sponsor Mendix offers a low-code platform.
Also in the open source world, Vista Equity Partners spent a reported $1 billion to purchase a majority stake in Acquia, which offers a Drupal-based digital experience platform. Acquia itself has recently purchased Mautic, an open source marketing automation system, and Cohesion, a low-code Drupal Web site builder.
Email and mobile personalization platform Movable Ink has announced a new integration between its Da Vinci content personalization solution and Adobe Journey Optimizer. Joint customers will be able to develop content assets aimed at each individual email recipient and bring them into Adobe Journey Optimizer for deployment. This builds on an existing integration between Movable Ink Da Vinci and Adobe Campaign.