2012 was a tremendous year in the Digital Marketing world! With all the dynamics around mobile, social media and cloud, marketers and website developers have been stretched to keep up with the latest trends. Now is the time to look ahead and see what’s coming next. 

Please read this blog post containing important information about the upcoming end of support of all Kentico CMS versions prior to Version 5.0.

I’m happy to announce that James Hart joins Kentico to lead our marketing team and take our marketing efforts to the next level. 

We have just launched our first SaaS product! Kentico EMS+ is the first fully integrated CXM solution provided as a managed service in the Windows Azure Cloud. The subscription model allows us to make Kentico EMS features more affordable, starting from just $999 per month including hosting.

We're happy to announce that we've just opened an APAC office that will be managed by Wayne Jasek as the Business Development Director.

We are finishing Kentico CMS 7 that represents another major release and brings significant enhancements to both Kentico CMS and Kentico EMS. While preparing the new version, we also introduce several changes in licensing that reflect the recent product and market development and that will take effect on July 1, 2012.

Deploying any Customer Experience Management (CXM) solution involves significant costs. These include licenses, implementation, hosting, and upgrades just to name a few. I personally believe you should expect to know what you are getting for your investment. Let’s take a closer look at a few of the ROI sources you should expect from a CXM solution.

Customer Experience Management (CXM) is not only Web Content Management. It requires several additional components such as Web Analytics, Optimization, Lead Management and others that need to be fully integrated and work smoothly together. Should you choose the “best-of-breed” products and integrate or should you choose an all-in-one suite? 

Are you curious where we are heading in 2012? Do you want to know what features and improvements we are going to introduce this year? Read further to learn more about how we are going to push boundaries of unlimited website possibilities.

Do you need help with performance optimization or upgrade of your website? You can now use Kentico Solution Architects to get an expert advice.

We often see customers delaying the upgrades due to the lack of time and resources. For this reason, we decided to help you keep your Kentico CMS installation up to date.

We launched Kentico CMS at our Kentico Connection conferences in Denver and Prague and it's been available for download since October 10. We received a fabulous feedback on version 6 from the Kentico Connection attendees and those who already downloaded it. Try it now!

As we are approaching to Kentico CMS 6, we would like to update you on the release schedule.

It’s my sincere pleasure to invite customers, partners and anyone interested to Kentico Connection 2011. Based on your feedback we are extending Kentico Connection to include both a US and European venue. This year, you can join us in Denver (Sep 26-28) and Prague (Oct 10-12). Learn more about great new features in Kentico CMS 6.0 and the new Kentico Enterprise Marketing Solution. Meet the Kentico team and share your experience with other Kentico users.

In version 6.0, we are going to keep existing licensing and add a new product Kentico Enterprise Marketing Solution focused on on-line marketing and advanced enterprise scenarios. Read this blog post to learn more about pricing and features in 6.0.

We're excited to announce that we've just opened a UK office and appointed James Tait as the Business Development Director.

We are happy to announce that we've just opened a new office in Seattle, WA. It will provide sales assistance and in the near future, it will also provide a U.S.-based technical support.

Do you send lots of emails from your website? You might be surprised how many of them are never delivered because they are blocked or because the email address no longer exists. SendLabs SmartMTA from Dyn Inc. will help you and it works smoothly with Kentico CMS.

Although Kentico CMS comes with built-in spell-checker, users often forget to check their spelling before publishing. In such cases, you can use the SpellCheckAsYouType (SCAYT) service provided by SpellChecker.net that checks your spelling and underlines the misspelled words. It smoothly integrates with FCKeditor used in Kentico CMS and it has a fully-functional free version.