PARTNER
BOOTCAMP
September 21st, 2021
TODAY’S AGENDA
5 min Welcome, Intro, Partner Updates Garry Levitt
10 min Value of Acquia over DIY Garry Levitt
10 min Savings Calculator + Use Cases Maggie Schroeder
10 min DC + MC Practice Requirements Mark Royko
10 min Welcome Widen Jamie Liechty, Chris Rewey
10 min Q&A
5 min Wrap Up & QUIZ: entered to win a $15 Amazon Voucher Garry Levitt
JAMIE
LIECHTY
MAGGIE
SCHROEDER
CHRIS
REWEY
GARRY
LEVITT
MARK
ROYKO
ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Partner of the Year
– Acquia Acquires Widen
– Acquia Engage & Engage Awards
– Acquia Practice Certification Program Updates
PARTNER PROGRAM UPDATES
Value of Acquia over DIY for Partners
Garry Levitt
What We Hear from Customers and Partners
“We need
more agility
and lower
overheads…”
We are worried
about Drupal 7
end-of-life and
want to migrate
to Drupal 9…”
“We are worried
about security
and
scalability…”
“We need more
innovation and
digital
marketing
capabilities…”
“Hosting and
managed
services are
not our
focus…”
“We we want to
build out an
Acquia practice
and offer
Marketing
Cloud…”
“We want to
free up our
resources for
higher-value
services…”
“We want to offer
our customers
extended support
for Drupal 7 and 8
beyond end of
life…”
Customers
Partners
HAVE YOU
CONSIDERED
ALL THE HIDDEN
COSTS OF DIY?
PLATFORM
COMPLIANCE
DRUPAL
APPLICATION
MAINTENANCE
MANAGERIAL
CONSIDERATION
S & STAFFING
DRUPAL
DEVELOPMENT
TOOLS &
SERVICES
FULLY MANAGED,
SCALABLE
CLOUD
PLATFORM
SYSTEM
MONITORING
SECURITY
FEATURES
SECURITY
ADD-ONS
PLATFORM
SECURITY
AUDITS
500+
digital sites consolidated
on a common platform
⬆ INCREASE REVENUE DECREASE COST ⬇
200%
increase in shop conversions
5
months to build and launch
their global, corporate website
IDEAL STATE: ROI delivered to the business
reduction in time-to-market
with new digital experiences
49%
4.7M
Reduction in digital production
costs over 5 year period
increase in average time spent,
per session, on digital channels
121%
50%
entered a purchase path
after initial engagement
3 Days
Time to launch Covid-loan
response site and program
ACQUIA SUPPORTS
DRUPAL 9 AND
GETS YOU THERE
FAST
EFFORTLESS
CONTENT EDITING
WITH LOW CODE
OPTIMIZED
CLOUD-BASED
DRUPAL
DEVELOPER TOOLS
THE ONLY
SOLUTION FOR
SITES AT SCALE
GLOBAL
COMMUNITY OF
DRUPAL EXPERTS
A HYBRID CMS
MODEL
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
IDENTIFY RIGHT-FIT CLIENTS READY
FOR INNOVATION
CLIENTS WHO DIY
OR PARTNER-
HOSTED
CLIENTS ON
DRUPAL 7 OR 8
CLIENTS ON
NON-CURRENT
“LEGACY”
PLATFORMS (E.G.
WORDPRESS)
CLIENTS IN NEED
OF INNOVATION
Savings calculator +
Use Cases
Maggie Schroeder
USE OUR HANDY CALCULATOR
FOR CLIENT SAVINGS
ESTIMATES
Why? Because we know the
hidden costs of support and
administration, multi-region
failover, CDNs, security design
and certification, integrated
search and added developer
tools.
EXPLORE THE
HIDDEN COSTS
OF DIY
Agile
Content
IDEAL STATE:
The path to boosting revenue + reducing costs
– Empower anyone to create content
– Easily deploy content on any channel
– Scale your content while providing governance
– Integrate your content with any technology
EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS
Differentiate through design
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
Consistency, reuse
CIO
Adopt innovative technology
that drives impact for the
business
IT DIRECTOR
Administer and operate a cost
effective, secure + scalable
solution for the business
DIGITAL MARKETERS
Create meaningful connections
DEVELOPER
Focus on innovation
BUILD
RUN
ENHANCE
EXTEND
MIGRATE
VELOCITY
A COMPOSABLE SOLUTION FOR ALL PHASES
THE ACQUIA SOLUTION:
THE ONLY LOW CODE SOLUTION
FOR AGILE CONTENT
﹣ Created for anyone to build
or update pages
﹣ Preset templates, components
and design elements
﹣ Drag and Drop, visual interface
RESULTS:
CLOSE BROTHERS CREATES A SITE IN
3 DAYS WITH SITE STUDIO
﹣ 20+ applications supported
by a master design system
﹣ Less than 1 year to migrate
from D7 to D8
THE ACQUIA SOLUTION:
A CENTRALIZED PLATFORM FOR
GOVERNANCE AND EFFICIENCY
﹣ Management of all sites
through a centralized UI
﹣ Reusable sites, templates
and components
﹣ Roles and permissions
to ensure compliance
RESULTS:
BAYER DELIVERS CONTENT TO
MEET ALL CUSTOMER’S NEEDS
﹣ 500 digital properties
﹣ Less than 1 year
﹣ Empowerment of business
users at scale
﹣ Governance and security
requirements met
BUILD A ROADMAP WITH YOUR CUSTOMER TO ADOPT
AGILE CONTENT
MATURITY
Phase 1:
Set the
foundation
Phase 2:
Deliver innovative content
driven experiences
Phase 3:
Scale: make any
customer experience
a digital experience
Website and intranet Mobile apps, digital signage,
conversational interfaces
Customer portals, sales portals,
customer service requests, peer to
peer customer interaction, etc.
NEXT STEPS:
- CALCULATE A DIY CUSTOMER EXAMPLE
- SHARE THE ACQUIA VS. DIY EBOOK
- REGISTER YOUR D9 OPPORTUNITIES
- SCHEDULE A CLIENT DEMO
Acquia Practice Certification
DC + MC Practice Requirements
Mark Royko
Who We Are:
Acquia’s Success Is Built On
Successful Engagements.
Delivery Team Excellence
● Business Value Alignment
● Engagement Experience
● Operational Excellence
● Company Culture
● Long-term Client Relationships
The Acquia Practice Certification Program rewards partners who demonstrate a mastery of Acquia’s
Cloud Platform in three separate areas of expertise: Drupal Cloud, Marketing Cloud and DXP. These
certifications are awarded to organizations with a proven record of technical achievement, and mastery
of Acquia products.
Where Acquia’s developer certification program offers accreditation to individuals, ACP validates
organizations. Only partners who pass a rigorous evaluation program qualify for this award.
Practice Certification Scorecard
To achieve any of the three Acquia Platform Certifications, partners are evaluated and scored on a number of criteria
including familiarity with Acquia solutions, overall technical excellence, engagement experience, and internal culture.
Each section is scored during a partner interview, and with metrics collected internally through Acquia systems.
Criteria used for evaluation include the following:
Product Value
Expertise
Partners should be able to clearly communicate the value of any product
applicable to their certification, and can explain how these products are
uniquely suited to a solve client’s business needs.
15%
Operational
Excellence
Partners must demonstrate a deep understanding of web technologies, delivery
processes, technical architecture, and quality assurance. They must maintain a
minimum level of Acquia Certification among their developers and prove a
commitment to ongoing technical education.
35%
Engagement
Experience
Partners must have completed a minimum of four projects on the Acquia
Platform within the previous 24 months of application, using the products within
their given cloud specialty.
35%
Acquia Processes Partners should be able to prove a familiarity with Acquia support options,
ticketing systems and customer onboarding procedures.
10%
Organizational
Culture
Partners should maintain a culture that encourages technical team development
and prove a commitment to ongoing technical education.
5%
Acquia Practice Certification Criteria
Drupal Cloud Marketing Cloud
Engagement
Experience
Four (4) projects completed within the
last 24 months on the Acquia Platform.
(Drupal Cloud Products)
Two (2) projects completed
within the last 18 months on the
Acquia Platform. (Marketing
Cloud Products.)
Delivery Teams
Lead Architect (Grand Master)
Back-End Developer (Certified Drupal 9)
Front-End Developer (Certified Drupal 9)
Acquia Cloud-Pro Certified Developer
Site Studio Certification
Cross functional team with at
least two developers certified in
Acquia Campaign Studio,
Personalization
Customer
Reviews
Two (2) Customer Testimonials Two (2) Customer Testimonials
Business,
Organizational
Expertise
Team interview explaining how partner works to transform their customer’s
digital challenges using the Acquia Platform.
NEXT STEPS:
- FORMAL APPLICATION KICKOFF AT ENGAGE
- SIGN-UP FOR MORE INFORMATION HERE
Acquia acquires Widen
How Widen, an Acquia company
partners with others
Chris Rewey
Director of Business Development
Collaborator, Sales, Technical
Jamie Liechty
Partner Manager
Overseeing all things partner-related
Welcome Widen partner team!
September 8, 2021
Acquia announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to
acquire Widen.
WHY
is Acquia
acquiring
Widen?
Why?
It’s important to Acquia’s customers that they have a fully integrated
DAM as part of their DXP solution. We evaluated all potential options
and considered Widen to be the best fit. The company is growing
quickly and has extremely satisfied customers, and the technology
can be fully integrated with our DXP.
With Widen,
Acquia extends its leadership in managing web applications.
Customers will benefit from being able to add rich content—such as
images, videos, PDFs—to any digital customer experience.
Acquia will invest
in Widen R&D to speed product innovation.
How does this
IMPACT
Acquia and Widen
partners
Widen partners
may continue to work with the Widen partner ecosystem.
At the same time,
Acquia will make the products available through its partner ecosystem.
Widen is a leader in
cloud-based DAM
proven at every level
Top rated by users everywhere
Company overview
Founded in
1948
150
employees strong
Based in
MADISON, WI
and
LONDON, UK
24
years of
DAM
All-in-one
DAM
+
PIM
platform
Built on Amazon Web Services
700+
customers
globally
RATINGS & REVIEWS Widen has earned market trust
Trusted by hundreds of the world’s most iconic brands
Customer count
700+
onboarding
new
customers
each year
ONE
MILLION
users
65%
Enterprise
Orgs of >$500M revenue,
1000+ employees and
Large Enterprise
Orgs of >$1B revenue,
10,000+ employees
20%
Mid-market
Orgs of $50M-$500M revenue,
200-1000 employees
15%
Small-market
and nonprofit
Orgs <$50M or 200
employees individual teams
2 main
products
6
applications
Serving
global
businesses
90%
based in US
10%
EMEA
some
Australian
Segmentation
70
customers
Forbes Global 2000 list
The Widen Collective
Geography
96%
Retention rate
STATISTICS
Product Information Management (PIM)
Digital Asset Management (DAM)
● Centralize all content assets in
one integrated hub
● Safeguard your identity and
drive brand consistency
● Streamline your workflows to
drive creative expression
● Prepare product content for
go-to-market launches
ONE PLATFORM, MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS
Serving a range of modern marketing needs
INTEGRATIONS ECOSYSTEM
DAM is at the heart of the
modern martech ecosystem
Create
Distribute
Manage
Product data
NEXT STEPS:
- Register for the Product Update Webinar: Widen Joins Acquia
TOMORROW September 22, 2021 / 11am EDT
- Watch the Widen Demo
Demo of the entire Widen Collective Suite (11 minutes)
Q&A
QUIZ
NEXT STEPS:
- Fill out our feedback form for a chance to win a $15 Amazon gift card
- Register your interest in the Practice Certification Program here
- Connect with our speakers below
- Join the Acquia & Widen webinar tomorrow
JAMIE LIECHTY
Linkedin
jliechty@widen.com
MAGGIE SCHROEDER
Linkedin
maggie.schroeder@acquia.com
CHRIS REWEY
Linkedin
crewey@widen.com
GARRY LEVITT
Linkedin
garry.levitt@acquia.com
MARK ROYKO
Linkedin
mark.royko@acquia.com
– What is DIY and why NOT to do it?
– How is Acquia different (compared to 2 other common
scenarios: DIY Drupal, WordPress, Acquia)
– Case studies
Content
From Development through to
production, PARTNERS are
migrating customers away
from “DIY HOSTING” in favor
of an application lifecycle
management suite and a
complete infrastructure to
support of next-gen
DEVELOPER EXPERIENCES.
3 REASONS TO NOT BUILD YOUR OWN
STACK
1. Hidden Costs 2. Security &
Compliance
3. Support &
Operations
● Reduced
time-to-market to
configure and optimize
your stack
● Integrate your own
development tools
● Lack of a centralized
User Experience to
manage and monitor
● Perform your own
security & compliance
audits
● Select and implement
solutions for SEIM,
firewall, virus, monitoring
and more
● Opportunity cost for
team in operations
tasks versus
improvements
● Potential third-party
operations/integration
costs
● Risk of downtime due
to support availability
WHICH MEANS
Less time to optimize and innovate digital experiences that engage your audience
Acquia Cloud vs. Other Deployment
Options
24x7 infrastructure monitoring and support
Guaranteed 99.99% infrastructure uptime
Guaranteed 99.99% site uptime
Performance tuning
Drupal core and module updates
Site uptime monitoring
Drupal development tools
24x7 Drupal support
Fully managed Drupal-tuned platform stack
YOUR
EFFORT
ACQUIA
CLOUD
DIY
CLOUD
DIY
ON-PREM
High availability configuration
YOUR
EFFORT
DEVELOPER
EXPERIENCE
Helping You do More than “Expensive Hosting”
● Integrated Development
Environment specifically for
Drupal, in the Cloud (Built)
● Accelerator to build and
launch new Drupal
Applications, faster (Built)
● Migration solution to upgrade
to D9 (Built)
● Low-code solution for building
pages and websites with a
visual, drag and drop interface
(acquired)
● Customer data platform to
inform content, driving higher
customer engagement
(acquired)
● Campaign management for
email, sms and other targeted
(acquired)
● The only Kubernetes-native Cloud
for Drupal providing unmatched
scalability and efficiency (built)
● Advanced security certifications
achieved - FEDRAMP, HIPPA, PCI,
etc. (enhanced)
● Additional solutions for speed and
performance including CDN, New
Relic, etc. included. (enhanced)
MARKETER
EXPERIENCE
IT OPERATOR
EXPERIENCE
THE ACQUIA DIFFERENCE
➔ The highest level of commerce, financial services, healthcare, high tech, and
government organizations rely on Acquia to power their mission-critical applications,
and Acquia's experience in delivering at the Enterprise level is robust
➔ Acquia's Support and Ops team spans multiple operational centers across the world,
with live eyes-on-screen coverage in every global time zone, and a team numbering
over 150+ Cloud/Drupal experts
➔ Acquia is far and away the largest contributor to Drupal
➔ Acquia invests in peripheral technologies to continue to drive customer innovation
and will continue to invest in Drupal in this way. Guaranteed longevity as a partner.
➔ Bottom Line: Pantheon only provides website hosting, Acquia provides that, and
more, on a Drupal-specific, fully-managed digital experience building platform.
THE ACQUIA DIFFERENCE
➔ Acquia offers granular access management controls including roles and permissions,
two-factor authentication, IP address restrictions, SSH access, and more to ensure site
security
➔ Pantheon does not offer a highly available infrastructure by default. Acquia provides
multizone failover to all customers by default
➔ Acquia has committed to the highest level of security and compliance obtaining FedRAMP,
PCI, HIPAA compliance, and more which requires us to deliver the highest level of security
for all of our customers. Additionally, Acquia has members of the Drupal Security team on
our own security team helping to optimize our platform for Drupal.
➔ Acquia has contributed 18x more to Drupal than Pantheon. We are dedicated to delivering
value to Drupal, Pantheon is not.
➔ Acquia's R&D budget is more than Pantheon's most recent funding round signifying our
ongoing commitment to creating the best product for Drupal.
➔ Acquia offers the only low-code site builder for Drupal with over 50 pre-built components
that allow site builders and marketers alike to create sites quickly. Pantheon provides
NOTHING for marketers.
➔ Acquia has the only cloud-based integrated development environment that is optimized for
Drupal and ready to get up and running in minutes. Pantheon's take hours and even days
sometimes.
September Partner Bootcamp

September Partner Bootcamp

  • 1.
  • 2.
    TODAY’S AGENDA 5 minWelcome, Intro, Partner Updates Garry Levitt 10 min Value of Acquia over DIY Garry Levitt 10 min Savings Calculator + Use Cases Maggie Schroeder 10 min DC + MC Practice Requirements Mark Royko 10 min Welcome Widen Jamie Liechty, Chris Rewey 10 min Q&A 5 min Wrap Up & QUIZ: entered to win a $15 Amazon Voucher Garry Levitt JAMIE LIECHTY MAGGIE SCHROEDER CHRIS REWEY GARRY LEVITT MARK ROYKO
  • 3.
  • 4.
    – Partner ofthe Year – Acquia Acquires Widen – Acquia Engage & Engage Awards – Acquia Practice Certification Program Updates PARTNER PROGRAM UPDATES
  • 5.
    Value of Acquiaover DIY for Partners Garry Levitt
  • 6.
    What We Hearfrom Customers and Partners “We need more agility and lower overheads…” We are worried about Drupal 7 end-of-life and want to migrate to Drupal 9…” “We are worried about security and scalability…” “We need more innovation and digital marketing capabilities…” “Hosting and managed services are not our focus…” “We we want to build out an Acquia practice and offer Marketing Cloud…” “We want to free up our resources for higher-value services…” “We want to offer our customers extended support for Drupal 7 and 8 beyond end of life…” Customers Partners
  • 7.
    HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ALL THEHIDDEN COSTS OF DIY? PLATFORM COMPLIANCE DRUPAL APPLICATION MAINTENANCE MANAGERIAL CONSIDERATION S & STAFFING DRUPAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS & SERVICES FULLY MANAGED, SCALABLE CLOUD PLATFORM SYSTEM MONITORING SECURITY FEATURES SECURITY ADD-ONS PLATFORM SECURITY AUDITS
  • 8.
    500+ digital sites consolidated ona common platform ⬆ INCREASE REVENUE DECREASE COST ⬇ 200% increase in shop conversions 5 months to build and launch their global, corporate website IDEAL STATE: ROI delivered to the business reduction in time-to-market with new digital experiences 49% 4.7M Reduction in digital production costs over 5 year period increase in average time spent, per session, on digital channels 121% 50% entered a purchase path after initial engagement 3 Days Time to launch Covid-loan response site and program
  • 9.
    ACQUIA SUPPORTS DRUPAL 9AND GETS YOU THERE FAST EFFORTLESS CONTENT EDITING WITH LOW CODE OPTIMIZED CLOUD-BASED DRUPAL DEVELOPER TOOLS THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR SITES AT SCALE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF DRUPAL EXPERTS A HYBRID CMS MODEL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
  • 11.
    IDENTIFY RIGHT-FIT CLIENTSREADY FOR INNOVATION CLIENTS WHO DIY OR PARTNER- HOSTED CLIENTS ON DRUPAL 7 OR 8 CLIENTS ON NON-CURRENT “LEGACY” PLATFORMS (E.G. WORDPRESS) CLIENTS IN NEED OF INNOVATION
  • 12.
    Savings calculator + UseCases Maggie Schroeder
  • 13.
    USE OUR HANDYCALCULATOR FOR CLIENT SAVINGS ESTIMATES Why? Because we know the hidden costs of support and administration, multi-region failover, CDNs, security design and certification, integrated search and added developer tools. EXPLORE THE HIDDEN COSTS OF DIY
  • 14.
    Agile Content IDEAL STATE: The pathto boosting revenue + reducing costs – Empower anyone to create content – Easily deploy content on any channel – Scale your content while providing governance – Integrate your content with any technology
  • 15.
    EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS Differentiate throughdesign ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT Consistency, reuse CIO Adopt innovative technology that drives impact for the business IT DIRECTOR Administer and operate a cost effective, secure + scalable solution for the business DIGITAL MARKETERS Create meaningful connections DEVELOPER Focus on innovation BUILD RUN ENHANCE EXTEND MIGRATE VELOCITY A COMPOSABLE SOLUTION FOR ALL PHASES
  • 16.
    THE ACQUIA SOLUTION: THEONLY LOW CODE SOLUTION FOR AGILE CONTENT ﹣ Created for anyone to build or update pages ﹣ Preset templates, components and design elements ﹣ Drag and Drop, visual interface
  • 17.
    RESULTS: CLOSE BROTHERS CREATESA SITE IN 3 DAYS WITH SITE STUDIO ﹣ 20+ applications supported by a master design system ﹣ Less than 1 year to migrate from D7 to D8
  • 18.
    THE ACQUIA SOLUTION: ACENTRALIZED PLATFORM FOR GOVERNANCE AND EFFICIENCY ﹣ Management of all sites through a centralized UI ﹣ Reusable sites, templates and components ﹣ Roles and permissions to ensure compliance
  • 19.
    RESULTS: BAYER DELIVERS CONTENTTO MEET ALL CUSTOMER’S NEEDS ﹣ 500 digital properties ﹣ Less than 1 year ﹣ Empowerment of business users at scale ﹣ Governance and security requirements met
  • 20.
    BUILD A ROADMAPWITH YOUR CUSTOMER TO ADOPT AGILE CONTENT MATURITY Phase 1: Set the foundation Phase 2: Deliver innovative content driven experiences Phase 3: Scale: make any customer experience a digital experience Website and intranet Mobile apps, digital signage, conversational interfaces Customer portals, sales portals, customer service requests, peer to peer customer interaction, etc.
  • 21.
    NEXT STEPS: - CALCULATEA DIY CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - SHARE THE ACQUIA VS. DIY EBOOK - REGISTER YOUR D9 OPPORTUNITIES - SCHEDULE A CLIENT DEMO
  • 22.
    Acquia Practice Certification DC+ MC Practice Requirements Mark Royko
  • 23.
    Who We Are: Acquia’sSuccess Is Built On Successful Engagements.
  • 24.
    Delivery Team Excellence ●Business Value Alignment ● Engagement Experience ● Operational Excellence ● Company Culture ● Long-term Client Relationships
  • 25.
    The Acquia PracticeCertification Program rewards partners who demonstrate a mastery of Acquia’s Cloud Platform in three separate areas of expertise: Drupal Cloud, Marketing Cloud and DXP. These certifications are awarded to organizations with a proven record of technical achievement, and mastery of Acquia products. Where Acquia’s developer certification program offers accreditation to individuals, ACP validates organizations. Only partners who pass a rigorous evaluation program qualify for this award.
  • 26.
    Practice Certification Scorecard Toachieve any of the three Acquia Platform Certifications, partners are evaluated and scored on a number of criteria including familiarity with Acquia solutions, overall technical excellence, engagement experience, and internal culture. Each section is scored during a partner interview, and with metrics collected internally through Acquia systems. Criteria used for evaluation include the following: Product Value Expertise Partners should be able to clearly communicate the value of any product applicable to their certification, and can explain how these products are uniquely suited to a solve client’s business needs. 15% Operational Excellence Partners must demonstrate a deep understanding of web technologies, delivery processes, technical architecture, and quality assurance. They must maintain a minimum level of Acquia Certification among their developers and prove a commitment to ongoing technical education. 35% Engagement Experience Partners must have completed a minimum of four projects on the Acquia Platform within the previous 24 months of application, using the products within their given cloud specialty. 35% Acquia Processes Partners should be able to prove a familiarity with Acquia support options, ticketing systems and customer onboarding procedures. 10% Organizational Culture Partners should maintain a culture that encourages technical team development and prove a commitment to ongoing technical education. 5%
  • 27.
    Acquia Practice CertificationCriteria Drupal Cloud Marketing Cloud Engagement Experience Four (4) projects completed within the last 24 months on the Acquia Platform. (Drupal Cloud Products) Two (2) projects completed within the last 18 months on the Acquia Platform. (Marketing Cloud Products.) Delivery Teams Lead Architect (Grand Master) Back-End Developer (Certified Drupal 9) Front-End Developer (Certified Drupal 9) Acquia Cloud-Pro Certified Developer Site Studio Certification Cross functional team with at least two developers certified in Acquia Campaign Studio, Personalization Customer Reviews Two (2) Customer Testimonials Two (2) Customer Testimonials Business, Organizational Expertise Team interview explaining how partner works to transform their customer’s digital challenges using the Acquia Platform.
  • 28.
    NEXT STEPS: - FORMALAPPLICATION KICKOFF AT ENGAGE - SIGN-UP FOR MORE INFORMATION HERE
  • 29.
    Acquia acquires Widen HowWiden, an Acquia company partners with others
  • 30.
    Chris Rewey Director ofBusiness Development Collaborator, Sales, Technical Jamie Liechty Partner Manager Overseeing all things partner-related Welcome Widen partner team!
  • 31.
    September 8, 2021 Acquiaannounced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Widen. WHY is Acquia acquiring Widen? Why? It’s important to Acquia’s customers that they have a fully integrated DAM as part of their DXP solution. We evaluated all potential options and considered Widen to be the best fit. The company is growing quickly and has extremely satisfied customers, and the technology can be fully integrated with our DXP. With Widen, Acquia extends its leadership in managing web applications. Customers will benefit from being able to add rich content—such as images, videos, PDFs—to any digital customer experience.
  • 32.
    Acquia will invest inWiden R&D to speed product innovation. How does this IMPACT Acquia and Widen partners Widen partners may continue to work with the Widen partner ecosystem. At the same time, Acquia will make the products available through its partner ecosystem.
  • 33.
    Widen is aleader in cloud-based DAM proven at every level Top rated by users everywhere Company overview Founded in 1948 150 employees strong Based in MADISON, WI and LONDON, UK 24 years of DAM All-in-one DAM + PIM platform Built on Amazon Web Services 700+ customers globally
  • 34.
    RATINGS & REVIEWSWiden has earned market trust
  • 35.
    Trusted by hundredsof the world’s most iconic brands
  • 36.
    Customer count 700+ onboarding new customers each year ONE MILLION users 65% Enterprise Orgsof >$500M revenue, 1000+ employees and Large Enterprise Orgs of >$1B revenue, 10,000+ employees 20% Mid-market Orgs of $50M-$500M revenue, 200-1000 employees 15% Small-market and nonprofit Orgs <$50M or 200 employees individual teams 2 main products 6 applications Serving global businesses 90% based in US 10% EMEA some Australian Segmentation 70 customers Forbes Global 2000 list The Widen Collective Geography 96% Retention rate STATISTICS
  • 37.
    Product Information Management(PIM) Digital Asset Management (DAM) ● Centralize all content assets in one integrated hub ● Safeguard your identity and drive brand consistency ● Streamline your workflows to drive creative expression ● Prepare product content for go-to-market launches ONE PLATFORM, MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS Serving a range of modern marketing needs
  • 38.
    INTEGRATIONS ECOSYSTEM DAM isat the heart of the modern martech ecosystem Create Distribute Manage Product data
  • 39.
    NEXT STEPS: - Registerfor the Product Update Webinar: Widen Joins Acquia TOMORROW September 22, 2021 / 11am EDT - Watch the Widen Demo Demo of the entire Widen Collective Suite (11 minutes)
  • 40.
  • 41.
  • 42.
    NEXT STEPS: - Fillout our feedback form for a chance to win a $15 Amazon gift card - Register your interest in the Practice Certification Program here - Connect with our speakers below - Join the Acquia & Widen webinar tomorrow JAMIE LIECHTY Linkedin jliechty@widen.com MAGGIE SCHROEDER Linkedin maggie.schroeder@acquia.com CHRIS REWEY Linkedin crewey@widen.com GARRY LEVITT Linkedin garry.levitt@acquia.com MARK ROYKO Linkedin mark.royko@acquia.com
  • 44.
    – What isDIY and why NOT to do it? – How is Acquia different (compared to 2 other common scenarios: DIY Drupal, WordPress, Acquia) – Case studies Content
  • 45.
    From Development throughto production, PARTNERS are migrating customers away from “DIY HOSTING” in favor of an application lifecycle management suite and a complete infrastructure to support of next-gen DEVELOPER EXPERIENCES.
  • 46.
    3 REASONS TONOT BUILD YOUR OWN STACK 1. Hidden Costs 2. Security & Compliance 3. Support & Operations ● Reduced time-to-market to configure and optimize your stack ● Integrate your own development tools ● Lack of a centralized User Experience to manage and monitor ● Perform your own security & compliance audits ● Select and implement solutions for SEIM, firewall, virus, monitoring and more ● Opportunity cost for team in operations tasks versus improvements ● Potential third-party operations/integration costs ● Risk of downtime due to support availability WHICH MEANS Less time to optimize and innovate digital experiences that engage your audience
  • 47.
    Acquia Cloud vs.Other Deployment Options 24x7 infrastructure monitoring and support Guaranteed 99.99% infrastructure uptime Guaranteed 99.99% site uptime Performance tuning Drupal core and module updates Site uptime monitoring Drupal development tools 24x7 Drupal support Fully managed Drupal-tuned platform stack YOUR EFFORT ACQUIA CLOUD DIY CLOUD DIY ON-PREM High availability configuration YOUR EFFORT
  • 48.
    DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE Helping You doMore than “Expensive Hosting” ● Integrated Development Environment specifically for Drupal, in the Cloud (Built) ● Accelerator to build and launch new Drupal Applications, faster (Built) ● Migration solution to upgrade to D9 (Built) ● Low-code solution for building pages and websites with a visual, drag and drop interface (acquired) ● Customer data platform to inform content, driving higher customer engagement (acquired) ● Campaign management for email, sms and other targeted (acquired) ● The only Kubernetes-native Cloud for Drupal providing unmatched scalability and efficiency (built) ● Advanced security certifications achieved - FEDRAMP, HIPPA, PCI, etc. (enhanced) ● Additional solutions for speed and performance including CDN, New Relic, etc. included. (enhanced) MARKETER EXPERIENCE IT OPERATOR EXPERIENCE
  • 49.
    THE ACQUIA DIFFERENCE ➔The highest level of commerce, financial services, healthcare, high tech, and government organizations rely on Acquia to power their mission-critical applications, and Acquia's experience in delivering at the Enterprise level is robust ➔ Acquia's Support and Ops team spans multiple operational centers across the world, with live eyes-on-screen coverage in every global time zone, and a team numbering over 150+ Cloud/Drupal experts ➔ Acquia is far and away the largest contributor to Drupal ➔ Acquia invests in peripheral technologies to continue to drive customer innovation and will continue to invest in Drupal in this way. Guaranteed longevity as a partner. ➔ Bottom Line: Pantheon only provides website hosting, Acquia provides that, and more, on a Drupal-specific, fully-managed digital experience building platform.
  • 50.
    THE ACQUIA DIFFERENCE ➔Acquia offers granular access management controls including roles and permissions, two-factor authentication, IP address restrictions, SSH access, and more to ensure site security ➔ Pantheon does not offer a highly available infrastructure by default. Acquia provides multizone failover to all customers by default ➔ Acquia has committed to the highest level of security and compliance obtaining FedRAMP, PCI, HIPAA compliance, and more which requires us to deliver the highest level of security for all of our customers. Additionally, Acquia has members of the Drupal Security team on our own security team helping to optimize our platform for Drupal. ➔ Acquia has contributed 18x more to Drupal than Pantheon. We are dedicated to delivering value to Drupal, Pantheon is not. ➔ Acquia's R&D budget is more than Pantheon's most recent funding round signifying our ongoing commitment to creating the best product for Drupal. ➔ Acquia offers the only low-code site builder for Drupal with over 50 pre-built components that allow site builders and marketers alike to create sites quickly. Pantheon provides NOTHING for marketers. ➔ Acquia has the only cloud-based integrated development environment that is optimized for Drupal and ready to get up and running in minutes. Pantheon's take hours and even days sometimes.