Our 2024 Year in Review showcased our growth initiatives and successes, much like an annual report. The most recent success is Dealer Spike’s migration from ASP.NET to WordPress, which improved user experience, minimized IT dependencies, and enabled scalable growth.
With Drupal 7 now at end-of-life, migrations are top-of-mind. WordPress, the leading open-source CMS powering over 60% of the market, is a great alternative. To help with your decision-making process, take a look at our Drupal to WordPress migration guide.
They say the economy is uncertain, and we feel there is no better time for a strategic switch away from proprietary systems. If your teams are on AEM, our AEM vs WordPress handbook, migration guide and migration services could be helpful resources to get started. For businesses moving from HubSpot, we are offering HubSpot to WordPress migration service. More resources are in the offing to facilitate decision-making for HubSpot users.
Some enterprise prospects considering working with us have wondered if we respond to RFPs. The answer is yes! Here’s a look at our RFP process.
On the community side of things, we’re excited about WordCamp Asia 2025 in Manila (Feb 20–22)—a great opportunity to connect with our peers across Asia and beyond.
WordPress news snippets
- The 2024 State of Enterprise WordPress Survey (100+ global organizations) found 55% use WordPress exclusively, and 75% are committed long-term, citing strong ROI and enterprise readiness.
- Kevin Jahns demoed Yjs integration, enabling real-time collaborative editing in WordPress. He tackled content sync and conflict resolution, with participants testing live collaboration.
- WordPress VIP launched IP-Based Request Denial, allowing users to block IPs from the VIP Dashboard and add notes for better security and efficiency.
- WordPress.com introduced Studio Sync, letting Business and Commerce plan users sync local, staging, and live environments for seamless multi-developer collaboration.
From around the web
- DeepSeek-R1, a new open-source reasoning model from DeepSeek, uses reinforcement learning to tackle complex tasks at 90-95% lower cost.
- JetBrains launched Junie AI, an IDE coding assistant for IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and PyCharm Pro, with WebStorm support coming soon. It handles routine tasks and aids complex projects.
- Gartner forecasts a 9.8% rise in global IT spending for 2025, reaching $5.3T. Software (12.5%) and IT services (11.5%) will see the biggest gains.
- Meta’s SeamlessM4T AI now translates between 101 languages with 23% higher accuracy, maintaining performance even with background noise and speaker variations.
Upcoming events
WordCamp Europe 2025 tickets are now available. The event is scheduled for June 5–7, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland.
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- Nvidia RTX50 series announced
- Alternative to OpenAI Operator Agent
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