Episerver Receives Recognition in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce

IRVINE, Calif., May 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Episerver, a global provider of a single platform to smartly manage digital content, commerce and marketing in the cloud, has once again placed in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce" for its B2C, B2B and B2B2C digital commerce capabilities.¹

The report recognized Episerver for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. Episerver made key investments to strengthen its digital commerce capabilities last year, introducing omnichannel campaign management,machine-learning based personalization and predictive analytics. The enhanced Episerver Digital Experience Cloud^™ now allows merchandisers and marketers to anticipate customer behavior and intent, and then automate the delivery of differentiated digital commerce experiences.

"We believe being recognized once again by Gartner for digital commerce speaks to the strengths of our unified commerce and content platform for ambitious brands and agile enterprises," said James Norwood, executive vice president, strategy and CMO at Episerver. "As the only Challenger recognized in the Magic Quadrant, we believe our Microsoft .NET-based commerce platform with native web content management (WCM) capabilities is uniquely positioned to assist mid-sized to large B2B and B2C enterprises grow through experience-driven commerce."

The Episerver Digital Experience Cloud helps organizations worldwide create, manage and individualize digital experiences, backed by smart personalization and behavioral site search functionality. The Digital Experience Cloud, which can be deployed as platform-as-a-service (PaaS) on the Microsoft Azure cloud or on-premises, is supported by a network of more than 900 partners who empower more than 8,800 digital leaders in 30 countries, influencing some $18 billion in omnichannel revenues across the globe.

Gartner conducts in-depth, market-specific research and designs graphical treatments and evaluation criteria to assess companies' relative performance against Gartner's market view. To read Gartner's 2017 "Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce," download a complimentary copy from Episerver.

About The Gartner Magic Quadrant
Magic Quadrants provide a graphical competitive positioning and offer visual snapshots of a market's direction, maturity and participants. The Magic Quadrants depict markets by using a two-dimensional matrix that evaluates vendors based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

¹Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce," by Penny Gillespie, et al., April, 24 2017.

About Episerver
Episerver connects digital commerce and digital marketing to help organizations create unique digital experiences for their customers, with measurable business results. The Episerver Digital Experience Cloud™ combines content, commerce, multi-channel marketing, and predictive analytics in a single platform to work full-circle for businesses online – from intelligent real-time personalization and lead-generation through to conversion and repeat business – with unprecedented ease-of-use. Sitting at the center of the digital experience ecosystem, Episerver empowers digital leaders to embrace disruptive, transformational strategies to deliver standout experiences for their customers – everywhere they engage. Founded in 1994, Episerver has offices in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, UAE, UK and the USA. For more information visit www.Episerver.com.

Rachel Teitt
Director, Analyst and Public Relations
+1 614 817 1847
rachel.teitt@episerver.com

Jennifer Mulligan
Senior Account Executive
+1 312 648 6005
jennifer.mulligan@walkersands.com

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