Acquia, a Boston, MA-based digital experience company, is to acquire Monsido, has agreed to acquire the Monsido platform, a website accessibility and optimization solution from CivicPlus, a leader in public sector integrated technology solutions.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in early Q1 2024.
The addition of Monsido will help Acquia customers improve business outcomes by helping every user, regardless of their abilities, to navigate the web more freely.
Monsido is a SaaS platform for monitoring and perfecting website accessibility, content quality, search engine optimization (SEO), data privacy, and performance. Thousands of organizations worldwide use it for website optimization, including national and local governments, financial institutions, non-profits, culture and arts organizations, educational institutions, healthcare organizations, utilities, and transportation services. It enables the following types of optimization:
- Makes website content accessible to everyone: Helps organizations identify and fix accessibility issues on their websites, in compliance with accessibility standards.
- Improves website optimization and performance: Enables organizations to identify and fix website quality issues, such as broken links, missing images, and slow page loading times. This improves the experience for all visitors and can boost search engine rankings.
- Supports brand and content compliance: Uplifts brand reputation by helping to ensure that website content complies with brand guidelines.
- Manages user consent: Helps organizations manage user consent for cookies and other tracking technologies, supporting compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
Led by Brian Rempe, CEO, CivicPlus is a technology company dedicated to empowering government staff and empowering digital experiences for residents. With a comprehensive suite of solutions that combine to form THE modern Civic Experience Platform, it creates one-stop, and personalized interactions that enable residents and help staff collaborate and work efficiently. Its solutions are used by over 12,500 global entities and are used daily by over 340 million people in the U.S. and Canada alone.
Acquia enables digital innovators to craft digital experiences that make a difference to their customers, employees, and communities. Its open digital experience platform (DXP), built on open source Drupal, allows users to unlock the potential of customer data and content, accelerating time to market and increasing engagement, conversion, and revenue. Acquia is backed by Vista Equity Partners, a leading global investment firm focused on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses.
With the acquisition of Monsido, the company now offers a complete solution for building, managing, and delivering digital experiences that are fully optimized to meet modern website standards and digital content guidelines and that comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and web accessibility legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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16/11/2023