The 2017-2018 EContent 100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry
In order to survive, everything must evolve. The EContent 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry is no exception.
Every year during the voting process, we see how the changing list reflects the way the larger industry is developing. In 2017, a couple of trends emerged. The first, is the importance of artificial intelligence (AI), which is probably obvious to anyone in the content business. The second is the increasing importance of digital asset management (DAM). Next year, DAM will need its own category, but this year, we did our best to honor its contributions to the industry within our existing framework.
—Theresa Cramer
Editor, EContent
| Company | Category | Executive Summary |
| Acquia, Inc. | WCM | |
| Acquire Media | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Acrolinx GmbH | Content Creation, Content Translation, Localization and Globalization | |
| Act-On Software, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | WCM, Content Creation, Distribution & Delivery, Online Video | |
| Akamai Technologies | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Apple, Inc. | Mobile Content, Distribution & Delivery | |
| AppNexus, Inc. | Content Commerce | |
| Aptara, Inc. | Content Creation | |
| Aquafadas Sasu, a Rakuten Co. | Mobile Content | |
| Aria Systems, Inc. | Content Commerce | |
| Atex | WCM | |
| Attivio | Analytics | |
| Atypon Systems, Inc. | Content Creation | View From The Top Profile |
| Automattic, Inc. | WCM, Content Creation | |
| BloomReach | WCM | |
| Brightcove, Inc. | Online Video | |
| Buffer | Social Media | |
| BuzzSumo | Social Media | |
| Ceros, Inc. | Content Creation | |
| Cision US, Inc. | Analytics | |
| Clarabridge | Analytics | |
| Cloudera, Inc. | Big Data | |
| Cloudwords, Inc. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| COGNITIVESCALE | Big Data | |
| Contentful | WCM | |
| CoreMedia AG | WCM | |
| Crafter Software Corp. | WCM | View From The Top Profile |
| Crownpeak Technology | WCM | |
| CSOFT International Ltd. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Curata, Inc. | Analytics | |
| DNN Corp. | WCM | |
| EBSCO Industries, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Empolis Information Management GmbH | Big Data | View From The Top Profile |
| Ephox | Content Creation | |
| Episerver | WCM | |
| e-Spirit, Inc. | WCM | |
| Evergage, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies | View From The Top Profile |
| Facebook | Social Media, Online Video | |
| Frame.io, Inc. | Online Video | |
| Google, Inc. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization; Analytics | |
| Haivision | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Hootsuite Media, Inc. | Social Media | |
| Hortonworks, Inc. | Big Data | |
| HubSpot, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| IBM | Big Data, Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Impelsys | Distribution & Delivery | View From The Top Profile |
| Ingeniux Corp. | WCM | |
| Kenshoo Ltd. | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Kentico Software | WCM | |
| Lingotek | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| LinkedIn | Social Media | |
| Lionbridge | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | View From The Top Profile |
| Lucidworks | Big Data, Analytics | |
| Magnolia International Ltd. | WCM | |
| MarketMuse, Inc. | Content Creation, Analytics | |
| MarkLogic Corp. | Big Data | |
| Moat, Inc. | Analytics | |
| Netflix | Distribution & Delivery | |
| NewsCred | Content Creation | |
| OneSpot | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Oracle | Big Data | |
| Perfect Sense, LLC | WCM | View From The Top Profile |
| ProQuest, LLC | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Pugpig (Kaldor Ltd.) | Mobile Content | |
| Quark Software, Inc. | Content Creation | |
| Realview | Mobile Content | |
| Reprints Desk, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Revizzit, LLC | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Sajan | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Salesforce.com, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies, Analytics | |
| SAP SE | Big Data, Analytics | |
| SAS Institute, Inc. | Analytics | |
| SDL PLC | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Sizmek, Inc. | Mobile Content, Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Skimlinks | Content Commerce | |
| Smartling, Inc. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Snap, Inc. | Social Media | |
| SPi Global | Analytics | |
| Spotify AB | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Sysomos | Analytics | |
| Taboola | Online Video | |
| Talkwalker, Inc. | Analytics | |
| TechSmith Corp. | Online Video, Content Creation | |
| TERMINALFOUR, Inc. | WCM | |
| The Nielsen Co. LLC | Analytics | |
| TRANSPERFECT, Inc. | Mobile Content | |
| Twitter | Social Media | |
| VigLink | Content Commerce | |
| Vimeo, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Webtrends | Analytics | |
| welocalize | Content Globalization & Localization | |
| Widen | Digital Marketing Technology | View From The Top Profile |
| Wistia, Inc. | Online Video | |
| Wochit, Inc. | Online Video | |
| XTM International Ltd. | Content Translation, Localizatio & Globalization | |
| YouAppi | Big Data | |
| YouVisit | Content Creation | |
| ZUMOBI | Mobile Content | |
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