A New Era in Content Management: MadCap Software Acquires Xyleme

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January 11, 2024, marked an incredible milestone in the intelligent content management industry. MadCap Software, the industry leader in multi-channel content authoring, management, and publishing, supported by global investment firm Battery Ventures, has announced its acquisition of Xyleme, Inc. Renowned for their intelligent content management, Xyleme brings groundbreaking capabilities to MadCap’s software arsenal.

With the seamless integration of these solutions, enterprises across the globe will gain access to an unparalleled suite of robust content management tools. These encompass a vast array of documentation and content needs, ranging from delivering product and user documentation to upskilling the workforce and customer onboarding.

In today’s digital world, companies must streamline their content processes and operations. MadCap Software, through innovative tools such as the cloud-based MadCap Central, MadCap IXIA CCMS, and MadCap Flare, has revolutionized how organizations produce, manage, and deliver technical documentation. Leveraging these tools, businesses can easily churn out support portals, procedure manuals, knowledge bases, and much more. These modern content authoring tools ensure unparalleled efficiency, consistency, and maximized output across various channels.

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“At MadCap Software, we are on a mission to be the leading software provider for end-to-end content management solutions that empower organizations, break down content silos across the enterprise, and deliver content when and where it is needed. The acquisition of Xyleme represents a major step in delivering on this commitment by bringing together our MadCap technical documentation solutions and the Xyleme LCMS platform into a single, state-of-the-art product portfolio. Now enterprises can support all their content needs, including technical documentation, learning and development content, training, certification and compliance, backed by world-class support from a single trusted organization.”
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Anthony Olivier
CEO, MadCap Software

Xyleme’s extensive Learning Content Management System (LCMS) has set the industry standard as a market leader, distinguished by its seamless efficiency in handling an organization’s mission-critical content.

With its ability to enable multi-format publishing, development, and management, Xyleme’s LCMS plays an indispensable role across various industries, ensuring seamless content delivery throughout critical stages like employee onboarding and customer training.

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“For more than a decade, Xyleme and MadCap Software have focused on highly complementary areas of content aimed at helping enterprises to put knowledge at the fingertips of users. This focus, along with our shared strengths in content reuse, multi-channel publishing, and analytics-driven insights, make our mutual products a natural fit for customers. We are excited to partner with MadCap Software in bringing the combined power of our comprehensive content solutions to organizations worldwide.”

Notably, the platform’s flexibility makes it compatible with the diverse applications within the learning ecosystem—whether an LMS, mobile app, or adaptive learning platform, positioning it as the ultimate source of truth for engagement data and content.

Joining Forces to Empower Content Solutions

Speaking on the acquisition, Anthony Olivier, founder and CEO of MadCap Software, reasserted their vision. Their ambition to establish themselves as the foremost provider of comprehensive content management solutions resonates with the decision to integrate Xyleme. Together, they promise to eliminate content silos, streamline content delivery, and foster efficiency within organizations.

This acquisition presents an exciting milestone, David Walters, CEO of Xyleme, affirms. Both firms’ parallel paths of enhancing accessibility and simplifying knowledge deployment underline a complementary blend of their respective capabilities.

Moving Forward with a Strong Commitment

Xyleme understands that customers are vital to Xyleme’s continued growth and success, and that will not change. Their trust and ongoing partnership contribute to Xyleme’s market leadership and ability to scale. Xyleme recognizes the importance of investing in customer success, addressing their needs, and providing continuous support to ensure that their customers achieve their desired outcomes. MadCap Software shares the same values and dedication and is committed to continuing the tradition we have for excellent service, deep expertise, and an environment our customers and team want to be a part of.

“With this acquisition, we reassure our customers that their trust is well-placed. Our promise of top-tier customer service remains unaffected, just as the investment protection they rely on. They can expect not just continuity in services, but innovation driven by exceptional industry expertise. Our customers will be greeted with the same friendly faces on our customer success team, along with unwavering commitment to the same roadmap. Their favorite support services will be consistently available, just as they always have been, but now with more value to offer.”
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Diane Jennings
SVP, Global Customer Success

The partnership between these two enterprise-grade solutions marks a significant paradigm shift in intelligent content management. This collaboration heralds a unified, comprehensive content management ecosystem. This ecosystem is purposefully designed to empower organizations globally, driving growth, enhancing productivity, and fostering innovation.

The future of enterprise content management is here— it’s efficient, unified, and thoroughly equipped to handle modern organizations’ demands.

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