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Book a demoA specialised SaaS headless CMS gives you all the big picture things like scalability, security, and peace of mind, as well as a vast array of out-of-the-box optimisation specifically for your sector to make your daily lives better.
In the lightning-paced world of media and entertainment, choosing the right Content Management System is crucial.
Few things have as significant or lasting impact on success goals than the very system which creates and manages your content, and acts as the office for your content teams. In a sector where deadlines are immovable and audience response can be measured instantly, having a CMS that is geared to suit the exacting needs of content plays is vital.
While WordPress is of course popular and well-known, using it as the base for a headless CMS in such a specialised sector can raise significant challenges. A SaaS headless CMS, like Glide CMS or Glide Publishing Platform, offers distinct advantages because it is tailored to the industry's specific needs from the outset, and needs no modifying from a generic form.
Media and entertainment companies at the eye of a story or event routinely experience very high and spiky traffic patterns, especially during high profile news events or when a breaking news story gains traction.
Because of their monolithic architecture, headless CMS like WordPress can struggle with scalability. To smoothly manage traffic spikes and move large volumes of content, a CMS needs to scale effortlessly as audience demand ramps up.
As a specialised toolset for the sector, built with decades of experience in media and publishing encountering the needs of customers in the sector, Glide CMS and Glide Publishing Platform are designed to handle these sort of traffic and content demands. This leads to helping guarantee the smooth, responsive user experience that is key to engaging and growing your audience because it's when traffic is high that you need your systems to be working most smoothly.
A SaaS headless CMS designed for media and entertainment will offer as standard features critical for the sectors.
Primarily due to the sheer scale of adoption as a general website CMS, WordPress and other open source platforms have become prime targets for cyberattacks. Vulnerabilities quickly become known and targeted, while overreliance on the 60,000 or so available plugins from global contributors increases the risk of vulnerabilities. Glide CMS and Glide Publishing Platform offer robust security features, regular updates, and compliance with industry standards, all designed to provide a safer environment for managing and distributing content. Enhanced security measures include encryption, secure access controls, and regular vulnerability assessments, all managed by specialists at no cost to users.
Managing a headless WordPress or open source setup requires continuous maintenance, including updates to core software, themes, and plugins, as well as the aforementioned attendance to security issues.
Collectively it's time-consuming and expensive, and demands significant technical expertise to ensure compatibility and avoid planned or unplanned downtime. And all these factors are intensified when any bespoke work is carried out to tailor the generic CMS to your specific team needs, let alone what you want to do to make your sites better.
As a SaaS delivered and managed platform, Glide CMS and Glide Publishing Platform handle updates and maintenance, allowing media companies to focus on content creation and distribution rather than technical upkeep. This managed service reduces the burden on internal IT and devops teams, while we ensure the CMS is always up-to-date with the latest features, updates, an security.
A SaaS headless CMS is built to integrate easily with other tools and platforms; one for publishing and media is even more targeted at the tools you need and use.
Glide CMS and Glide Publishing Platform connect seamlessly with different analytics tools, advertising networks, and social media channels, to smooth workflows and improve operational coherence. This capability to integrate lets media companies streamline things and connect disparate systems to ensure their digital assets work together well. You can also introduce your own custom integrations to meet specific business needs, further enhancing your overall flexibility as a business.
Choosing a SaaS headless CMS tailored for the media and entertainment industry is a strategic choice for staying ahead. Overall, when evaluating content management solutions there is a key question around using familiar but unspecialised systems such as WordPress and others like it, which are great at generalised CMS duties but quickly become limited and restrictive when faced with the very particular needs of the media and entertainment industries.
Platforms like Glide CMS and Glide Publishing Platform are built from inception to provide the scalability, security, specialised features, and integration capabilities essential for success in sectors that are by definition fast-moving and highly-reactive.
To learn more about how Glide CMS and Glide Publishing Platform can transform your content management strategy, contact us today for a consultation.
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