The CMS of Tomorrow, Today: Why Enterprises are Choosing WordPress

In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, legacy CMS platforms like Adobe Experience Manager and Sitecore are starting to show their cracks. High licensing fees, rigid architectures, and slow development cycles are leaving enterprise teams frustrated and behind the curve. In this talk, we’ll explore why more global enterprises are replatforming to WordPress VIP — and how open-source innovation, AI-powered workflows, and composable architecture are changing the game for digital teams.

You’ll learn:

• Why WordPress is no longer “just a blog” — and how it now powers some of the most demanding enterprise websites in the world
• What today’s most scalable CMS architecture looks like (and what to avoid)
• How AI, automation, and API-driven tools are transforming content operations
• What modern CMS cost structures really look like — including where you’re overpaying

Whether you’re a tech leader planning your next stack, a head of digital navigating replatforming decisions, or a content leader trying to do more with less — this session will equip you with a future-ready CMS playbook using WordPress.

Eddie Wise is the VP of Strategic Growth at 40Q, a WordPress engineering agency focused on enterprise-scale infrastructure for media, B2B SaaS, and global brands. With over 15 years of experience building scalable, multilingual, and editorially powerful websites, Edward specializes in helping organizations replace legacy systems with agile, future-ready WordPress ecosystems. He leads 40Q’s partnership with WordPress VIP and brings a long-term product mindset to every client engagement.

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