A few weeks ago, I questioned whether the SaaS Web CMS vendor Marqui was "going belly up" due to the fact that they had gone into receivership. Contraction within the Web Content Management marketplace has long been predicted by many analysts, but like many, many WCM products, it appears that Marqui will continue to linger. According to the Marqui site, the company has been sold to a group of private investors.

As indicated in the Marqui press release, the investor group also owns a fellow Vancouver-based company called WaterTrax that produces software to monitor water quality. Marqui customers should take some comfort that WaterTrax has experience with SaaS, but it remains to be seen how the new owners will go about creating what they are calling "a multi-brand software-as-a-service." We already know that the WaterTrax and Marqui will be sharing a CEO and CFO, Marqui customers will want to watch carefully how the new owners plan on sharing technical infrastructures. Sharing infrastructure could mean consolidation of technical and support resources.

Customers will want to carefully gauge how this impacts the Marqui service. Will the offering change or will divided attention keep Marqui in a state of dormancy? As always, we'll be watching...