Dated product & company events, latest first. Recent entries come from DAM Wiki's weekly news digests; earlier milestones come from the vendor's own announcements and release notes.
| Date | Category | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | release | "August 2026" notes: webhook-driven native task automation, Amazon Translate integration, AI tags tracked in asset history | S32 |
| 2026-09-09 | integration | Drupal module acquia_dam 1.1.18 | S53 |
| 2026-08-13 | ai | Product guide: AI image tagging moves from Clarifai to Amazon Rekognition; "related by look" to One More Cloud (bonsai) | S18 |
| 2026-08-06 | ai | "July 2026" notes: MCP Server for Acquia DAM (read-only; Claude, Copilot Studio, ChatGPT…), bulk archive, PDF summarization | S30 |
| 2026-07-20 | api-change | TypeScript SDK 1.0.3 (natural-language search, tags/AI tags, metadata webhooks) | S15 |
| 2026-07-07 | api-change | "June 2026" notes: tags and AI tags in API responses, asset-metadata webhooks, Slack connector, multi-language UI, AI tag backfill | S31 |
| 2026-06-03 | release | "May 2026" notes: deleted-user export, focal point for embeds; "Dashboard Uploads" toggle deprecated | S33 |
| 2026-05-08 | ai | "April 2026" notes: Natural Language Search, DAM↔Workflow automations (Workato-powered), collection bulk actions | S87 |
| 2026-04-28 | release | Acquia Source relaunched as SaaS CMS bundling DAM and web governance (Acquia Engage Denver) | S73 |
| 2026-04-10 | integration | "March 2026" notes: CI HUB Drive, native Wrike connector, face-recognition backfill, organization-wide new-search toggle | S34 |
| 2026-03-11 | release | Video Creator (powered by movingimage) added to the product guide | S18 |
| 2026-03-02 | deprecation | End of life of the "Media: Acquia DAM (Widen)" Drupal module (migration to acquia_dam) | S55 |
| 2026-02-05 | ai | "AI Semantic Search" renamed "AI Natural Language Search" in the product guide | S18 |
| 2026 Q1 | analyst | Strong Performer, Forrester Wave: DAM Systems, Q1 2026 | S67 |
| 2025-12-09 | ai | Duplicate asset detection added to the product guide | S18 |
| 2025-08-19 | leadership | Chris Tranquill named Acquia CEO, succeeding Steve Reny | S69 |
| 2025-05-28 | api-change | Official TypeScript SDK acquia-dam-sdk published on npm | S16 |
| 2025-03-22 | integration | Drupal module acquia_dam 1.1.0 (migration tool from the legacy module) | S54 S53 |
| 2024-04-01 | api-change | "March 2024" notes: DAM webhooks via the API; CI HUB adds Figma and Sketch | S35 |
| 2024-02-21 | analyst | Strong Performer, Forrester Wave: DAM Systems, Q1 2024 | S65 |
| 2023-03-22 | release | Rebrand announced: Widen DAM becomes Acquia DAM (URLs unchanged; Widen University → Acquia Academy) | S61 |
| 2022-12 | integration | Shopify, Asana and Smartsheet integrations | S36 |
| 2022-11 | api-change | Faceted asset search in API v2 | S36 |
| 2022-07 | api-change | Full OAuth flow and refresh tokens in API v2 | S36 |
| 2022-06-13 | integration | Acquia DAM Drupal module 1.0.0 | S54 |
| 2022-04-01 | api-change | Monthly API call allowance applies to customers joining from this date | S6 |
| 2022-02 | api-change | API rate limit raised from 10 to 50 calls/second | S36 |
| 2022-02-15 | analyst | Widen named a Leader, Forrester Wave: DAM for Customer Experience, Q1 2022 | S64 |
| 2021-10-01 | release | "Acquia DAM" now designates the Widen Collective; previous Acquia offering renamed "Acquia DAM Classic" | S78 Unverified |
| 2021-09-08 | m-and-a | Acquia announces acquisition of Widen Enterprises (DAM + PIM; 135 staff; 700+ customers) | S57 S58 |
| 2019-09-24 | m-and-a | Vista Equity Partners takes a majority stake in Acquia | S68 |
| 2017-03-27 | release | Widen launches Portals in the Widen Collective | S63 |
| 2009 | company | Matthew Gonnering becomes Widen CEO; move to SaaS | S62 |
| 2007 | company | Widen's DAM moves to AWS; Acquia founded | S23 S71 |
| 1990 | company | Company renamed Widen Enterprises; shift toward DAM | S62 |
| 1948 | company | Widen Engraving Co. founded in Madison, Wisconsin | S62 |