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Breaking News - Platforms:
CrownPeak Intros On-Demand Content App Development Platform
CrownPeak Technology introduced Advantage ES, an Extended Suite of developer
tools and customization capabilities, enabling CrownPeak's On Demand content
management solution to compete on even footing with installed applications.
The culmination of more than a year of concentrated software development,
Advantage ES offers solution developers the ability to build and customize
integrated content management applications -- without installing software or
purchasing any hardware.
Advantage ES consists of a new range of developer tools, a greatly expanded
API, a full suite of gateway interfaces with sophisticated configuration
tools, and a complete set of pre-configured customizations for applications
like extranets, intranets, workflow engines, document and/or asset catalogues,
e-commerce systems and more. In addition, CrownPeak is announcing support for
development in external platforms and connections directly into the CrownPeak
application suite via Web Services (SOAP). Clients and system integrators can
now integrate their own applications seamlessly with CrownPeak, as well as
configure the CrownPeak environment to suit their needs. The first major
platform supported in this program is Microsoft's .NET.
Developers using the Advantage ES solution can begin the development process
immediately with a powerful content management platform, complete with a fully
documented and supported publishing engine, workflow engine, database back-end
and fully-realized user interface. The development environment supports the
full customization and implementation of unique business requirements for the
application at hand.
The new platform is aimed at three target markets: developers who want to
create unique content management applications and are looking for a platform
on which to build them; partners who seek to develop customized and/or private
labeled content management applications for their customers and need the
infrastructure, framework and support to deliver them; and CMS buyers whose
technology requirements for content management are sophisticated and who want
to deploy a flexible, powerful content management system without the cost and
support requirements of traditional on-site software.
"If you can envision your content management application, you can build it
with CrownPeak's new on-demand development platform," said Jim Howard, CEO of
CrownPeak Technology. "Our integration capabilities and our API technologies
are far more flexible and more advanced than any other product on the market.
We're delivering all the benefits of a completely customized application,
without the headache of building and managing the software application
environment. Developers, partners and end-users now have the power and
flexibility to develop unique content management applications with
extraordinary speed.
"Because Advantage ES is an on-demand solution, our customers' applications
immediately enjoy the strengths of a hosted solution," Howard said. "There's
nothing to install, no software to buy, automatic feature enhancements, 24-7
managed security, data backup and disaster recovery, and the cost and support
advantages of on demand systems. In a very real way, we're turning over
control of our Advantage CMS software to our customers -- and their
developers."
The Advantage ES platform relies on the company's track record of more than
300 unique implementations. The new offering also draws on the capabilities of
such CrownPeak partners as IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, DoubleClick,
EmailLabs, LionBridge and NTT/Verio, among others. As part of the CrownPeak ES
launch, the company is unveiling a new section of the CrownPeak site for
developers, with code samples, documentation, and integration support.
CrownPeak has also launched a complete developer training and support program.
In the field, CrownPeak's Advantage CMS is proving increasingly versatile.
Among the unique content management applications built with Advantage CMS:
sophisticated event calendar and project management systems, document and
digital asset repositories, email campaign and marketing engines, knowledge
management systems, internal workflow systems, online commerce and
subscription services, online ad management and marketing platforms, and
foreign language translation engines.
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