Partnership Sets the Gold Standard for Open Source Content Management
March 2007
Enterprise Management Consulting has been awarded Gold Partner status by eZ Systems. The partner scheme, for companies working with the open source eZ Publish enterprise content management system (CMS), recognises success and expertise in implementing the product as well as ongoing commitment to eZ Publish and the open source community around it.
eZ Publish provides users with a free open source CMS that provides all the necessary functionality for an enterprise grade website. Importantly, it also allows non-technical staff, partners and customers to publish and manage content on the appropriate sections of an organisation’s website.
“eZ Systems’ open source business model is about people and it puts our partners at the core of the overall eZ Publish product offering. They are truly part of our company, and their calibre is essential to our success,” explains Bertrand Maugain, global partner manager at eZ Systems. “We believe Enterprise Management Consulting have the experience, track record and qualifications needed to deliver a supported enterprise class CMS offering.”
The new partner status has been earned through EMC’s work tailoring the eZ Publish offering to meet the needs of a group of UK Local Government clients. EMC now plans to continue delivering similar customised implementations of eZ Publish across the UK public and private sector, backing up implementations with ongoing technical support from its dedicated OSS research and development hub The Linux Centre.
“As one of the UK’s longest running specialist OSS consultancies, our reputation and our ongoing success have always depended on choosing the most solid, scalable and best supported products from the wealth of free and open source products available,” comments Malcolm Macsween, managing director of Enterprise Management Consulting. “Having chosen to work with eZ Publish, we are honoured to have been accepted as one of only seven eZ Gold Partners globally, joining the trusted core of eZ Publish’s large and growing OSS community.”
About Enterprise Management Consulting and The Linux Centre
Enterprise Management Consulting (EMC) is one of the UK's foremost independent sources of expertise on open source software (OSS). The company helps businesses and public sector organisations to unlock value from the growing opportunities of freely available open-source technology. EMC offers system design, implementations consultancy, customisation and development. Through its dedicated support organisation, The Linux Centre, the company also delivers ongoing 24x7 service and support for both its own and third party OSS systems. With over 10 years experience of commercially supporting OSS solutions, EMC is certified to ISO 9001:2000 (management quality) and ISO 14001:2004 (environmental management), for software development, provision of software solutions and IT helpdesk services.
Editorial Contacts
For more information, photography and to arrange interviews please contact:
Rory MacDonald
rory@emcuk.com
tel: 01579 363 571