EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING IMPROVES WEB SITE MANAGEMENT ACROSS
48 OFFICES WORLDWIDE WITH CROWNPEAK CMS
CrownPeak CMS Simplifies Web Site
Management Process to save World’s Largest Music Publisher Valuable
Time and
Money
CrownPeak, the company defining the future of
content management, announced today that EMI Music Publishing, Inc. (EMIMP), the
world's largest music publisher, is using CrownPeak’s award-winning content
management solution (CMS) to decentralize management of Web site content updates
sent from 48 global offices to maintain site consistency, decrease maintenance
costs and minimize the use of IT resources. Since implementing the solution 18 months
ago, EMIMP has saved $60,000 a year in decreased monthly maintenance costs
alone, as well as increasing productivity by cutting in half the time IT spends
in managing the content and maintenance of the sites.
Due to the large number of
disparate offices around the globe, it was difficult for IT Manager, Maggie
Schrero D’Arcy to manage the updates sent from multiple users worldwide in as
many as 11 languages. To help
minimize the burden placed on the IT department, the company also outsourced
monthly maintenance to help make additional updates to the Website’s 2,600
photos and 3,000 html pages, as well as to translate content into the various
languages the site appears in.
With data getting richer every day,
EMIMP needed a simple, cost-effective solution to service its many international
users with varying levels of technical expertise. EMIMP ultimately chose CrownPeak CMS for
its reasonable price, accessibility and user-friendly interface to decentralize
information management and speed up updates to the site. Today, CrownPeak provides EMIMP with a
faster, more efficient way to publish content once so that it is updated
throughout its multiple websites simultaneously. Now, the company is better equipped to
provide more timely updates to the sites in less time, has better control of
content and users, experiences greater flexibility and has decreased maintenance
costs.
“CrownPeak CMS has saved our
company substantial time and money.
I used to devote my entire day to Web content management – CrownPeak has
literally cut that time in half so that I can now focus on other IT projects,”
said Maggie Schrero D’Arcy, IT manager for EMI Music Publishing, Inc. “The product has already paid for
itself. It is one of the most
cost-saving measures we have employed.
How many software solutions can you say that about?”
“Today, as Web sites constantly
change to keep up with the huge demand for real-time information, organizations
require a partner that can provide them with the ability to manage those changes
easily and efficiently,” said Jim
Howard, CEO of CrownPeak.
“CrownPeak CMS is a powerful, cost-effective software tool that enables
organizations like EMI to focus valuable corporate resources on their core
business, not the management of Web site content.”
About EMI Music
Publishing
EMI Music Publishing is the world's largest and most creative
music publisher with more than one million copyrights including some of the best
known songs ever written: "New
York, New York," "Over
The Rainbow" and "Singin' In The Rain." Its current hit-making writers and
producers include: Arctic Monkeys, Fergie of Black Eyed Peas, Natasha
Bedingfield, James Blunt, Kelly Clarkson, Jermaine Dupri, Bloc Party, Enya,
Nelly Furtado, Gorillaz, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Eros Ramazzotti, Kanye
West and Pharrell Williams.
For more about EMI Music Publishing visit: http://www.emimusicpub.com/
About CrownPeak
CrownPeak is defining the future of content management with its
cost-effective, easy-to-implement software services for enterprise-level Web
content management and site search. As the only solution to offer best-of-breed
integration with ExactTarget, salesforce.com and WebTrends, CrownPeak’s 360°
Site Management gives Web site managers complete control over the critical
functions involved in delivering a successful, revenue-driving Web site.
Enterprises and vertical organizations such as Crain Communications,
Trek Bicycles, Hyundai Motors, the State of Virginia and the University of Southern California have realized the
value in CrownPeak’s 24x7 customer support and guaranteed response times.
CrownPeak has been named to EContent's 100 most influential companies list, has
won eWeek's prestigious Analysts Choice Award and InfoWorld’s Product of the
Year Award and has been named an SIIA Codie Award finalist for Best Content
Management System every year since 2003.
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Media Contact:
Brian
Gendron
SHIFT
Communications
415-591-8403
bgendron@shiftcomm.com
