CROWNPEAK TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES ADVANTAGE ES™,
MARKET’S FIRST
ON-DEMAND CONTENT APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Powerful New Platform Targets Developers, Partners,
End-Users;
Represents New Level Of Maturity For Hosted Content Management
Systems
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. (June 14, 2004) – CrownPeak Technology
today 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. Furthermore, 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, 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 over 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.
About CrownPeak Technology
Based in Los Angeles, CrownPeak Technology is the first company
to provide world-class Web content management software as a service. The
company's Advantage CMS platform is the only solution that combines
enterprise-level power and flexibility with the cost and speed-of-implementation
of a hosted software application. Advantage CMS features the easiest-to-use
interface of any CMS, and is the only hosted CMS to offer a full API and
developer environment. Serving such clients as Crain Communications,
Honeywell, Hyundai Motors, the University of Southern California, and the State
of Virginia, Advantage CMS™ supports thousands of users and manages and
publishes hundreds of thousands of Web pages. CrownPeak has been named to
eContent's 100 most influential companies list, has won eWeek's prestigious
Analysts Choice Award and is a 2003 and 2004 SIIA Codie Award finalist as Best
Content Management System.
Press contact:
Erin Lumley
SHIFT Communications
elumley@shiftcomm.com
415.591.8414
