eZ Systems logged 2 million downloads of their popular software eZ Publish in March 2007. The increase in downloads has been 100% since late 2005.
Users around the world have downloaded eZ Publish, the popular open source content management system developed by eZ Systems and its community. This product is free of charge and can easily be download from the website www.ez.no. The activity on the web regarding this software and additional products has increased at a high rate in the last few years.
VP Sales and Marketing at eZ Systems, Vidar Top, says:
"The 2 million downloads mark from ez.no emphasizes our strong focus on reaching the right audience. We are currently expanding our product-line with service offerings such as eZ Publish Now, which gets you started right away, easy, fast and secure. Also, eZ Publish Premium is our high-end custom made solution. The traffic on our website and the amount of downloads is a good indicator that we are succeeding with this strategy."
He further says that the growth of the eZ community and eZ events, has played a major role in the steady increase of numbers.
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Join the thousands of satisfied clients with eZ Publish solutions from around the world and contact Tony Wood at VisionWT (telephone +44 (0)20 7107 2695) for further information on how we can help you define and reach your business goals.
eZ Systems has secured 5 million USD in funding.
eZ Systems closed a deal with the Norwegian-based investment company BTV Invest for this round of financing (through their BTV-Fond investment fund).
"This deal secures our financing needs for our future expansion. With the unique proximity of BTV Invest, we are able work closely in developing the company further. I am also happy that, with this deal, the founders and employees are still majority shareholders of the company, ensuring that eZ's growth continues to be based on the core values that have been the basis of our success so far."
Aleksander Farstad
CEO of eZ Systems
"We look at our investment in eZ Systems as very interesting. The company has a unique global position, with a scalable open source business model. We believe eZ Systems will be one of the major players in this market for the future."
Leif Svarstad
Managing Director of BTV Invest
BTV-Invest is an an investment firm managing total assets of 50 million USD.
VisionWT hosted the first ever eZ publish UK partner conference at their central London offices on 13th April 2007. The turnout was a good one with Gold, Silver and Bronze partners in attendance.
Many issues were discussed to plot the UK actions and direction of eZ publish in the UK. There was a sneak peak at the new eZ publish NOW as well as a in-depth review of the Premium service.
A date was set for June for the next UK partner get together. If you are a partner or customer in the UK and would like to attend the next UK partner day, please contact eZ systems to register your interest.
Last few remaining attendees concluding the day’s discussions
A job well done
VisionWT will be a supporting partner at Internet World in London. The event will be held during 1-3 May 2007 at Earl’s Court exhibition centre in London.
“Internet World is the largest and most important internet show in the UK. I’ve been attending Internet World for six years and you get real conversation. You get what you want.”
Head of Online, Bradford & Bingley
Quote source: Internet World website
Within Internet World, Enterprise Content Management 2007 is designed specifically to answer the questions you have about content management, document management, knowledge management, information management and collaboration.
It’s free to enter Internet World, just register online at the link below for speedy entry on the day.
More information about the event and venue can be found at http://www.internetworld.co.uk/
Vision with technology was one of the PHP UK Conference 2007 sponsors and is proud that have attended the PHP Conference once again.
Speakers: Rasmus Lerdorf, Cal Evans, Simon Laws and Kevlin Henney & Bill Gaver.
Topics presented:
- Session showing how to build a mashup. By Cal Evans
- Write reusable components with Service Component Architecture and show how to use SCA to produce and consume web services by showing working examples. By Simon Laws
- Object-oriented programming brief and tour of ideas in Object Oriented. By Kevin Henney.
- Use PHP5 to build fast a rich web applications. By Rasmus Lerdorf
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Designing for the curious home. By Bill Gaver
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