VisionWT is proud to announce the culmination of five years work in Internet Publishing and eZ Publish; The Vision Two Step™ and the Vision Four Step™.
These are processes that ensure that your project with VisionWT will succeed. The great news is that with every project we complete in the Two and Four Step feeds into a learning mechanism that ensures together we grow better and better. This means that every future project you work on with us will be better than the last.
Find out more about the Vision Two Step™ and Vision Four Step™ in our Solutions pages.
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’s Paul Forsyth wins the eZ Honorary Award 2007 at the eZ Conference and Awards event in Norway.
The evening's host was Frithjof Wilborn, the Norwegian celebrity known best for hosting "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". Paul collected his award on stage from the Norwegian IT Minister, Heidi Grande Røys.
The Honorary Award 2007 winner was selected based on the following components:
- Long and faithful membership in the eZ ecosystem
- Steady flow of contributions
- Constant interaction and innovation
- Admirable conduct and example
- Who contributed the most making eZ get attention in the market
VisionWT has been nominated for 2 awards at this year’s upcoming eZ Awards event taking place during the eZ Conference in June 2007.
Last year’s eZ Publish website of the year winner VisionWT has been nominated for the following awards:
- Partner of the year
- Project of the year for the Grolier website
Helen Wood, Director at VisionWT says:
“We are delighted to be nominated for the eZ awards again this year. This reflects our continued efforts, dedication and innovation within the eZ Publish community and with the services we offer our clients. eZ Publish has well and truly landed in the UK as one of the leading open source Enterprise Content Management Systems and development framework and VisionWT will continue to be at the forefront to grow the market so many more businesses can benefit from the added value of eZ Publish solutions.”
VisionWT had a successful 3 days with eZ Systems and EMC at Internet World, May 2007, at Earl’s Court in London. The event stand never had a quiet moment and we thank every one who took the time to come and speak to us.
Internet World as a whole has evolved into a grand scaled event over the last few years. There were over 250 company stands with more than 200 keynote speakers and a multi-streamed seminar programme.
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.
Join the thousands of satisfied clients
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 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
PHP UK Conference 2007 Sponsors
Based on the success of last year’s International Content Management Conference, Tony Wood, Director at VisionWT has been invited back to speak again.
The conference is an annual user conference on content management, intranets, portals and search. VisionWT are leaders in this field and are eZ publish Gold partners.
Other speakers include Ted Nelson, inventor of hypertext. Ted invented the term "hypertext" in 1963 and published it in 1965, and is a pioneer of information technology. Ted is currently a visiting professor at Oxford University.
Key questions and topics
The conference will highlight and discuss the following questions:
"Content Effectiveness"
What content is required to make best use of the Web and related media? How to get everybody trained?
"Improving the intranet"
What are the newest methods and best practices that can be used and applied as practical and long-term improvements?
"Strategic setup"
What are the real value drivers for a Website, intranet or portal? How do these become part of cohesive collaboration and communication toolset?
"Technical Momentum"
Which new technologies and vendors are making an impact? How can you apply these in your projects?
This year the conference will be opened by Nicolai Wammen, Lord Mayor of Aarhus.
The conference will take place in Denmark’s second largest city:
Aarhus, Denmark: November 7th - November 9th, 2006
Further information can be found at www.cmf2006.dk
and you can register for the event at www.cmf2006.dk/registration.
