“Being able to communicate accurate information is absolutely critical in our industry. Prior to implementing the CrownPeak CMS, we were completely reliant upon a third party web agency. Now with CrownPeak, we have complete control of the update process for our websites."
Tina Sampath
Associate Director of eMarketing for CV Therapeutics
InfoWorld Names CrownPeak Best CMS For 2004
Included Among ‘33 Hottest Products That Will Transform IT’ MARINA DEL REY, Calif. (January 10, 2005) – CrownPeak (www.crownpeak.com), the software service leader in content management, announced today it has received top honors from InfoWorld, the source for cutting-edge coverage and evaluation of IT products and services for technology experts in senior management. CrownPeak CMS (formerly Advantage CMS™) was named Best Content Management Solution and cited for its “powerful and extensible system that won’t confound business users.”
The InfoWorld 2005 Technology Awards recognize significant technologies of the past year that promise to make the greatest impact on enterprise IT strategies as well as the products that best exemplify the implementation of those technologies. In its January 3 cover story, InfoWorld included CrownPeak CMS among the “33 hottest products that will transform IT.”
"Innovation trumps consolidation," said Steve Fox, InfoWorld's editor-in-chief. "InfoWorld's annual Technology of the Year awards highlight the value of more powerful systems, more flexible storage, richer networks, more elegant applications, smoother integration, automated management, and granular security. The real winners are the organizations implementing these technologies."
“We’re extremely gratified to see CrownPeak CMS gain this recognition,” said Jim Howard, CEO of CrownPeak. “It has always been our goal to provide the most powerful, flexible system for business users, and we’re committed to continuing that tradition of excellence. InfoWorld’s standards are extremely high, which makes this honor that much more meaningful.”
The InfoWorld Technology of the Year awards are not open to outside nominations; only products reviewed by InfoWorld's Test Center during the previous year are eligible. InfoWorld’s Test Center analysts and editors make the final selections.
About CrownPeak
Based in Los Angeles, CrownPeak is the first company to provide world-class Web site management software as a service. CrownPeak solutions include CrownPeak CMS, an enterprise-class web content management solution and CrownPeak Search the first on-demand search tool designed specifically to automatically and continually learn from both the content and user’s search behavior. CrownPeak delivers its unique combination of software and services to such clients as Crain Communications, Honeywell, Hyundai Motors, the University of Southern California, and the State of Virginia. CrownPeak solutions support hundreds of sites, thousands of users and millions of web pages. CrownPeak has been named to EContent's 100 most influential companies list, has won eWeek's prestigious Analysts Choice Award and InfoWorld’s “Excellent” rating, and is a 2003 and 2004 SIIA Codie Award finalist as Best Content Management System.
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