PALO ALTO, Calif. — Jan. 19, 2010 Ephox, a leading provider of software for improving web content management (WCM), today announced it has acquired the WebRadar product line from Web Presence Architects, a web strategy consulting firm. With WebRadar, Ephox delivers a web content intelligence system that provides content administrators and project managers with an easy way to proactively monitor and manage their existing WCM solutions. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
"Organizations implement WCM to more easily create, manage and publish web content. However, it has been very difficult to gain insight into the WCM systems themselves. Features such as reporting and batch updating tend to be very limited out of the box," said Andrew Roberts, CEO of Ephox. "As WCM deployments mature and grow in size, we see the need for more intelligence to be applied to managing the system itself. This is an exciting area and Ephox is excited to be one of the first independent solution providers in this space."
WebRadar helps web content administrators and project managers identify, fix, and monitor problems with WCM content and processes. For example, WebRadar can determine where the bottlenecks are in a particular process, which pages are expiring within a set timeframe, which content authors are actively using the system, and which pages are assigned to specific team members. The information gained from these types of reports can help content teams be more productive and efficient in managing web content, resulting in a web site that is up-to-date and accurate.
"As part of my previous work at the World Bank as a corporate webmaster, I found that common management tasks and reporting were difficult or impossible. I found this to be an under-served area in the market," said Stephan Beauchesne, president of Web Presence Architects. "By developing WebRadar, we were able to gain a better understanding of how the WCM was performing and ultimately deliver a better outcome for the client."
With WebRadar, content administrators can monitor web projects at every stage of development. Reports can be easily produced to analyze workflow processes, content items, and content author adoption of the WCM. Charts provide at-a-glance insights into WCM processes. Additionally, WebRadar helps save time and fix problems through the ability to conduct mass updates, such as reassigning workflow processes, fixing metadata, and updating permissions.
Availability
The WebRadar product line will be integrated into Ephox’s suite of solutions over the course of Q1, 2010. For more information on WebRadar, please visit http://www.webradarwcm.com.
About Ephox
Ephox develops enterprise-class solutions for authoring content for business websites, wikis and blogs. The company's technology is licensed by leading web content management vendors including EMC|Documentum, IBM, Oracle, and Percussion. Ephox products are used by hundreds of thousands of web content authors in over 1,500 organizations across 35 countries. For more information, please visit www.ephox.com.
Company Marks 10-Year Anniversary With Strong Quarterly Earnings and Industry Recognition
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ephox-Corporation-1083464.html
PALO ALTO, CA and BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - November 30, 2009) - Ephox, the leading provider of online authoring software, today announced record revenues for the quarter ending September 30, 2009, with revenues up 91% compared to the same quarter a year ago. EditLive!, the company's flagship product for online content editing, is now the best-selling software in its category with more than $5 million in sales over the past 12 months. Driving the growth were strong customer demand and enterprise partnerships with IBM, Open Text and others.
This month Ephox celebrated its 10th anniversary by bringing its US, European and Australian teams together "downunder" in Brisbane, Australia -- where the company was founded. Further, the company received strong recognition for its achievements in 2009. In the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately held companies in America, Ephox reached number 755, with 383% growth for the three-year period ended 2009. The Silicon Valley Business Journal also ranked Ephox as number 14 on the "Fast Private" list for the fastest-growing companies in Silicon Valley.
"Despite the challenging economic environment, 2009 has been very strong for Ephox," said Andrew Roberts, CEO of Ephox. "By partnering with the top content management vendors, we've been able to help the world's best brands and governments build web sites and intranets that are more effective than ever."
As businesses look to rebuild and generate revenue coming out of the economic downturn, many are increasing their web investments to increase sales and be more productive. By enabling non-technical staff to easily contribute compelling content, Ephox is uniquely positioned for continued growth. With the growth of wikis and blogs both publicly and on intranets, the company is seeing even more growth in the burgeoning market of social software.
About Ephox
Ephox develops enterprise-class solutions for authoring content for business websites, wikis and blogs. The company's technology is licensed by leading web content management vendors including EMC|Documentum, IBM, Oracle, and Percussion. Ephox products are used by hundreds of thousands of content authors in over 1,500 organizations across 35 countries. For more information, please visit www.ephox.com.
Contact: public.relations@ephox.com
Ephox has made the "Fast Private" - a list of the top 70 fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley as calculated by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. They announced our ranking at a ceremony and we were happy to make it so close to the top - we were #14.
See the full ranking here:
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/10/05/daily90.html
Palo Alto firm tackles free web site serviceSan Francisco Business Times - by Vasanth Sridharan
Implementing and managing a web content management system is a
difficult task – particularly in a government organization where
content has to comply with strict regulations. Using real customer
examples, we will discuss how government sites are successfully using
IBM Lotus Web Content Management and EditLive! to save time, comply
with complicated policies, and provide the widest accessibility.
October 6, 2009 - See the recording
Ephox has earned the position of #755 on the 2009 Inc. 5000 - Inc. Magazine's annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This is up from our position of #1,990 in the 2008 Inc. 5000. Despite the troubled economy, Ephox has achieved its most successful fiscal year yet!
Learn how to take advantage of the power and flexibility of Ephox EditLive! - the rich text editor inside Vignette Content Management, Collaboration, and Portal.
Experts from Vignette and Ephox will show you tips on how to create high quality web content, faster and more consistently. We will share key success factors and best practices to help authors with daily content editing tasks, as well showing site managers how easy it is to set up and customize EditLive! for an even better user experience.
Agenda:
Presented by Bertrand de Coatpont, Vignette Senior Product Manager, Michael Fromin, Ephox Director of Products, and Robert Kraai of Kraai Consulting.