Gruner + Jahr Evolves with eZ Publish

Jan. 8, 2008 - PRLog -- With over 300 magazines and newspapers in 24 countries, Gruner + Jahr faced a significant challenge in fulfilling their strategy of strengthening the core competencies of their publishing groups in electronic media. Also, with their plan to implement eZ Publish in all of the countries where Gruner + Jahr operates, and their intention to integrate their CMS with existing systems, they needed a flexible, extensible multi-language solution.

In the interview, Angela Broer says that their biggest challenge is transforming their organization - both management and editorial staff. Providing the technical infrastructure that enables non-technical people to easily accomplish their tasks is critical to the success of the project. In addition, supporting existing revenue streams while enabling new revenue models ensures the financial success of the project. Read the full interview below:

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About eZ Publish
eZ Publish is an award-winning, enterprise-grade Open Source Content Management System and development framework with functionality for web publishing, media portals, intranets, e-commerce and extranets. eZ Publish helps all kinds of organizations – including multinational corporations, humanitarian organizations and educational institutions – succeed at sharing their information.

About eZ Systems
Founded in 1999, eZ Systems is the world's largest Open Source Content Management software company with offices in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Belgium, France and North America. With customers such as the United States Navy, Oslo University, Telemark University, Swissfirst, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Elle, Vogue and Norwegian Telecom, eZ Systems is the creator of eZ Publish, an award winning Open Source Content Management System with 2 million downloads, more than 150,000 installations and registered users in more than 130 countries. The eZ philosophy of openness and information sharing is still the basic guideline for the company and the eZ Ecosystem.