Interactive agency named Ektron Partner of the Month for March 2010  

Nashua, NH, March 9, 2010 – Ektron Inc., a Web content management, social software and marketing optimization solution provider, today announced Ektron Elite partner VML has been named Ektron Partner of the Month for March 2010. VML is one of a number of major interactive agencies such as Razorfish, Ogilvy & Mather and AKQA that have deployed the Ektron platform for customer engagements.

VML engineers best-in-class digital experiences for some of the most respected and recognized brands in the world.  Projects that VML has deployed in partnership with Ektron include Web projects for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and Sperian. The interactive agency is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, where it was founded in 1992, with principal offices in New York City, Seattle and London.  VML has been a member of the WPP Group of global communication agencies since 2001. Named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: US Interactive Agencies – Strategy And Execution, Q3 2009 study, the Forrester Wave report cited VML’s overall strategic skills, social and emerging media prowess, unique company vision and high client ratings.

"VML’s technical understanding of the complexities involved with an Ektron implementation go far beyond the norm,” says Jason Arden, Ektron director of partner engineering. “They are able to utilize the API layer with such strength that they are able to accomplish nearly any customer’s interactive goals."

“We’re pleased to be named as Ektron Partner of the Month,” says Mark McClendon, VML Group Technical Director. “VML and Ektron have had a long, fruitful relationship, and the award is further recognition of the value of Ektron in our interactive portfolio.”

About Ektron

Founded in 1998, Ektron is committed to providing revolutionary, scalable Web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron empowers developers and non-technical business users alike: developers can take advantage of built-in Server Controls to deploy a Web site out of the box or customize the deployment using Ektron’s well-documented API, and business users benefit from an intuitive user interface for managing their Web site’s content and messaging. From enterprise level deployments to single sites, Ektron ships with a wide array of functionality, including social networking, Web 2.0, SEO and synchronization tools. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 8,000 customer implementations worldwide, including NASDAQ, AMC Theaters and Texas Children’s Hospital. For more information, visit: http://www.ektron.com.