Ektron Well Positioned in Gartner Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace

Evaluation based on Ektron’s completeness of vision and ability to execute

10/27/09 - Nashua, N.H. -- Ektron Inc, a technology and market leader in Web content management and social software, today announced it has been well positioned by Gartner Inc. in the October 2009 “Social Software in the Workplace” Magic Quadrant. Ektron is moving ahead of the game with its social software.

Ektron has recognized that corporate content and communities are rapidly merging. With its strong foundation in Web content management, Ektron provides the tools to allow their customers to rapidly deploy collaborative communities alongside traditional content in one solution.

“The workplace has always needed Web content management,” said Steven Sherkanowski, vice president of marketing at Ektron. “Now, they’re realizing they need social media to be more productive and efficient. Combining both within one platform enables individuals within organizations to collaborate and share ideas, communicate more effectively and exchange the information they need in one place.”

“Gartner has recognized Ektron’s internal collaboration capabilities in this Magic Quadrant,” continued Sherkanowski. “Social media functionality has been implemented in our latest Version 8 release. We’re excited for how users will integrate our latest functionality such as activity streams, multivariate testing and analytics within their corporate environment. We’re going to see amazing results. And this is just the beginning.”

About the Magic Quadrant
The Social Software in the Workplace Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Ektron

Founded in 1998, Ektron is committed to providing revolutionary, scalable Web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron CMS400.NET 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 CMS400.NET’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, CMS400.NET ships with a wide array of functionality, including social networking, Web 2.0, SEO, ecommerce and synchronization tools. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including LG, Sony, and Johnson & Johnson. For more information, visit: http://www.ektron.com.