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eZ Systems enters South Africa: Partners with Panorama Digital
Tuesday 19. April 2011 - Leading Open Source Web Content Management company eZ Systems today announced a partnership with Panorama Digital in South Africa
As part of the accelerated growth strategy of new CEO Gabriele Viebach, who joined eZ last September, eZ is looking at expanding in some key new markets. The growth of the South African market especially in the Web Content Management field makes this region very attractive to eZ. eZ wants to focus on building business partnerships in South Africa in order to deliver the unique value proposition that eZ has through its Multichannel content platform. Panorama Digital is a great fit in that strategy execution.
“The South African market is very interesting in many ways. The partnership with Panorama Digital will allow us to combine leading technology for online media with the deep knowledge and understanding of the local media market “, says Bertrand Maugain, Director International Business Development at eZ.
Urs Honegger, CEO of Panorama Media and MD of Panorama Digital: “Although Panorama Digital is “officially” a new player in this field, it works of the base of 20 years experience in the media industry, publishing magazines through sister company Panorama Publications.”
Honegger believes that eZ offers the SA market something that hasnt been available there: a solution that works whether you are a small or large publisher, extends to all forms of content, not just online and not just print, without the need for additional integration work providing a single content repository with the flexibility to publish to multiple platforms at ease.
“In looking for our own solution, we searched the world and looked at solutions from across the globe. eZ stood out as the one that could be best adapted for local conditions and the most versatile” he says.