Smile becomes Hippo CMS partner
The partnership between Hippo CMS and Smile
brings together the undisputed qualities of these two actors both fully committed to the open source CMS area.
Jeroen Verberg, Hippo CEO explains: «Open Source has been taken very seriously in France and there's therefore a lot of expertise. Hippo is proud to partner with the premier dedicated open source consultancy firm in Europe. With Hippo CMS true enterprise capabilities for multi-lingual and global brand management Smile now has an optimal platform to service multi-national industries»
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Hippo CMS, technological and functional assets
Hippo CMS is a Enterprise java open source Content management system
. It was created by the Dutch editor Hippo. This CMS is often used in northern countries, the United States and in the Netherlands. This project is in constant evolution and is currently 7.6 JSR 170 versions. Well designed technically, Hippo CMS offers real advantages for the integration of a developer’s functional need. These efforts enable a quick handling of the solution. The user interface is ergonomic and functional, it includes the main functionalities expected from a quality CMS, especially the creation of content, multilingualism, templating and direct content editing.
«With this partnership we are very happy to add the leading Dutch CMS to our Java based products portfolio. This collaboration will help Hippo grow in the countries served by Smile and allow Smile to reinforce its position as the leading Open Source Solutions integrator in the Benelux market as well as in Europe. Our teams are already fully trained and ready to propose this powerful solution to our demanding Enterprise customers. One of our differentiating advantages will be our ability to easily and seamlessly integrate Hippo CMS with the other Open Source products of our portfolio, think of eCommerce or BI tools for instance
», underlines Patrice Bertrand, Smile CEO.
About Smile
In business since 1991, Smile is the first European integrator of open source solutions. Multi-specialist with a large range of 18 offers, Smile deploys the best open source solutions in the market in a variety of domains like: content management, portals, ERP, business intelligence, CRM, ECM, e-Commerce, as well as systems and infrastructure.
Smile has a turnover of over 25.5 M€ in 2010, and a staff of 500 in Europe, working at 12 agencies, in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Lille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Aix (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Barcelona (Spain), Kiev (Ukraine), Geneva (Switzerland) and Casablanca (Morocco).
About Hippo CMS
Hippo sets the standard for how organizations can empower their audience to engage with content. Hippo CMS powers some of the largest and most visited Web properties in the world and is the first Web Content Management solution to deliver context-aware content for its customers. Hippo’s broad capabilities enable both marketers and technology teams to build world-class content delivery platforms. Featuring an enterprise-class development environment and powerful, yet intuitive editing capabilities, Hippo CMS enables a true, open and context-aware content strategy.
Hundreds of both public and private organizations use Hippo’s content platform to manage and deliver thousands of web properties including Thomson/Reuters, Indiana University, Dolce & Gabbana, The University of Southern California, The Dutch Libraries & the Government of the Netherlands.
For more information, go to www.smile-benelux.com
of visit www.onehippo.com
Press Contact Hippo:
Tjeerd Brenninkmeijer
Tel: +31 (0)20-5224466
Mail: t.brenninkmijer@onehippo.com
Press Contact Smile Benelux:
Wouter Heijnen
Tel. : +31 (0)20-5816211
Mail : wouter.heijnen@smile-benelux.com
