What is eZ Publish and Why you should use it?

What has made eZ Publish such an attractive choice for building powerful, next-generation Web sites?

The answer lies in a combination of factors which has made it the top open source alternative for enterprise-grade CMS software:

• out of the box functionality matched to common business requirements,
• a technical framework with an unparalleled capacity for customisation and extension (the flexible core content engine),
• and an Enterprise Open Source business model which combines all the value of Open Source software (cost, time to market & transparency) with the assurance of Premium Services for critical projects.

This white paper will introduce you to the design features and philosophy of eZ Publish. We will discuss the ways in which eZ Publish can help your organization successfully manage and publish editorial, image, text, and video content to any channel or device from the Web to the iPhone, mobile internet, television, and gaming consoles, enable user-generated content, and improve user interaction.

Why use eZ Publish?

Competitive on every level with its proprietary counterparts, the eZ portfolio consists of eZ Publish, acclaimed Open Source CMS and eZ System's flagship product, eZ Flow, a fully-configured solution for managing rich media portal and landing pages, eZ Find for advance searching capability, and the eZ Components developer framework.

Together they providing a comprehensive solution for all aspects of the Web today:

• News portal for traditional publishers or pure Web player
• marketing and corporate Web sites for any kind of business from small and medium businesses to multinational corporations
• cross media publishing for content providers for not only editorial but images, video, and interactive content
• social networks and community Web sites for people developing the Web as a space to meet and share experiences
• Intranet and extranet applications for all kind of organisations
• e-commerce portals
• Blogs and wikis as a communication strategy in line with the social Web revolution
• The eZ ecosystem is host to hundreds of modules that can help your organisation reach its goals and build its own solutions.