e-Spirit and MATERNA introduce SharePoint® 2010 Integration for FirstSpirit CMS
Professional content management enhances collaboration platform - FirstSpirit for multisite management and multilingual web projects in SharePoint environments
Dortmund, 2011-10-20
e-Spirit, manufacturer of the content management system (CMS) FirstSpirit, and MATERNA today introduced a new module for seamless integration of the FirstSpirit CMS in Microsoft SharePoint® 2010. Microsoft SharePoint is a comprehensive business platform for efficient collaboration within a company and on the web. By integrating FirstSpirit, SharePoint users acquire an additional flexible and user-friendly solution satisfying the highest content management requirements, for example, the efficient management of extensive multisite presentations and multilingual web projects, which extend far beyond the options provided by SharePoint's internal CMS. The FirstSpirit "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Integration" module is being developed by the MATERNA Group in close cooperation with e-Spirit.
Powerful CMS for the .NET world
FirstSpirit enhances the collaboration and document management platform of the SharePoint 2010 Server to include comprehensive CMS functions. They optimally support companies with SharePoint infrastructure, for example, with the central administration and decentralized output of content (multisite management) in any number of languages for international websites. Thanks to the interfacing of FirstSpirit with SharePoint, this can now be implemented and rolled out fast, more cost-effectively and with lower hardware costs. The same also applies to complex, heterogeneous portal landscapes or the publishing of content through different output channels. FirstSpirit provides all the necessary functions and the user-friendly work interface required to economically create corporate content and to publish it optimally prepared for the website visitor. The CMS helps users to manage and output digital content by providing strong, integrated media asset management. "The CMS functions of SharePoint are frequently not enough to meet the requirements of large, international businesses with multilingual websites", says Robert Bredlau, COO North America of e-Spirit Inc. "FirstSpirit Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Integration now provides professional enterprise WCMS to satisfy the highest standards in the .NET world. With MATERNA, we are working with an outstanding partner, who has extensive SharePoint and content management experience."
Technology and integration partnership
Apart from the development of SharePoint integration for FirstSpirit, MATERNA has also included the e-Spirit CMS in its solutions portfolio and is already using it to implement web projects for its customers. "With this partnership we also underpin our manufacturer neutrality in the web content management segment, especially in the industry, trade and service industries. FirstSpirit convinces through consistent best-of-breed orientation and integration strength. The CMS focuses the high usability requirements, especially in the departments responsible for editorial work and therefore quickly achieves a high level of acceptance among users and decision makers alike", says Guido Weiland, Portfolio Manager at MATERNA. "Through the cooperation with e-Spirit we strengthen our market position and our offerings in the "customer services" devision, especially with regard to online marketing and service & support."
Further information on FirstSpirit integration with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is available on the internet under www.e-Spirit.com/sharepoint.
e-Spirit AG
As the manufacturer of the content management system FirstSpirit™, e-Spirit is a technological leader in the field of web content management (WCM). Well-known customers from all business sectors rely on FirstSpirit™ for implementing successful web strategies worldwide and for the creation, management and publication of content in highly diverse channels (Internet, intranet, extranet, mobile channels, PDF, email newsletters, portals, DTP, technical documentation). The content management system impresses with its outstanding integratability and its consistent best-of-breed strategy: It integrates seamlessly into complex system landscapes and portals (SAP NetWeaver, IBM WebSphere, Microsoft SharePoint, Liferay), and with FirstSpirit™ AppCenter, e-Spirit offers the unique opportunity in the market for interface integration of any web applications directly into the CMS. As a content integration platform, FirstSpirit™ meets the highest demands for usability, performance and investment security.
e-Spirit was founded in 1999. It is a part of the adesso Group and is represented with 12 locations in Germany, the United States, Great Britain, Austria and Switzerland.
PR contact e-Spirit:
e-Spirit AG
Sandra Hoegemann / Oliver Jaeger
Barcelonaweg 14
44269 Dortmund
Germany
Phone: +49 231 28661-73 / -66
Email: presse@e-Spirit.com
www.e-Spirit.com
MATERNA GmbH
As a leading information technology service provider, MATERNA employs approximately 1,300 staff throughout Europe and achieved a turnover of 152 million Euros with their two business divisions in 2010. The Information division provides process and technology consulting and implements appropriate IT solutions as well as delivering maintenance, operational and training services. The target groups are IT departments and specialist user departments in large and medium-sized companies. MATERNA is highly skilled in the segments of IT management, customer services and government services. They also have in-depth knowledge and expertise in the following industries: public sector, telecommunications, IT service providers and automotive & discrete manufacturing. MATERNA Communications has comprehensive know-how in marketing services for new media, e-commerce and m-commerce solutions, voice and video applications, service platforms and hosting. In addition to innovative MVNE solutions, their portfolio also comprises integrated passenger services for airlines and airports.
PR contact MATERNA:
MATERNA GmbH
Information & Communications
Press and PR Office
Christine Siepe
Vosskuhle 37
44141 Dortmund
Germany
Phone: +49 231 5599-168
Fax: +49 231 5599-165
Email: christine.siepe@materna.de
