Growing Network of Sitecore Partners Demonstrate Continuing Success

Global network of over 300 partners build successful Sitecore implementations incorporating leading edge CMS technologies and web design expertise    

San Francisco, December 17, 2008 - Sitecore, the leading provider of .NET Web Content Management System (CMS) and portal software, today announced that more than 300 certified Sitecore partners worldwide are increasing their business with the company’s advanced Web Content Management System (CMS) and its expanded partner program and personnel. 

“Partnering with Sitecore allows me to recommend, without reservation, a solution fitting the needs of our clients, whether it’s an organization that has a legal database with twenty thousand sites or a small nonprofit with a single website,” said Trevor Bezdek, Vice President at The Revere Group. “The technology, excellent training programs and customer and partner support have allowed us to meet a variety of client requirements and system challenges. And Sitecore has been a great partner as our team has quadrupled across our offices nationwide.”

The expanded Sitecore partner program now combines comprehensive training courses, sales support and an extensive developer community, with a 20% increase in related personnel in the US in the fourth Quarter of 2008. The company recently opened a major training facility in San Francisco and expanded certification offerings to provide partners with additional documented competencies in Sitecore products and best practices. The growth in Certified Sitecore developers continues to climb rapidly, with over 2500 worldwide. Through the developer community, partners receive access to exceptional products offering the very latest advances in web technology utilizing native .NET technologies and worldwide industry standards.

Jeff Cram, Managing Director of ISITE Design, an established global interactive agency, recently implemented Sitecore for a large life sciences corporation with offices in more than 40 countries. “Sitecore’s flexibility fit our client’s needs extremely well,” stated Cram. “The Sitecore-driven platform has driven immediate results by significantly decreasing the time and money it takes to deploy new sites. It was built to eventually support more than 100 individual websites.”

Sitecore’s growth of over 100% year to year in software licensing to new clients has resulted in a boom in implementation projects, and their Partner’s professional services organizations have been extremely busy. Sitecore has invested in additional personnel to work with Partners in the client engagement process, doubling the number of developers, support and sales personnel year to year.

“Working with Sitecore, I can present a unified front to work in a client’s best interest,” said partner Dan Galvez, Founder of Hedgehog Development, whose clients include the leading decorative apparel distributor in the U.S. “From conducting a joint demo to direct license sales, Sitecore supports me through every step of the implementation process.”

Steve Widen, Vice President of E-Cubed, concurred, “The Sitecore partner channel offers a true collaborative relationship. Certain other companies may call it a relationship, but in actuality they circumvent you whenever possible.”  

For more information regarding Sitecore’s partner program visit: http://www.sitecore.net/Partners.aspx. 

About Sitecore

Sitecore’s Web Content Management System (CMS) and portal software solutions enable companies to deliver compelling web experiences. Sitecore’s award-winning CMS software makes it easy for businesses to create and keep up-to-date dynamic, full featured Web sites of all types. Sitecore’s industry leading flexibility and scalability allows companies to better leverage their content to improve customer experience and drive business growth.

Thousands of public and private organizations, including national governments and Fortune 500 companies utilize Sitecore solutions for their Web sites. These organizations have created and now manage over 5000 dynamic Web sites with Sitecore including Microsoft, Sara Lee, Siemens, Toshiba, Omni Hotels, Computer Associates, WebTrends and Atlanta Falcons.

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