AMERICAN'S PREFER CONTACTING GOVERNMENT VIA INTERNET.More than 200 government agencies have adopted Ektron Inc. software solutions to improve citizen-centric delivery of online information and services. Ektron content management software streamlines the way information is created, edited, approved, published, organized, managed and reused, supporting Web-based strategies for citizens to obtain and submit certificates (marriage, birth, death, etc.), permits (building, transportation, etc.) and meeting agendas/minutes, as well as information about regulations, taxes, events, and more. "Americans with Internet access See how to access the Internet. are much more likely to contact the government than non-Internet users," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a May 24, 2004 report from the Pew PEW. A seat in a church separated from all others, with a convenient space to stand therein. 2. It is an incorporeal interest in the real property. And, although a man has the exclusive right to it, yet, it seems, he cannot maintain trespass against a person Internet and American Life Project. "Fully 77% of Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f -- or 97 million Americans -- have at some time gone online to search for information from government agencies or to communicate with them." Some Ektron government customers include: City and County of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA; City of Kissimmee, FL; County of DuPage, IL; City of Naperville, IL; County of Monroe, MI; City of Newark, NJ; City of Greenville, NC; Town of Frisco, CO; City of Montgomery, OH; Town of Weymouth, MA; and Ohio Department of Development. Ektron also powers sites for federal agencies and public sector organizations worldwide. Ektron's partner base is growing among third-party firms doing government work. "A CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. gives publishing infrastructure, workflow and authority to staff who better understand their own business, without sacrificing security. Ektron's CMS was a life-saver because I'm a Web team of one. Now, content editors across departments post their own updates -- reducing time to publish," says Karen Palagi Palagi Noun pl -gis NZ the Samoan name for a Pakeha , DuPage County's webmaster. "I've shifted focus to improve site design, gather data from the public, and build Web applications. There are few viable competitors in this space. Ektron's proven model is followed by others in government, at a cost in line with public sector budgets." Palagi reports significant benefits and cost-savings based on DuPage County, Illinois' use of Ektron's CMS for its public site, serving nearly one million citizens, and for its intranet, serving 2500 employees. About Ektron Ektron is a dominant player in making content management software more realistic, meaningful and affordable for the masses. Ektron CMS400.NET squarely addresses a mid-market gap -- delivering low-cost, feature-rich, out-of-the-box content and document management functionality, along with a powerful, customizable platform for Microsoft .NET See .NET. development. Ektron also offers the market-leading eWebEditPro WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. editors. Founded in 1998, Ektron partners with Web development firms, interactive agencies, and system integrators, and sells directly to end customers. Ektron has nearly 15,000 customer integrations worldwide, including Unilever, Intel and Pfizer. Ektron can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.ektron.com/pr/080105a. For more information, cal 414/259-3983. |
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