Optaros Contributes to CMS Watch Report.

CMS Report Evaluates Industry Solutions and Provides Insights for Prospective Buyers

BOSTON -- Optaros Inc., an open source software consulting and integration firm that provides enterprises with next generation internet applications, today announced that Seth Gottlieb, director of the content management practice, has provided expert insights to the latest, 10th edition of "The CMS Report." The semi-annual report is published by CMS Watch (www.cmswatch.com), an independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies and strategies for prospective solutions buyers, and is designed to help enterprises make faster and better content management buying decisions. As a contributor to the report, Gottlieb provided commentary on TYPO3, Plone and Zope, three leading open source content management systems.

"The CMS Report delivers unbiased reviews of content management software," said Tony Byrne, CMS Watch founder. "With open source alternatives continuing to represent an important segment of the marketplace, we think it's essential to represent this category in the report with the kind of depth that Seth's open source expertise helped us to accomplish."

For his part, Gottlieb has seen a trend of companies over-buying content technologies amid commercial product shifts in the last five years. As a result, organizations are forced to use overly complex enterprise solutions that are not well integrated into business processes and ultimately result in low adoption rates. Gottlieb sees a current trend moving toward buying simpler solutions dedicated to solving targeted needs that can be extended as needed.

"By introducing an open source perspective as well as a review of open source companies, this report gives readers a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of content management options," said Seth Gottlieb, director of the content management practice at Optaros. "Open source is a viable option for delivering tailored content management solutions that eliminate the constraints of more traditional enterprise software offerings. In the weeks and months ahead we will see a growing number of companies embracing this model to help power their businesses."

Optaros has deep expertise with open source, proprietary, and custom developed content management systems (CMS). Content management is one of the most robust application areas for open source software alternatives. Optaros is a leader in helping enterprises understand open source CMS alternatives and delivering business solutions based on open source software.

About Optaros

Optaros is a consulting and systems integration firm that helps enterprises solve IT business problems by providing services and solutions that maximize the benefits of open source software. Bringing together experts in creating enterprise IT solutions and experts in the power of open source, Optaros plans and builds business systems that give you better value today and increased control in the future. Optaros was recently named as one of the ten open source companies to watch by Network World Magazine. For more about Optaros, go to www.optaros.com.