Content Management Systems (CMS)
After ten years of Content Management Systems there still isn’t a de facto winner that provides an out-of-the-box solution that can be easily used for content driven & managed websites, simply because no project is the same and each CMS must be customized in order to support the unique business rules of each client. Most CMS vendors are focusing on providing a toolset of components and/or modules that can be used by their small (selected) network of implementation partners in order to create custom solutions required by their customers.
We see increasingly that clients require a custom content driven website and therefore we have evolved as the trusted experts in custom CMS solutions by partnering with select CMS providers in the Dutch market. We offer proven experience with most CMS vendors in the Dutch market, and know which product best fits each project. We’re also hired in by some of these CMS vendors to actively improve their core platform. When doing a CMS implementation for an end-client, we explicitly focus on clients with one or more of the following attributes:
- Companies that expose content to a huge set of (end) consumers. Our added value to existing CMS providers can be defined as adding performance, stability and redundancy. These companies can be found in any particular market, e.g.: governmental, healthcare, financial and so forth
- Multiple content sources, internal and external. Again, our added value surfaces in the face of complexity: the more content sources integrations, the better. And we know how to consolidate and simplify complex information processes
- A need for a customized web tier build on top of the content repository. Our customers are looking for a top-notch web channel build on top of the CMS. This channel should be unique and include the latest technologies that offer flexibility and increase the user experience. For more information about rich internet applications, please see RIA solutions
- Multiple channels build on top of the same content repository. Think of mobile, fat client, several web sites targeted at different audiences etc.
Once you can identify yourself with above characteristics, here is what you're probably looking for:
- Integration of complex back offices. Your company has several departments or business units each having their own back office, services and products. Your marketing & editorial department however needs a single unit to control & manage all this information for the general website
- Your organization is in need of professional solution; a small CMS built internally won’t do. You want a proven CMS with a highly customizable web presence, and all the knowledge required to maintain the final result within the organization itself
- A responsible partner that you can call when needed. No more outplacement agencies that only provide ‘resources’, avoid responsibility and oblige you to hire resources for a long, fixed period
- Highly customizable implementations. We do not provide a ‘product out of the box’; we provide a technology/solution that must be customized to your needs in order to be successful
- In need of complex search functionality. All content available in the CMS should be indexed and accessible for all end users. Taking into account multiple channels, a large user base with different (security) groups, dynamic data and so on, there is a need for a pragmatic search solution that can be easily applied
Now here’s why you should choose for JTeam:
- Our partner network shows our carefully selected preference for particular CMS providers. CMS providers are part of our proposition, so we are very selective with establishing CMS partnerships; we only select the best ones, after a long period of evaluation
- Integration of complex back offices. JTeam has been creating & integrating complex back offices for more than 8 years now. We know what we’re doing
- Solution reuse. Why reinvent the wheel? At JTeam we reuse general components that have been created for other solutions
- Best of both worlds. A stable out-of-the-box back office for editors and a custom website for their audience. We do not believe in local CMS’s that are custom created by system integrators. We consider a CMS package to be product and their custom implementations as unique projects. Product & project companies don’t work together within one organization
- Provide a simple though powerful solution. We do not have a history of many modules, backwards compatibility, spaghetti/plumbing code or whatsoever. Our software is brand new, clean, and based on latest technologies and standards. This prolongs the life cycle of the source code belonging to the project
- We know how to tackle complex information retrieval problems. Please see our search solutions
Still not convinced yet? Ask us for a demo or check the following case studies:
- KNVB (the Dutch National Football Association)
- ONS (Dutch Ministry of General Affairs communication renewal project)
- MediaMij (Luxury E-Business site)