Ektron Makes Final Round of 2006 CODiE Award Competition; For Second Consecutive Year, Ektron CMS400.NET Is Up for Best Content Management Solution

Business Wire, Jan 30, 2006

AMHERST, N.H., & SAN FRANCISCO -- Ektron Inc., an innovator in Web content management software, today announced the company's CMS400.NET is a finalist for the 2006 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for best content management solution. A CODiE Award finalist two years in a row, CMS400.NET is Ektron's all-in-one platform for rapidly creating, deploying and managing interactive Web, extranet and intranet sites.

"The 21st Annual CODiE Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, information and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA president. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a CODiE Awards finalist is a significant achievement."

The CODiE Awards are the standard-bearer for celebrating outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital content and education technology industries. Through a combination of journalist and peer review, the awards recognize outstanding products and services, as well as corporate excellence and philanthropy. This year's 348 finalists were chosen from more than 1,026 nominations submitted by more than 500 companies. The 2006 CODiE Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 16 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. For a complete list of the 2006 CODiE Award finalists, see http://www.siia.net/codies/2006/finalists.asp.> "SIIA's judges work hard to select finalists that represent technology and business excellence, passion and success," said Bill Rogers, chief executive officer and founder, Ektron. "Every day, we strive to embody those characteristics and being chosen again as a finalist is a credit to our team, technology and vision for doing better business on the Web."

Ektron will be demonstrating the capabilities that make CMS400.NET the leading solution for Webmasters, designers and developers at Web Design World January 30 and 31 at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit http://www.siia.net.

About Ektron

Ektron is a market and technology leader in cost-effective Web content management and authoring tools. The company's innovative software solution, Ektron CMS400.NET, gives medium to large organizations all the tools they need to rapidly create, deploy and manage their Web sites, extranets and intranets in a single application. Non-technical users can easily author and publish content, documents, images and forms, while Webmasters and developers have the features they need to ensure consistent look-and-feel and optimize site operation. Using Ektron CMS400.NET's advanced registration capabilities, organizations offer their site visitors more personalized, interactive communication that keeps them coming back. Ektron is headquartered in Amherst, N.H., and has more than 15,000 customer implementations worldwide, including Unilever, Intel and Pfizer. For more information, visit http://www.ektron.com.

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