Upfront Systems offer hassle free Plone hosting

"Consumers are wary of adopting technology that does not deliver what it promises, and for many businesses and individuals a public website has failed them," says Roché Compaan, CEO of Upfront Systems. "It has failed and continues to fail, because IT companies dump technology on them without educating them in its proper use and function."

From the 1st of August, Upfront Systems will provide hosting for the popular Plone platform. Included in the service is:

• a professional design,
• migration of content from existing sites,
• uploading new content,
• inclusion in the Google Ad network, and
• an ongoing support to ensure the success of your on-line presence.

A Plone site will simplify publishing content to customers in a proven professional design, and will allow users to share entire document libraries and collaborate on-line with partners and colleagues on projects.

"Sharing information on-line with your customers and colleagues should be just as easy, if not easier, than doing your banking on-line. And having documents accessible from anywhere at all times should become the norm," says Roché Compaan.

A Plone site is perfect for companies who need to keep their public website fresh without employing third parties or technical staff to perform error-prone and expensive updates. Using Plone, content can be edited and revised in site context before being made public.

It scales to large numbers of users, and its sophisticated workflow, security and workgroup functionality make it ideal for company intra- and extranets.

Plone includes a rich array of content types, such as documents, photo galleries, news and events. It can also make use of a burgeoning range of Open Source content types that cater for a wide variety of uses.

• A Plone package includes a single domain and 30 email addresses.
• A Plone server package, for companies who wish to offer the functionality of Plone to their clients, includes up to 30 domains, unlimited email addresses, and multiple Zope and Plone instances.

For more information on Upfront Systems' Plone hosting service, go to http://www.upfrontsystems.co.za/hosting.