Immediacy Partners with Integration Specialist Fusion Workshop

 

Immediacy, part of the Mediasurface group, Europe’s leading content management solution provider, adds Web Integration Specialist partner Fusion Workshop to strengthen channel for Immediacy WCM 6.0.


6th May 2008 - Immediacy, one of the leading UK content management solution providers (part of the Mediasurface group (UK, AIM: MSR)) has announced the addition of Web Consultancy partner Fusion Workshop to its growing channel base. On the back of the fifth client integration project to go live using Immediacy Web Content Management (WCMs) 6.0, and with another seven following suit over the coming months, Fusion Workshop is already leveraging the flexibility of Immediacy WCMs to grow its business.

 

Established since 1999, Fusion Workshop has proven experience delivering business driven web solutions with specialist application development for integration for CRM, ERP and custom systems projects.

 

Following a comprehensive four month analysis of the UK content management market, Fusion Workshop chose Immediacy WCMs to serve as the core CMS and web functionality software offering web and intranet applications to UK businesses operating across a variety of industries. A strategic .Net and SQL Server fit, Immediacy Web Content Management offered Fusion Workshop an ease of use and technical flexibility crucial to the integration and development of bespoke functionality required by the web consultants’ clients. The partnership means Fusion Workshop clients can benefit from enterprise-strength web content management with eGif compliance, search engine optimization (SEO) and Web 2.0 features, whilst Fusion Workshop concentrates on the development of highly functional, custom built plug-ins, such as the Property Management and CRM systems integration plug-in (including MICROS OPERA Web Suite) implemented at Bluestone Leisure.

 

Of utmost importance to Fusion Workshop, the quality of service and product has seen genuine enhancement through the Immediacy Web Content Management partnership, as the speed of CMS delivery has meant significant reductions of both the development and project implementation time. In addition, signing with a UK content management partner has meant that Fusion Workshop can ensure all projects adhere to UK-specific compliance, accessibility and security standards.


Chris Short, Managing Director, Fusion Workshop

 

“We are a specialist web consultancy employing a team of IT professionals that work on SQL Server, .Net, ColdFusion, Web content Management and Systems integration. By partnering with a company we trust to deliver the content management elements of each solution, we have reduced the demands on staff, so they can focus 100% on their areas of expertise. Our partnership with Immediacy helps us meet the challenges of web development so each of our clients receives a customised, high-performance, standards-based web and intranet application, on time and on budget.”

 

Andy Peart, Chief Marketing Officer for Mediasurface, commented:

 

 “By working with integration specialists Fusion Workshop, clients get all the benefits of an enterprise strength content management solution from Immediacy combined with the excellence of the bespoke plug-ins, project management and strategic vision of Fusion Workshop. With five new clients already using Immediacy WCMs and with more to come, Fusion Workshop clearly demonstrates that to fulfil their client needs they will fully exploit the power of Immediacy and combine it with their own technical capabilities to deliver outstanding integration projects.”

 

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About Fusion Workshop

Fusion Workshop analyses, builds, develops, implements and manages business-driven web solutions for their customers. The company focuses on the following sectors: heritage & performing arts, travel & tourism, education, third sector & membership organisations, financial services and local government.

 

The company delivers web projects from consultancy through specification and development to completion and ongoing support. It specialises in integration and standards-based Internet projects, and prides itself on a structured (PRINCE2) project management approach with cross-functional teams. Its formal requirements gathering process uses the concepts of stakeholder representation, viewpoints and perspectives to ensure that requirements and quality criteria are captured for analysis.

 

Fusion Workshop are Gold Partners with Immediacy, the leading UK content management system provider.  The company works in Microsoft ASP.Net and SQL Server. It also has strong ColdFusion expertise (including migration of these systems to ASP.Net).

 

As a 'Knowledge Bank for Business' company, Fusion Workshop is classified as a high-growth business and previously achieved Third Place in Deloitte's Fast 50 Technology Awards.

 

Contacts:

Nick van Noorden, Fusion Workshop
Tel: 029 2066 6655 / Email: nick.vannoorden@fusionworkshop.com

Heather Hughes, Freshwater Technology
Tel: 01794 521156 / Email: hhughes@freshwater-uk.com

 

About Mediasurface

Mediasurface is a global provider of web content management solutions allowing businesses to easily manage their internet, intranet and extranet websites. Mediasurface solutions power sophisticated, content-driven websites ranging from Global 1000 companies to thousands of sites for medium and smaller businesses.  Familiar, easy-to-use interfaces deliver unrivaled content management and enterprise search capabilities.

 

  • Morello is an enterprise solution that has changed the face of content management and is used to power sophisticated intranets, extranets, websites and other digital channels for Global 1000 companies.

 

  • Immediacy is an intuitive website and intranet management solution for the connected enterprise that makes it easy for anyone to create and maintain high quality websites.

 

  • Pepperio is a one-stop-shop package for SMEs exclusively offered by Mediasurface’s network of accredited Pepperio partners, allowing smaller businesses to easily run professionally designed websites for a low fixed monthly fee.

 

Mediasurface operates through wholly owned subsidiaries and partners across Europe, USA and Asia Pacific. www.mediasurface.com

 

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, risks in product and technology development, market acceptance of new products and continuing product conditions, both here and abroad, release and sales of new products by strategic resellers and customers, and other risk factors detailed in the Company's most recent annual report and other filings with AIM.