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EPiServer CMS is a proprietary web content management system. It is used to manage information on an Intranet, Extranet or a public Website. With EPiServer all co-workers can create and update the organization's website from a Web browser^[1] without previous knowledge about creating web pages. It can be compared with ordinary word processing. EPiServer CMS is based on Microsoft's .NET-technology. EPiServer's partners adapt the framework and create templates and add-on modules.

EPiServer CMS is developed by the Swedish company EPiServer AB in Stockholm. EPiServer is a WCM vendor with head offices in Sweden and the United States and local offices in the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, South Africa and Australia.

1 History
2 Products
3 Partners
4 References
5 External links

History

The first version of EPiServer CMS was released in 1997 by ElektroPost Stockholm AB (that during 2006 changed name to EPiServer AB). The first version based on Microsoft's .NET technology, EPiServer CMS 4.0, was released in 2001. There were 300 websites based on EPiServer in 2002, during 2007 3,000 and in 2008 6,000 websites was passed. The second generation of EPiServer CMS was released during 2007. During 2008 EPiServer releases their first product package called EPiServer Create+ In March 2009 the second product package is released, EPiServer Relate+

Products

EPiServer CMS
EPiServer Community
EPiServer Mail
EPiServer Create+ Product Package combining EPiServer CMS + four modules
EPiServer Relate+ Product package combining CMS and community functionality
EPiServer Connect for SharePoint

Partners

Sales are facilitated through EPiServer partner network, supplying solutions in services, support and training to the customer.

There are about 40 different kinds of modules created besides EPiServer. Most of them are created by EPiServer partners around the world. Examples of partners which have made some modules are Meridium, which has created more than 5 different modules, where the most popular of all modules are among, ImageVault. Dropit is another partner with their X3 solution. In January 2009, EPiServer acquires Dropit product family including X3. X3 is today called EPiServer Composer.