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Local open source CMS solution for Queensland University of Technology (QUT) gets top marks

Leading Australian web content management solutions provider Squiz has successfully won the bid to supply a Content Management System (CMS) to the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The recently awarded contract also means that 46% of Australian universities have now chosen to use a Squiz locally developed and supported solution.

Universities have been quick to realise the benefits delivered by supported open source solutions over traditionally licensed proprietary software. QUT Web Services Manager Amon Woulfe commented "The RFI identified Squiz as the only respondent able to supply an enterprise level Supported Open Source Content Management System."

Squiz does especially well especially well in the university sector where the requirement for many individual faculty sites and multiple concurrent back end users can dramatically escalate project costs through licensing; even before one cent has been spent on the implementation. Mature supported open source solutions such as Squiz Matrix allow universities to address these core business requirements with greater efficacy and at a lower cost.

Universities can also have complex Standard Operating Environments (SOE) running a mixture of Windows, Linux, Mac and UNIX platforms on the desktop. Because access to the Squiz Matrix editing interface is entirely browser based it is compatible with the widest possible range of SOE’s and therefore accessible to the greatest number of content editors.

Managing Director John-Paul Syriatowicz said “By choosing innovative local solutions as part of their core operations, Australian universities are supporting local investment and productivity, which bodes well for Australian technology development. I am very excited that Squiz supported open source web solutions are now being used by 46% of Australian Universities who are well known for their high standards of education and for conducting innovative research and development.”

Squiz will be supplying the Queensland University of Technology with analysis, implementation and ongoing support services.

 

About Squiz

Squiz is an Australian owned private company delivering web content management solutions via offices throughout Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Europe and North America. Squiz is the author of Squiz Matrix, a fully supported enterprise open source content management system used by over 1,000 organisations globally across government and industry. For more details on Squiz see http://www.squiz.com.au.

For further information contact Squiz Sales and Marketing Director Steve Barker T: (02) 8507 9900 or M: 0412 190 234.

Contact: Graham Howard
Phone: 02 9587 0209