Upfront Systems offers hassle-free hosting service

Upfront Systems is pleased to announce a new Web site hosting service that is significantly different to what the market has seen so far.

"Consumers are wary of adopting technology that does not deliver what it promises, and for many businesses and individuals a public Web site has failed them," says Roch'e 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 1 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 online 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 online with partners and colleagues on projects.

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

A Plone site is perfect for companies that need to keep their public Web site 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 e-mail addresses.
* A Plone server package, for companies that wish to offer the functionality of Plone to their clients, includes up to 30 domains, unlimited e-mail addresses, and multiple Zope and Plone instances.

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