Ektron Launches International Distribution Program

Ektron's rapid international growth has created need for international distribution program

August 8, 2001, Amherst, New Hampshire, USA - Ektron, Inc., an innovator in dynamic Web content authoring and management with over 350,000 users, today announced the launch of its international distribution program. Ektrons award-winning products, eWebEditPro (browser-based, WYSIWYG editor), eMPower (full-featured content management system), and eMPower Express (simplified content management system), will now be sold and supported through international distributors. Ektron recently recognized the need for an international presence, to better serve its fast-growing number of international VAR partners and customers.

With the launch of the program, there are three international distributors selling and supporting Ektrons products. They include AB Computers in Brussels, Belgium (http://www.abcomp.be/), FirmwareDesign in Sydney, Australia (http://www.firmware.com.au/), and On-Site in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (http://www.on-site.nl/). This distribution program provides international customers a local contact for its products and support.

With Ektrons international sales more than doubling in the last year, the distributors will allow us to better serve our international customers," said Bill Rogers, founder and CEO of Ektron. Our international distribution program demonstrates our commitment to providing Web content authoring and management solutions to a wider market, and to making our partners more successful. International organizations are embracing our products because theyre affordable, easy-to-use, and offer international language support. They appreciate the importance of keeping Web site content accurate and up-to-date - without increasing IT resources."

We are greatly broadening our market offering with Ektrons authoring tool and CMS solutions," said Marius Coomans, Managing Director of FirmwareDesign, an Australian distributor of Web tools for companies such as Macromedia. Were excited by Ektrons vision of affordable content management systems, helping our customers increase efficiency and reduce overall costs within their organizations, and enabling them to take control of managing their own Web content."

About Ektron, Inc.
Ektrons easy-to-use, affordable and quick-to-deploy products simplify Web content authoring and management by enabling business professionals to become dynamic Web publishers" while ensuring that IT maintains necessary controls. Ektrons products are used in 35 countries in organizations across all industries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 1000 entities. Founded in 1998, Ektron, Inc. is headquartered in Amherst, New Hampshire, U.S.A. http://www.ektron.com