Hannon Hill - Enterprise Web Content Management

ATLANTA - JULY 17, 2006 – Hannon Hill Corporation, makers of web content management solutions for mid-sized organizations including education, healthcare, technology and publishing, today announced that 19 new education customers have selected Cascade Server in the first half of this year to help them maintain a higher quality, standards-compliant web site.

"Universities and colleges face several key content management challenges that differ from other organizations, regardless of size," said David Cummings, founder and CEO, Hannon Hill Corporation. "Websites are the most important information portal educational institutions have, as everyone from faculty and staff to students and alumni depend on the site to find information and stay in touch with the campus."

Universities especially face the challenge of having content-rich websites that require continual review and updates so Internet users and search engines have access to the newest version. Online information is also often required in a number of different formats, managed by different types of users, and targeted at multiple different audiences. Students, professors and administrators all face complex content management challenges and need an easier way to manage their web content.

"We chose Hannon Hill because their solution not only met all of our criteria at the most affordable rate, it exceeded our requirements," said Terri Vaughan, web services consultant, Clemson University. "Also, I wanted to work with a company that treated us with as much attention, focus and immediacy as though we were their most important client. The customer service I've had with Hannon Hill is the highest caliber experience I've ever had with a vendor."

As an answer to higher education's content management challenges, Hannon Hill's WCM solution, Cascade Server, has been a popular choice for many industries, including education, because it works on any operating system, can be accessed from any browser, and organizations can implement the solution in less than a month. The solution places no restrictions on the number of users, amount of content, or number of sites that can be managed with one instance.

"Our selection of Cascade was influenced by both the core technology and the company support," said David Wisniewski, senior web architect, Brandeis University. "We are impressed with the product's embrace of newer standards like XML/XSL, CSS, RSS, and SOAP."

Since January 2006, the following higher education institutions selected Hannon Hill’s Cascade Server to solve their WCM needs: Belmont University, Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Campbell University, Carnegie Mellon University, Clemson University, Concordia College (MN), Cornell College, Eastern University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Gardner-Webb University, Heinz School of Public Policy, Hofstra University, Queen's University School of Business (Canada), Saint Joseph's University, University of Detroit Mercy, University of Missouri – Columbia, Vassar College and Willamette University.

About Cascade Server

Cascade Server makes it possible for web managers of any department or user-level to manage a complex website with ease and efficiency. The solution automatically replicates a consistent look throughout the site and content is separated from design, so users can change the look easily, without redoing an entire website. It also allows faculty to update their own pages in a user-friendly interface.

Cascade Server prevents content from being published without the proper approvals as content can be channeled through a workflow procedure to ensure errors don't slips through the cracks. By keeping all content in one central location and automatically publishing to the web a camera-ready copy, the WCM solution manages information, like institutions’ course catalogs, with minimal difficulty to the user, and also avoids the redundancy of information often resulting from older publishing processes.

Hannon Hill Corporation offers a number of resources on WCM, including white papers on the role of content management in higher education and course catalog management and case studies.