a short story

a short story

meet nicole

nicole is a small business

owner

nicole lives near…

she drives…

loves…

sings along to…

and runs a small…

nicole manages herB&B website with

…it enables her toeasily manage

her site content

last month, decided to add online reservationsto her website

she asked harry for advice…

harry recommendedshe install anextension for

nicole did…

…and one day laterher site had

online reservations

meet harry

hosts theB&B websitefor

harry lives in…

he rides…

enjoys…

and listens to…

harry offers businesswebsite hosting with…

…it makes his jobeasier and keeps

hiscustomers happy

…it was notalways this way

one year agospent lots of timecreating websitesfrom scratch

he desperatelyneeded a flexible

platform to…

allow his customers…

…to manage theirwebsite content

he asked cindy for advice…

cindy recommendedhe offerhosting with

harry did…

…and the results were exceptional

meet cindy

cindy is anindependent

software developer

has worked onseveral softwareprojects for

cindy lives in…

she rides the…

stays fit with…

and dances to…

cindy developsapplications for…

…it enables her todevelop solutions

very efficiently

…it was notalways this way

two years ago, ittook longerto develop webapplications

she did not havea standard platform

for developing…

her client’s…

…web applications

she asked herformer boss kevin

for advice…

kevin recommendedshe develop apps using

cindy did…

…and became much

more efficient

meet kevin

kevin isi.t. director at

a global company

kevin lives in…

he drives…

plays…

and is a fan of…

three years agocompany spent lots of money supporting multiple web platforms

kevin wantedONE platform for…

all the company’s…

…web properties

everyone he asked,recommendedhe use

so kevin did some research…

he learned that…

…runs on

…is Open Source

…has advancedweb content management

features

…makesweb application development

efficient

…is highlyextensible

…and has hugeworldwide adoption

kevin decidedto take the

plunge and made…

…thestandard company platform

for websites

kevin’s decisionsaved money andincreased his company’s profits

…so, what is

?

is an extensible open source content management and application developmentplatform

…nicole uses its extensibility features

to run her business

…harry uses its content management features

to empower his customers

…cindy uses its application development featuresto deliver solutions for her clients

…and kevin uses its strength as a platform to make

his business more successful

but todaykevin’s not

thinkingabout business…

…he’s online, planninga surprise for his

wife on their 10-yearwedding anniversary

…he’s making reservationsat a small Bed & Breakfaston the outskirts of Sydney