BOSTON, September 22nd, 2009 -- PaperThin, Inc., a leading Web content management solution provider, today announced that The University of South Dakota is using CommonSpot to manage content for its newly launched website (www.usd.edu) and for “myU”, the University’s faculty, staff and student portal powered by uPortal.
The University of South Dakota integrated CommonSpot with uPortal—a free open source portal platform designed by and for the higher education community—to enable the easy management of portal content. myU provides convenient and easy access to a wide variety of information and services, such as teaching technology, training, student information, calendars, and so on through a single Web interface. CommonSpot’s unlimited API’s and XML framework make it possible to integrate with university portals (such as uPortal and Luminous) as well as other applications. Once integrated, content contributors can also take advantage of other CommonSpot capabilities (such as form creation) not commonly available in portal systems.
“CommonSpot amplified the power of uPortal by enabling content to be easily managed—a capability uPortal lacks. With CommonSpot, we can easily create and customize myU, including ‘channels’, for massive productivity gains. What used to take IT a week to produce, we can now do in a matter of minutes. When you are developing hundreds of channels, that time savings really adds up,” said John Flack, web team lead for The University of South Dakota. “CommonSpot has also enabled non-technical users to manage myU content. Time to published content has improved dramatically. This integration truly gives us the best of both worlds.”
“CommonSpot’s XML framework enables Higher Education institutions to easily integrate with open source applications such as portals in any language, and easily customize those applications using our Application Development Framework for enhanced productivity, interoperability, and content re-usability,” said Bob Cellucci, senior vice president of PaperThin, Inc. “myU is a perfect example of the flexibility in CommonSpot.”
CommonSpot is a flexible, scalable, and easy-to-use Web content management solution that enables higher education institutions to improve productivity and achieve better results from their Web initiatives. CommonSpot empowers non-technical users to publish any type of content (text, forms, video, images, RSS, etc.) via any delivery channel (Web, streaming media, mobile phone, iPod) with minimal IT involvement making them more self-sufficient and productive. The solution’s inherent flexibility and scalability empowers IT and site administrators to easily adapt the system—whether you want out-of-the-box applications that you can customize; the ability to create your own applications through a development framework; or the ability to easily integrate with, or import and export applications. CommonSpot serves as a Web foundation that maximizes the delivery, value, and timeliness of the content you create.
About The University of South Dakota:
Founded in 1862, The University of South Dakota is designated as the only public liberal arts university in the state and is home to a comprehensive College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, the state's only School of Law and School of Medicine, the accredited Beacom School of Business and the College of Fine Arts. It has an enrollment of approximately 9,200 students taught by 400 faculty members. More information is available at www.usd.edu.
About PaperThin:
PaperThin, Inc. is a privately held MA-based company. Founded in 1993, PaperThin’s flagship product CommonSpot™ is a leading content management solution that empowers organizations of all sizes to improve productivity and derive more value from their Web strategies. PaperThin’s customers span multiple industries, including: government, healthcare, higher education, and association/non-profit sectors; and include organizations such as American University, Cornell University, ESAB Welding & Cutting, Hasbro, National Park Service, Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Sharp HealthCare, Sir Speedy, Stanford University, University of Wisconsin, US Senate, and the United Way of America. Visit PaperThin at www.paperthin.com or follow us at twitter.com/commonspot.