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NewsForge: Boston Coop Never Metadot It Didn’t Like

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 7, 2005

“A Boston energy services cooperative has found an open source
content management system (CMS) that gives it the power needed to
run not only the company intranet, but a handful of external-facing
Web sites as well. On top of that, with Metadot Portal Server, the
cooperative is saving thousands of dollars on licensing fees it
would otherwise have had to pay if it made use of proprietary CMS
software.

“Sierra Southwest Energy Cooperative is a non-profit energy
services and staffing provider in Boston. Because of its
not-for-profit status and the fact that it is owned and controlled
by its customers, Sierra operates on a tight budget. Tony Cardenas,
Sierra’s security administrator, was looking for a content
management system that was easy to use and inexpensive…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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