Educational Institutions

Granite Horizon is particularly honored to serve institutions educating scholars of all ages. eZ Publish has been used by a variety of universities.

An open source CMS solution is often the best fit for schools. Their complex and changing needs make access to the source code valuable. Institutions are often interested in collaborating on solutions and evolving them together, packaging the code as an open source extension. Your institution can realize great financial savings without compromising the scalability, versatility, reliability, and stability found in enterprise CMS solutions--by selecting eZ Publish.

The work of education is a gift that goes beyond the individual students. It is a gift of hope given to the future. While a website is a virtual reality experienced in fleeting page views, it too should contribute to this very long-term project of helping future generations thrive. May your good work be long-lasting!

eZ Publish's staggering flexibility suit it particularly well for colleges and universities. Gain all the typical CMS advantages (collaborative, simple mechanism for updating content; separation of design from content; scalability), and much more:

Advantages

  • Know that your open source CMS is enterprise-grade.
  • WebDAV (included) makes it effortless for professors to upload course content.
  • Integrate data from many sources (registrar, finance, marketing, etc.) to search, display, and/or manipulate (via LDAP support and the plug-in extension system).
  • Use the advanced eZ Find search engine (included)--or your own.
  • Decrease total cost of ownership over first three years compared to other enterprise CMS options--yet gain more flexibility.
  • Import and export from/to Microsoft Word and Open Office.
  • Share media from a common repository.
  • Enjoy powerful features:
    • search engine optimization (nice URL's, sitemaps, etc.)
    • content syndication (browser, PDF, RSS, print, email)
    • multiple language management
    • version management
    • cross publishing
     
  • Ensure accessibility (W3C WAI and Section 508 compliance).
  • Establish a foundation for future expansion.
    • accessible configuration files and overrides
    • robust cache system and clustered server support
    • plug-In extension system for designs, datatypes, content classes--even other PHP programs
    • source code is open, contributions accepted
    • optional support/hosting/clustering packages available
     
  • Keep the system secure.
    • fine-grained user access control
    • approval workflows
    • SSL support and SSL zones
    • audit trails
    • Department of Defense's Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP)