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TERMINALFOUR wins EUR1.3m University Website Contracts
Date Released: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 ISTContracts provide further evidence of increased competition among universities for undergraduate students
TERMINALFOUR, a leading European enterprise content management company, today, announced that it has secured nine major contracts to power university websites with its Site Manager content management system. Among these are high profile third level bodies such as the University of Glasgow, University of St. Andrews, University of Virginia (US) and University College Dublin. The contracts have a combined value of EUR1.3M.
It brings to twenty-nine the number of university and major third level institute customers won by TERMINALFOUR in recent times. Competition has driven the investment in content management systems by these organisations as open days and traditional recruitment techniques are no longer the primary tools used by students researching third level courses. As prospective students are approached by increasing numbers of institutions seeking to recruit them, the website has become the strongest tool in marketing to them.
Stephen Evens, web manager, University of St. Andrews said, "TERMINALFOUR Site Manager will make it very easy to create and customise user-specific areas of our new website. It will help us to engage and attract prospective students by making the site easier to use, accessible and dynamic."
Another significant driver of this strong demand from the third level sector is the need for increased productivity and efficiency and TERMINALFOUR's software helps in many ways. It enables students and staff to interact in a very user-friendly manner via self service on-line forms. It allows faculty members to create departmental content, publish in multiple languages to cater for international students. It also facilitates potential students to build their own prospectus i.e. a tailored package of content personalised to their needs.
TERMINALFOUR Site Manager gives more control to university staff and webmasters with overall responsibility for what appears on the site by means of simple workflow, which enables content to be approved before publication. The provision of eForms and self-service capabilities also allows surveys, registration and payments all to be carried out on-line. These can be integrated with existing CRM and student management systems.
Piero Tintori, managing director of TERMINALFOUR said, "The days of a colourful and information laden brochure for attracting students are over. University websites are now the first port of call for any prospective student seeking information and students are increasingly demanding interactive, engaging and up-to-date websites."
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About TERMINALFOUR
TERMINALFOUR is a leading developer of 'out-of-the-box' enterprise content management software. Its systems enable medium and large sized organisations to improve the delivery and communication of information through various channels including websites, personalised portals, intranets, extranets and emerging media. It is the number one supplier to third level education institutions in the UK and to public sector in Ireland. Customers include IDA Ireland, Shannon Development, the department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, University of Manchester, University of Portsmouth, Tesco and Pearson Education. TERMINALFOUR recently achieved its fourth successive appearance in the Technology Fast 50, with average revenue growth of 493% over five years. More information on TERMINALFOUR is available at www.terminalfour.com