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Kentico Announces the MVP Award Program

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By Kentico - Posted on 16 March 2010

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, March 16, 2010 – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, announces the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award, which is a one year industry recognition given to individuals based on their community participation and evangelistic activities in the CMS and .NET communities. 

“Kentico MVP’s are passionate about the tools and technologies of Kentico, .Net and the CMS community worldwide,“ says Thom Robbins, Product Evangelist at Kentico.

The very first person to be honored with the Kentico Most Valuable (MVP) Award is Richard Pendergast for his exceptional contributions to the Kentico community, represented especially by the Kentico Developer magazine he founded and manages.

“I feel very honored,“ says Richard Pendergast, Kentico Developer Magazine Director and founder. “This award means a great deal to me. Respecting and admiring so many of the Kentico partners I work with, means that to be singled out from amongst such a talented group feels like a really big deal. I look forward to taking advantage of this opportunity and working even more closely with the wider Kentico community.”

Kentico Software Launches a New Partner Portal for 900 Partners in 80 Countries

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By Kentico - Posted on 07 December 2009

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, December 07, 2009 – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, launched a new version of their Partner Program for Web design agencies, supported by a new Partner Portal. The new portal is used by 900 active Kentico Solution Partners located in 80 countries. The main goal of the new program is to support partners in delivering first-class Web sites and help them grow their business with Kentico CMS for ASP.NET.

Kentico Software launched a new version of their Partner Program that divides partners into 3 levels - Partner, Certified Partner and Gold Certified Partner, based on the Partner Points. The new program is supported by a new portal, where partners can report their activities and access partner-only information.

"We want to reward our partners who are Kentico CMS enthusiasts, use it for their Web projects, refer to it in their blog posts or present Kentico on various events." said Lenka Navratilova, the Partner Manager at Kentico. “Even though the new Partner Program requires more initiative from our partners, I was surprised with positive feedback we received. Our partners welcome new benefits that help them get more out of the partnership,” she added.

Kentico Sotware Plants Trees for Bugs Found by Clients

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By Kentico - Posted on 30 November 2009

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, November 30, 2009 – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, kept its promise to plant a tree for every bug found in the latest version of Kentico CMS for ASP.NET as well as to fix all reported bugs within 7 days.

Three months earlier, Kentico Software promised to plant a tree for every bug in Kentico CMS 4.1 reported by their clients and to fix all such bugs within 7 business days. Although clients reported only 60 bugs in the product, company employees and management planted almost 100 of them. The tree species and the place for planting them were chosen by the Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation (NGO). Each tree was tagged with a label showing the name of the client who reported the bug.

Every tree was pictured together with the ones who planted it and all these pictures are now available in the Tree Gallery at http://trees.kentico.com. If the clients want to visit their tree, they can find its exact position in the “Trees for Bugs Map": http://trees.kentico.com/treesmap.aspx

Kentico Awarded Fast 50 Rising Star by Deloitte

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By Kentico - Posted on 03 November 2009

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, November 3, 2009 – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, was ranked by Deloitte as one of the fastest growing technology companies in Central Europe. Kentico Software achieved 710% three-year growth.

Kentico Software was ranked 5th in the Rising Stars category in the Central European region.

“It’s challenging to keep up the position in the ranking, so we are happy that even in times of the global recession, we increased our three-year growth from 533% to 710% compared to the previous year results,” said Petr Palas, Kentico founder and CEO.

“The award reflects the fact that Kentico CMS became a full-featured enterprise-level solution during the last 5 years. It meets the demanding needs of notable clients including Microsoft, McDonald's, Gibson, Bayer, ESPN, Medibank, Guinness and many others” said Eric Webb, Director of business development. “Still, Kentico offers affordable licensing, so it is used by more than 4000 Web sites across the vertical market in 83 countries.”

Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is an annual announcement of fifty fastest growing technology companies. The Rising Stars sub-category comprises quickly growing young technology companies. Rising Stars companies have to meet a number of criteria, such as yearly revenues of at least €30,000 in each of the last three years (2006–2008), they must develop or manufacture proprietary technologies or spend a significant amount of capital on research & development, and have an ownership structure that excludes majority owned subsidiaries of strategic entities.

Kentico will showcase its content management solution at the Gilbane Conference in Boston, Massachusets in December.

Mailbag: Kentico CMS

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By Bryan - Posted on 23 October 2009

My inbox is just full of emails from companies and people requesting that I take a look at their CMS. To be honest, it's a little overwhelming to have so many requests because although time is my enemy I really do want to respond to everyone. For now though, I'm currently focused on reviewing this year's finalists in Packt's Best Open Source CMS. In other words, I have a long waiting list of CMS to review.

However, there are a few of these emails that I don't want to just sit on my computer and go nowhere. One of those emails include a sales pitch for the Kentico CMS. Kentico is a CMS that hasn't quite made it on my CMS Focus list but possibly should be.

The following is a partial email from Kentico's Director of Business Development, Eric Webb:

Bryan,

I want to reach out to you with interest in coordinating a vendor briefing with you on Kentico CMS. Kentico goes head to head with solution like Ektron and Sitecore on a daily basis and wins large opportunities and is currently used by more than 4,000 Websites in 84 countries. I can provide numerous references to this effect both from end clients and Solution Partners that have relationships with all 3 vendors. Kentico NEEDS to be included in your reports and recommendations.

Ketnico clients include: Microsoft, Brussels Airlines, Vodafone, Audi, Mazda, Samsung, Gibson, Bayer, Novartis, Abbott, ESPN, Starz, CTV, FerrellGas, Hard Rock, McDonalds, DKNY, Guinness, Medibank, Ireland.ie, BlackBoard and many, many others...

Thom Robbins Joins Kentico as Product Evangelist

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By Kentico - Posted on 19 October 2009

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA – Kentico Software, the Web content management system vendor, today announced the appointment of Thom Robbins as Product Evangelist. Thom Robbins comes from Microsoft where he worked as the Director of Developer Audience.

Thom Robbins will be responsible for evangelizing Kentico CMS for ASP.NET with Web developers, Web designers and interactive agencies. He will also work closely with Kentico Product Manager, Michal Neuwirth, another Microsoft employee who joined Kentico in October.

"We are very excited to welcome Thom to the team. His extensive experience in product marketing and evangelism will help us make our enterprise-class Web content management solution more visible to the market, said Petr Palas, Kentico CEO. "He will also help us better educate our existing clients and partners about all the capabilities of the Kentico CMS platform,".

"I am excited to join Kentico as their product evangelist. They are clearly one of the leaders in the Web content management market and their product represents one of the most mature in the industry. " said Thomas Robbins.

Thom has nine years experience in technical marketing and evangelism for Microsoft. His previous roles included Principal Developer Evangelist, .NET Framework Product Management Director and, most recently, Director of Developer Audience. He played a key role in the success of the Microsoft .NET platform and received Microsoft Gold Star Awards four years in a row. Thom is the author of 3 books on Microsoft InfoPath and Windows Communication Foundation, as well as numerous industry articles.

Kentico Software Plants a Tree for Every Bug

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By Kentico - Posted on 28 August 2009

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, August 28, 2009 – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, today announced it will plant a tree for every bug found in the latest version of Kentico CMS for ASP.NET. The company also promises to fix all reported bugs within 7 days.

Kentico Software will plant a tree for every bug in Kentico CMS 4.1 reported by clients and it also promises to fix all such bugs within 7 business days. It's a part of Kentico commitment to deliver a stable platform for managing web sites, on-line stores and social networks.

The clients can report bugs through the form at http://trees.kentico.com where they can also see the current number of reported bugs. The trees will be planted by company employees and management after the end of this initiative in November 2009. Each tree will be devoted to the person who reported the bug first.

"We are very confident about the quality of our Web Content Management platform. Although we can hardly eliminate all bugs, our goal is to minimize their number and fix them within 7 business days, so that we can provide a stable and reliable solution to our clients" explains Petr Palas, Kentico CEO. "We want to encourage our clients to report all bugs they encounter. And we decided to give back something that everyone on the planet will benefit from - new trees," he adds.