Andover, MA — April 21, 2008 — Acquia, a new software company that will provide value-added software products and services for the Drupal web collaboration and publishing platform, announced today that it is one of six new companies chosen to participate in the Launch Pad session at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco. As part of the event, Acquia will demonstrate how the Drupal social publishing system can be used to rapidly assemble community-based Web 2.0 sites without custom programming. 

 

Hosted by TechWeb and O’Reilly Media, Inc, Web 2.0 Expo is the leading global gathering of developers, designers, marketers, and business professionals building the next generation Web. The Launch Pad program provides a unique public forum that is designed to showcase the best start-ups companies in the Internet world. 

 

“It’s an honor to be chosen as a Launch Pad company and introduce Acquia to the Web 2.0 Expo audience,” said Jeff Whatcott, Acquia Communicator-in-Chief.