Ektron Picks BGT Partners as Their Partner of the Year

Partner Firms Combine Ektron's CMS400.NET With Expert Design and Development Services to Deliver Dynamic Website Solutions to Customers

MIAMI, FL, January 17, 2007 - Ektron, Inc., a technology and market leader in web content management software, today announced that BGT Partners is their 2006 Partner of the Year. Chosen from Ektron's extensive network of web design and development firms, interactive agencies and systems integrators, both organizations provided exceptional website design and development services to customers implementing Ektron's CMS400.NET web content management platform.

“When we introduced our new partner program early last year, we pictured a model where Ektron would develop a complete website management product with all the web technologies customers want while our partners would provide expert services for design, deployment, management and training. They would, in effect, be an extension of Ektron's professional services group,” said George Rassias, vice president of sales, Ektron. "Many of our partners embraced this opportunity, but BGT Partners reached even farther. They mastered integration and extension of CMS400.NET, and they married design aesthetic with practical application to create comprehensive business solutions for our customers."

Ektron's partner program is designed to help create demand for partners' services, enhance the customer experience with expanded development and implementation support and make it easier to be an active participant in Ektron's growing community. BGT Partners, a full-service interactive marketing and technology consultancy, took full advantage of the partner program benefits.

A long-time partner, BGT Partners achieved Ektron Platinum Certified Partner status, launched multi-site, multilingual projects for Bright House Networks and Teleperformance, participated in the growing Ektron web developer community, won an Ektron All-Star Award and secured several new business opportunities that will result in more deployments in 2007.

David Clarke, BGT Partners' managing partner, said, “The strength of the BGT-Ektron relationship comes from our fundamental commitment to our clients. We both understand that we are only successful when our customers are successful, and we take great pride in sharing that every BGT-Ektron project has been delivered on time and on budget. The Ektron product and BGT services teams combine to provide complex global solutions that manage multiple languages, localization of sites, extensive content and unique client requirements and deliver comprehensive support for upgrades, technical issues and ongoing training and education.”

About BGT Partners

BGT Partners is an independent global interactive marketing agency that helps companies strengthen their brand and business relationships through digital marketing and technology solutions. The agency created interactive marketing solutions for clients such as Florida Power and Light, Office Depot, Ryder, ADP, Sony, Tupperware and FedEx. Founded in 1996, BGT is headquartered in Miami, with offices in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. BGT has earned the reputation as one of the Global 2000's foremost professional services firms.

About Ektron

Ektron's web content management and authoring solutions are affordable for any organization and simple enough for anyone to use, yet offer webmasters, designers and developers all the tools they need to create, deploy and manage interactive web, intranet and extranet sites in one platform. With Ektron CMS400.NET, companies can do what they want on the Web, including developing rich sites for personal, two-way communication with visitors, building community through memberships, blogs and forums, and attracting more repeat visits using RSS feeds and web alerts to increase business opportunities. An open API allows for easy customization and extension. Ektron is headquartered in Amherst, N.H., and has more than 18,000 customer implementations worldwide, including Unilever, Intel and Pfizer. For more information, visit http://www.ektron.com.

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