Chicago, IL – November 1, 2007 – The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University today announced that it is a 2007 Ektron All Star Award Winner.  The organization’s Web site, http://news.medill.northwestern.edu has been recognized as the Best Higher Education Ektron Web site in 2007.  The site represents an innovative and effective implementation of CMS400.NET, Ektron’s all-in-one application for creating, deploying and managing interactive Web, intranet and extranet sites.

“Ektron’s All-Stars have built highly successful sites that combine clear design and navigation with compelling content and forward-thinking strategies,” said Bill Rogers, founder and chief executive officer of Ektron.  “The Medill School of Journalism has demonstrated excellence in developing a site which has become a ‘virtual newsroom’ for student journalists to manage content, add photos and upload video files to their Web site.”

Each year All Star participants submit information detailing how Ektron’s Web content management software has impacted their organizations.  Criteria includes how the Ektron-powered Web sites meet business and technical goals, advance online strategies, better satisfy site visitors, produce tangible return on investment and support effective business processes.  Development of this interactive Web presence was a combined effort of Medill School of Journalism developers with assistance from WebSolutions Technology, Inc., an Ektron Platinum Certified Development and Hosting Partner.  For more information, please visit www.ektron.com/allstar.

About Medill School of Journalism
Since 1921, Medill has been recognized worldwide as a jewel at one of the nation’s elite universities.  At Medill, young men and women are shaped for the successes they achieve in journalism and the Medill-invented field of integrated marketing communications.  Journalism students learn their craft on the streets of Chicago and Washington, D.C., and marketing students are taught through projects for real-world clients.  Our values:   1) Be respectful of the school, yourself and others – which includes personal and professional integrity 2) Be the best – which means making no small plans, being bold and taking risks 3) Be distinctive; be you – which includes resisting conformity and thinking uniquely.

About WebSolutions
WebSolutions has dedicated over twelve years to providing premium Web site design, development and hosting services to a loyal and growing clientele.  WebSolutions’ content management experience includes certification as an Ektron Platinum Certified Developer and Ektron Platinum Certified Hosting partner.  These are the highest accreditations available and WebSolutions is the only firm worldwide to achieve both.  In 2007, WebSolutions received three Ektron All-Star Award Finalist nominations, more than any other Ektron partner or developer.  Ektron All-Star Awards recognize the most innovative and effective implementations of the Ektron CMS and with over 35,000 Ektron implementations worldwide, it is a significant achievement to be recognized.  For more information, please visit http://www.websolutionstech.com.

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 on 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 Nashua, N.H., and has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including Unilever, Intel and Pfizer.  For more information, visit http://www.ektron.com.

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