Portland Advertising Agency to Evaluate Site9 Web Development Platform

October 5, 2006; 07:24 AM
Site9, Inc., whose new Site9 Launch Platform software suite enables agencies to quickly develop, launch, and manage next-generation web sites, announced that it is partnering with nonbox to use and evaluate the software. nonbox, a leading Portland ad agency, recently began using the alpha version of the software with an aim to build feature-rich web sites much faster and with fewer resources.

"Our clients are asking for web sites with next-generation features that are also easy to update. And, of course, they want them produced sooner rather than later," said Steve Karakas, partner at nonbox. "Site9's software allows us to deliver on their expectations."

With the Site9 Launch Platform, dynamic and creative web sites are built from scratch without templates. Site features are easily added and site management tools are included. Next-generation features like social networking, podcasting, video-on-demand, RSS feeds, AJAX interfaces, and blogs are integrated into the program, so adding and integrating them to a site is easy and trouble-free. Furthermore, all pages are easily optimized for search engines and instantly updated through a web-based site management system.

"With this software, every stage of development has been faster," said Chris Bartell, fire chief and senior online account executive at nonbox. "Each development phase gets you much closer to deployment than manually building the architecture."

The software eliminates much of the time-consuming programming and third- party integration currently needed, resulting in an enormous time and cost savings for agencies and an easier-to-use site management system for their clients. Site9 will soon beta test the Site9 Launch Platform software with select advertising and interactive agencies. The technology will be publicly available in Q4 2006.

About Site9, Inc.

Founded in 1998 by web developers and programmers, Site9, Inc. is launching a new technology and development platform for designing, deploying and managing powerful, next-generation e-commerce and business-to-business websites. For advertising agencies, it means providing clients with the latest features and functionality in less time with vastly better margins. For businesses large and small, the easy-to-use software tools keep websites fresh and relevant. The company also provides interactive marketing services to a nationwide customer base. For more information, visit http://www.site9.com/.