Plone

In our opinion, the best tool for managing content for workgroups, websites and intranets.

It features a strong through-the-web development model, you can add, modify and delete content from anywhere in the world with a high security model.

You can have different site members with specific tasks, different roles and privileges, with complex and flexible workflows to suit your needs.

Plone respects usability and accessibility standards, being compliant with US Section 508 and the W3C's AAA rating for accessibility.

Licensed under the GNU General Public License, Plone runs on Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Windows.

Plone sits on top of Zope web application server.

You can get more information about Plone at www.plone.org

Zope

Zope features a transactional object database (ZODB) that can store not only your content, but also all kind of data like dynamic HTML templates, scripts, search engine, custom data, code, etc.

ZODB is used by default, but Plone can use other sources such as other kinds of relational databases (open source and commercial), LDAP, filesystem, etc.

You can get more information about Zope at www.zope.org

We Care About Standards

Using Plone we are able to follow standards for usability and accessibility, being compliant with US Section 508 and the W3C's AAA rating.

W3Consortium

"The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C's mission is:

To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web." - www.w3.org

Section 508

"Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, they shall ensure that this technology allows Federal employees with disabilities to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency, and Individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities." - www.section508.gov

Linux

"Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. It is one of the most prominent examples of open source development and free software; unlike proprietary operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X, its underlying source code is available for anyone to use, modify, and redistribute freely.

Initially developed and used primarily by individual enthusiasts on personal computers, Linux has since gained the support of corporations such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Novell, Inc., and has risen to prominence as an operating system for servers.

Eight of the ten most reliable internet hosting companies now run Linux on their web servers.

Linux has been more widely ported to different computing platforms than any other operating system. It is used in devices ranging from supercomputers to mobile phones, and is gaining popularity in the personal computer market" - www.wikipedia.org

Apache HTTP Server

"The Apache HTTP Server Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its related documentation.
This project is part of the Apache Software Foundation. In addition, hundreds of users have contributed ideas, code, and documentation to the project." - httpd.apache.org