eZ Systems introduces new country manager for Germany

CEO Gabriele Viebach welcomes Jochen Lohmann to her team

Cologne, Germany/ Skien, Norway, July 10, 2012 – The Norwegian software vendor eZ Systems AS (www.ez.no), producer of the commercial open source web content management platform eZ Publish, announces that Jochen Lohmann joins the company as the new country manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Gabriele Viebach, CEO of eZ Systems, welcomes the new addition to her international team: „We are glad to have gained the experienced manager Jochen Lohmann for this position. With our recent expansion and several innovations in 2012, he will lead and coordinate the endeavours of eZ Systems within the DACH countries.“

For more than 16 years Jochen Lohmann has served with Steria Mummert Consulting, one of Germany’s top 6 IT Management consulting companies. He covered a variety of consulting and management roles with the IT service industry during his career, including project management and sales. He has worked for clients in many sectors, such as finance, insurance, telecommunications, media and industry. As Executive Manager, Jochen Lohmann managed national and international sales, business development as well as several marketing activities for complex consulting and software services products.

eZ Systems recently presented the new release 4.7 of eZ Publish, named „Etna“, available as a Cloud Edition and an on premise version (http://ez.no/Products/Overview/New-releases/eZ-Publish-Enterprise-4.7). The May 2012 release of eZ Publish offers its users many new features, an enhanced multichannel delivery, content channel optimization and a greater interoperability with existing infrastructure in order to properly fit a variety of business models. With the Cloud Edition, companies are able to experience the same standards without having to establish a complex runtime environment themselves. The new release reflects eZ System’s position as an innovative forerunner in the CMS market. The new functions further develop its status as the world’s leading Open Source Customer Experience Management (CXM) Platform vendor. In cooperation with System Integration Partners and partner agencies, Jochen Lohmann and his team are planning to expand the German-speaking market: „I am glad to be a part of the dynamic evolution of eZ Systems as a company. The next international eZ conference in Cologne from October 17th until October 19th will focus on the strategy and the process behind eZ Systems becoming the market leader within the CXM sector.“

Additional information and a registration form are available at: http://cologne2012.ez.no/

About eZ

eZ Systems is the globally recognised commercial open source software provider. Our leading and innovative approach takes your enterprise platform beyond content management (CMS) into creating a true digital experience with systematic optimization capabilities. The eZ Publish platform sets new standards for digital lifecycle management, including recommendations and smart web analytics functionality, coupled with an application market place of certified extensions (http://ez.no/Products/eZ-Market). Thousands of organizations worldwide benefit from optimized and intelligent multi-channel communications solutions. eZ’s client base includes enterprises across all industries such as media, publishing and broadcasting, financial services, telecoms, retail, government, manufacturing, logistics, and education.

International contact information: eZ Systems Headquarters, Klostergata 30, N-3732 Skien, Norway, Tel. +47 35587020, e-mail: info@ez.no, Web: www.ez.no

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