Military Spouse Magazine Selects Ektron CMS400.NET to Create Online Community for Military Spouses

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ektron Inc., a technology and market leader in Web content management software, today announces that Victory Media a veteran-owned publisher of three national military niche magazines has selected Ektron CMS400.NET as the content management platform for their collaborative online community in support of military spouses worldwide, www.milspouse.com.

Military Spouse magazine first launched in March of 2004 as a means to provide important information to military spouses and offer a sense of community to individuals who often become separated from friends and family. Due to the growing popularity of the magazine and Victory Media’s commitment to creating an even stronger community for the military spouse demographic, they launched a collaborative Web site and portal to support the growing community and encourage interaction between spouses.

In order to integrate all of the social networking functionality needed for the online community and still have the benefits of a strong content management platform, Victory Media selected Ektron’s CMS400.NET after an extensive evaluation of numerous CMS solutions. Ryan Cieslak, Web Director at Victory Media commented, “We wanted to ensure that members of the Milspouse community were able to easily connect with one another. Ektron’s social networking components, such as their forums and polls, were key features in constructing the online community.” Cieslak continued, “In addition to the community features, it was also very important to have a comprehensive content authoring system. Being a content provider, having the ability to upload, organize, rotate and manage content efficiently and in real-time is invaluable to our business model.”

Currently, the Milspouse Web site has over 11,000 members and it continues to grow by over 150 new members per week. Military spouses from all over the world log on to milspouse.com to get important information on topics that they have to deal with in their everyday lifestyle such as deployment, frequently moving between bases, education opportunities and career options for military spouses. In addition to the valuable articles and tips posted on milspouse.com, members are also able to create their own profile, send emails to other members directly from the portal, ask questions and share their own experiences creating a safe, trustworthy community that military spouses can go to for support.

The Milspouse portal is an incredible resource that pulls together a community that might be otherwise separated by distance. The communication and information on this site provides military spouses the ability to connect with others who can relate to their individual experiences,” stated Mark Hardardt, senior vice president of sales and business development, at Ektron. “Milspouse.com is an excellent membership-driven site and we are very excited and honored to be a part of this effort.”

About Victory Media

Victory Media’s global media brands enjoin the military community of troops, veterans and their family members with content targeted to unique needs at critical military life stages. Through continuous research, our product development team strives to stay on the leading edge of military community issues. This mantra ensures the production of targeted media products, filled with original and user-generated content, which are widely consumed and influential within military circles. Victory Media’s brands operate in the print (magazine), interactive and event mediums. For more information visit: http://www.victorymediainc.com

About Ektron

Since its founding in 1998 Ektron has been committed to providing affordable Web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron CMS400.NET empowers non-technical business users by providing an intuitive user interface for managing their Web site’s content and messaging. Ektron has a complete set of social networking tools and fully supports all Web 2.0 functionality. An open API provides web designers and developers all the tools to extend Ektron’s solution. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including NASA, Kodak and Johnson & Johnson. For more information visit: http://www.ektron.com.