Plone is an intranet and extranet server, document publishing system, a portal server and as a group-ware tool for collaboration between separately located entities. Some features for which it is known include powerful and flexible features, usability, support, standard, technology neutral.

Plone was the most preferred option for us because of the following process and technical benefits:
Process benefits: Managing contents from anywhere, live editing, designed by usability professionals, facilitates collaboration, easy management and configuration, single sign on, accessibility, encourages ownership.

Technical benefits: Plone has built in support for administrative work-flow and approval mechanisms, it is modular, easy to expand and its components are reusable, content types are easy to create, provides a fully indexed powerful search engine, houses a powerful template system.

From a business perspective, Plone distinguishes itself from the other open source Content Management Systems with its focus on business and professional use. From the very start, Plone has been focused on solving business problems by making processes more effective. It has not grown from a community web site project like so many other systems in the same area, but rather as a result of a clear business focus and tangible goals.

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