Granite Horizon Wins International CMS Honors

ELK GROVE, Calif., June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- When Granite Horizon Executive Director Greg McAvoy-Jensen returned last weekend from the annual eZ Systems Conference he had something extra in his baggage.  He was toting eZ System's 2011 "Honorary Award," one the top international prizes for companies in the open source content management system (CMS) software  business.

"It's a tremendous honor for the entire Granite Horizon team, as well as an indicator of rapidly growing acceptance of the eZ Publish CMS in the North America market," said McAvoy-Jensen.  "This is the first time the award has gone to a partner in the Americas and we're proud it was us."  

Started in 2007 Granite Horizon is the only eZ Publish focused development shop on the west coast of the U.S., McAvoy-Jensen explained. "It's a privilege to work with a global community of 40,000 focused on deploying and improving eZ Publish," he said.

"The Honorary Award is given each year to an outstanding member of the eZ ecosystem," explained Luke Barton, Managing Director of eZ Systems North America.  "It's based on their steady flow of contributions to increasing the visibility of eZ Publish, constant interaction and innovation within our ecosystem, and contribution to expanding the eZ market."  

The Award was presented to McAvoy-Jensen on June 16 at eZ Systems annual conference, held this year in London, England. Previous winners have been companies located in England and France.

Granite Horizon LLC (http://granitehorizon.com) is a California-based web development firm focused on implementations of the eZ Publish enterprise content management system. It is the largest eZ Publish developer in the western U.S. and serves clients on four continents.  The company's new Granite Horizon In The Cloud product offers a the eZ Publish content management platform on a software as a service (SaaS) basis.

eZ Publish is an enterprise open source web CMS used by organizations around the world who need a robust and well-supported CMS with unending flexibility. Visit them at: http://ez.no

Contact: Greg McAvoy-Jensen, [email protected], 888-354-6626.

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