eZ systems is located in Skien, Norway with 23 employees. eZ systems was founded in May 1999, in Kongsberg, Norway, by three of today's employees. eZ systems has a business model based on an open source core product, eZ publish. With dual licence, enabling customers to choose between the GPL licence (open source and free) and a professional licence, eZ systems is able to have a scalable business from licence sales combined with the powers of the open source community. Combined with the sales of commercial value added software products and professional services eZ systems has made a profit the last two years and expect to do the same this year. Thus making sure the future development of eZ publish is supported, both by the large open source community and the professional dedicated developers of eZ systems.

eZ publish, first released November 2000has become one of the most popular open source Content Management Systems (CMS) in the world.

The latest 3.0 release of eZ publish is more than a CMS, it is also a powerful development framework for general web application development.

eZ systems recognizes the importance of having good partners. There is a growing demands for eZ publish from enterprises, organization and governmental offices around the world. A network of dedicated official eZ partners provide professional services to help companies or organisations with their eZ publish solutions.

We want to tie professional partners with expertise on eZ publish open source content management system and help people find and use the possibilities in the system.

eZ systems are proud to announce this news about designIT. We know they will continue to offer professional services on eZ publish to the Australian market and help spread the word about eZ publish CMS in a growing market.