CMS vendor wins Outstanding Website Award from Web Marketing Association Boston, September 16, 2003 -- PaperThin, Inc., a leading mid-market content management system vendor, announced today that it has been awarded the Outstanding Website WebAward in the 2003 WebAward Competition. The seventh annual WebAward Competition was conducted by the Web Marketing Association, Inc. (WMA), an independent organization founded with the purpose of evaluating and recognizing the standard of excellence on the Web. Over 900 sites were entered from around the world into the 2003 WebAwards competition. Entries were judged on design, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, ease of use and use of technology.
"Winners of the 2003 WebAward Competition represent some of the best web sites on the Internet today," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "The WebAward competition is becoming one of the ways leading web professionals are demonstrating the effectiveness of their web development."
The competition was judged by a team of independent Internet professionals representing a variety of relevant disciplines of Web site development. Judges included members of the media, advertising executives, site designers, corporate marketing executives, content providers and webmasters. A complete list of the winning sites can be found at the WebAward website at www.webaward.org/winners.html.
“Our software helps organizations to efficiently manage dynamic content on their Web sites,” noted Todd Peters, president of PaperThin, Inc. “The fact that our Web site was recognized with the ‘Outstanding Website Award’ is a great affirmation of our product in action. We’re delighted to have won.”
About PaperThin: PaperThin, Inc. is a privately held Massachusetts-based company. Since 1993, PaperThin has helped organizations of all sizes to significantly reduce the time and expense involved in creating, updating and managing Web content. PaperThin’s flagship product, CommonSpotÔ Content Server, powers Internet, intranet and extranet sites worldwide for organizations of all sizes, including the AFL-CIO, Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority, Biogen, Bell & Howell, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, The Gillette Company, Kent State University, and Northrop Grumman.
CommonSpot is the two-time winner for Best Web Content Management in the ColdFusion Developer’s Journal Reader’s Choice Awards, and winner of the 2002 Massachusetts Software and Internet Council Awards for Best Content Management Application.
PaperThin’s select group of partners includes industry leading Web design and development firms, high-tech consultants, software manufacturers, and training firms, worldwide. As a Macromedia partner, PaperThin is an active member of the ColdFusion community. For more information about PaperThin, Inc., please visit http://www.paperthin.com and for additional details about CommonSpot Content Server 3.2, visit http://www.paperthin.com/Products/Index.cfm.
About The Web Marketing Association: The Web Marketing Association (WMA) was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and corporate web development on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals from around the country who share an interest for improving the quality of advertising, marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to corporate websites.
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