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GlobalScape expands product line

8-Jul-2004

Tags: Web Content and Experience Management, Selecting Technology,

Globalscape, long known for HTML authoring and FTP desktop tools, has just released a new CMS product called "SnapEdit." It's really a server-based alternative to Macromedia's Contribute client; that is, SnapEdit offers a wysiwyg browser editor atop individual HTML files, with some versioning but no workflow. SnapEdit seems to have been cannibalized from another GlobalScape product, PureCMS, but targeted more at the company's traditional webmaster client base. At $100-500 (depending on the number of authors), the price is certainly attractive, and SnapEdit will run in both PHP and ASP environments. With its 3rd CMS product, GlobalScape will need to carefully explain key differences, but competing vendors -- notably Ektron -- face the same challenge. On the whole, we see greater segmentation in the market. That's good for buyers...
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