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EPiServer CMS is a Web content management system. EPiServer CMS is used to manage information on an Intranet, Extranet or a public Website. With EPiServer all co-workers can create and update the organization's website from a Web browser^[1] without any previous knowledge about creating web pages. It can be compared with ordinary word processing. EPiServer CMS is based on Microsoft's .NET-technology. EPiServer's partners adapt the framework and create templates and add-on modules.

EPiServer CMS is developed by the Swedish company EPiServer AB in Stockholm. EPiServer is a market leader in Scandinavia and a recent buyout injected capital for a global expansion.^[2]

[edit] History

The first version of EPiServer CMS was released in 1997 by ElektroPost Stockholm AB (that during 2006 changed name to EPiServer AB). The first version based on Microsoft's .NET-technology was release in 2001, EPiServer CMS 4.0. There was 300 websites based on EPiServer in 2002 and during 2007 3.000 websites was passed. The second generation of EPiServer CMS was released during 2007.^[3]