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Here's what our clients have to say about the benefits of using MySource Matrix, and also of working with Squiz...

Future Publishing

• "Having built our existing web portfolio on a 'home grown,' Microsoft-based platform some years back, we were keen to find a less complex and more cost-effective way to move a large number of current titles online quickly, and with a base level of functionality that could be extensible for new titles further down the line."
  
  
• “It was critical that the ability to develop stayed in house for the long term.....so we made a choice not to tie ourselves to a vendor that would take it away with them when the project was over." 
  
  
• "With the open source model we knew that we could build on the speed and flexibility of the development process.  We have a great technology team at Future who know our business better than any partner could, and working with an open source system allowed them to get under the bonnet of the software, contribute fully to the process and to reach their goals quicker.”
  
  
• "After the initial consultation, we decided to go with Squiz because they shared our development vision,.  From the start they took a collaborative approach and saw the work that we would do together as a 'win-win,' because ultimately we'd contribute back into the development of MySource in a tangible way.”
  

Mark Warner Holidays

• “The web had to become a more strategic sales channel for the business, and we wanted one thing:  total control.  We wanted to grow our web-based revenues, and we wanted a site that didn’t leave us beholden to a single vendor or technology platform.  Squiz gave us the answer in the form of open source software.  As a development platform, open source software means we control our own destiny in a way that seemed impossible before.”
  
  
• “Because we’d own the web site - without licence fees - and because the open source development community is so vast, we knew we could think long term.  Also, this meant that if our supplier relationships should fail for any reason, then we’d still enjoy continuity.  Open source means we own it and we can develop it ourselves with partners that we choose.”
  
  
• “We had total confidence in Squiz’s ability to get the job done.  They have a refreshing straight talking approach, and immediately we knew how and where our money was being spent.”
  

Oxford University

• “In terms of functionality, Matrix was a no-brainer for us.  It’s incredibly well documented and simple to use.  It’s enabled us to develop a low-maintenance publishing factory that’s easy to roll out and easy for a small technical team to support.   In quick time we’ve managed to build an implementation and training practise around the CMS that gives people exactly what they need, and allows them to get a site published within days.”
  
  
• “Our framework ensures our technology base is standardised and easy to support, and that important end user issues like branding and design are kept totally coherent.”
  
  
• “In terms of control and ownership, the use of open source software was important to the overall direction of the project.  With Squiz’s support, we’ve been able to devise a complete start up programme for non-technical staff that includes custom documentation and training.  This provides them with everything they need to get up and running and generating web pages.  With Matrix, we’ve basically built the new book on portal publishing, and it’s good to know that we own it and can develop it in whichever way we need.”
  
  
• “The overall production process is really ‘light touch,’ and that works for everyone.  Now that our processes and policies are in place, it will take only a small number of SERS people at the centre to facilitate a large number of satellite library web sites."
  
  
• “We’re on track to reach our targets and the great news is that our costs are low.  Ultimately, Squiz and MySource Matrix have given us back control of our online resources in a way that benefits everybody – the central IT team, web managers, users, and, just as importantly, my budget manager!”
  

Royal College of Nursing

• “I'm impressed with the CMS. I have a considerable amount of experience with high-end enterprise CMSs and this measures up to the best of them. For example, it's far superior to Stellent.”