Every business poses its own challenges, just like every out-of-box solution possesses its own weakness.Your business has unique requirements that go beyond serving content to your Web site. Our business knows the capabilities of content management software and the right questions to ask when acquiring it. If your goal is to support your content strategy, and not a dusty software application, we can be your guide from concept to deployment.
Common Questions
- What's the most cost-effective way for non-technical users to gain more control over their Web content?
- How can I relieve IT resources of the burden of maintaining our Web content?
- With so many content management services being offered with various strengths and weaknesses, how do I find the right solution for my organization?
- What’s the difference between document management, Web content management, and digital asset management? Which one do we need?
- How can I safely migrate large amounts of data and content into a content management system?
- Once I have all of this content managed in a system, how do I ensure that content is delivered to the right people when they need it?
We have deployed – and customized – many of the top performers in content management software (from vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, Autonomy, Ektron, Sitecore, Percussion, Alfresco, and Drupal) for a variety of businesses and objectives. Yet we’re not wedded to one tool or single software solution for managing content and enterprise data. Get a real partner with experience, not another salesman.
Services
- Define your requirements for an RFP according to your business and functional requirements
- Interpret and evaluate proposals according to a scoring criteria that fits your objectives
- Moderate demos offered by vendors so you know the right questions to ask and how to look “under the covers” of these applications
- Eliminate all but the most effective options and help you choose the best solution for your business.
As with any of our offerings, we work only in the capacity you need us to – and we can easily partner with any other professional services company you are working with to fulfill your objectives (such as another software and design company).
Implementation Services
There’s much more to implementing content management software than installing it. We can design and customize, if necessary, your content management system to your unique business and system needs. Our staff of developers and consultants will:
- Configure the content management service to fit your existing architecture
- Build and test any necessary components required to be placed within the tool for your unique requirements
- Assist you in conducting data transfer and back-up procedures
- Perform quality assurance testing
- Help train content contributors and administrators who will support the system
- Provide any ongoing support and maintenance you may require to ensure the software is effectively meeting the objectives in your content strategy
You’ll not only have the support of experienced content management consultants but a team of engineers and maintenance experts who can help ensure that your application grows with your organization.
What makes us different?
- Not wedded to any software or solution, meaning you’ll receive "neutral" consultation and extensive experience in content management software
- Content management service teams that are integrated with experts in building applications in both Microsoft .NET and J2EE frameworks
- Clients have access to a vast inventory of previously constructed content management workflows, scenarios and templates to learn and work from in building their own unique solution
- Award-winning competence in design and usability
- Focus on effective information architecture
- Scalable and responsive to local and enterprise needs
- Proven service record and customer satisfaction
ICF Ironworks delivers experience, creativity and know-how each time. Our teams are staffed with industry experts and consultants who focus only on what they know best. Because we don’t try to be everything to everyone, our experts stay experts and our new clients become lasting clients.