uSwitch.com selects Rhythmyx to Manage Its Online Presence
London, UK - November 20 - uSwitch recently selected Percussion Software’s web content management solution Rhythmyx, to manage content across multiple sites, while also integrating with existing systems. uSwitch is the leading price comparison service that helps customers take advantage of the best prices and services on offer from suppliers. By developing a series of calculators that evaluate a number of key factors including price, location, service and payment method, uSwitch advises customers on the best deal to suit their needs.
Rhythmyx will enable business users to create content in-house (depending on the level of access granted to the business user), make changes to and re-use content online, allowing content to be updated instantly. Additionally the business can now easily control brand and layout consistency throughout all media channels.
Rhythmyx will enable uSwitch to leverage a range of platforms and infrastructure that can grow and change independently of its web content management system, by pushing content changes out to multiple channels without requiring Rhythmyx code.
Richard Stables, Chief Technology Officer at uSwitch commented “By using Rhythmyx, we are in total control of our website, from managing what content is live, to re-using the same content across multiple sites. Rhythmyx provides us with great flexibility to grow the business as required, knowing that we can integrate other systems easily”.
Rhythmyx 6 is the newest version of Percussion's award-winning enterprise-ready WCM System. Rhythmyx 6 extends the company's leadership position in the WCM market by providing a robust platform for managing customer-centric content across multiple sites, multiple channels and multiple lines of business. Tailored for organisations that require seamless support for multiple web properties combined with easy content reuse, Rhythmyx 6 enables enterprises to build web sites with frequently updated, persuasive content that is engaging to multiple audiences.
Pete Atkinson, Managing Director, European Operations, Percussion Software stated “Rhythmyx is well placed to provide accurate, timely and consistent information across multiple channels which is crucial to the success of online associations such as uSwitch. Rhythmyx is well positioned to meet the growing online demands of such associations in the future”.
About Percussion Software
Percussion Software's family of practical software solutions enables organisations to deliver a compelling customer experience by maximising both the value and quality of their enterprise content. The company's flagship product, Rhythmyx 6.5, is an enterprise-ready Web Content Management (WCM) system designed to provide a consistent customer-facing brand, image and message, globally across multiple channels. Rhythmyx 6.5 enables organisations to achieve a higher return-on-content by delivering dynamic, frequently changing content to customers through highly accessible Web sites and other preferred channels. Based on open standards, it provides organisations with a robust platform that allows customer-centric content to interoperate with other enterprise content, regardless of repository or ECM system. With Rhythmyx, content can be managed across multiple sites, multiple channels and multiple lines of business in order to ensure consistency of brand and customer experience.
Percussion’s UK customers include, Alliance & Leicester, the British Library, DLA Piper, ICI Paints, National Express, NSPCC, Natural History Museum, Nottingham Trent University, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Symbian, Tate, the University of London and the V&A. More information can be found on the Web at www.percussion.com.
About uSwitch
uSwitch.com is a free, impartial online and phone based comparison and switching service that helps customers compare prices on a range of services including gas, electricity, home phone, broadband providers and personal finance products. Our aim is to help customers take advantage of the best prices and services on offer from suppliers. The company has developed a series of calculators that evaluate a number of key factors including price, location, service and payment method, and advises customers on the best deal to suit their needs.
