Many costs are involved in building and maintaining a web site, and these costs can increase exponentially as the size and complexity of a web site and its audience grows. SunFish CM automates many standard content and design management tasks, and can reduce costs while providing more flexibility and faster turnaround times.

Following are some of the benefits to customers who have chosen SunFish CM

º  Faster, up-to-date content. Its web-based nature allows SunFish CM customers to access the system from anywhere on the Internet just using a standard web browser, thus enabling website contributors to update content whenever and wherever necessary as long as they have an Internet connection. Being able to access the system 24 hours a day means content updates can be made available around the world in near real time.  Non-technical users can change and publish content within minutes on their own without having to wait for the website administrator to do it for them. SunFish CM removes this middle step by putting the content publishing in the hands of each division that create the new information.  This can be done without risk since users don’t have to know programming languages such as HTML or Java anymore to accomplish their tasks.  All they need is some experience with Microsoft applications to handle the system.

º  Fast and flexible project realization. With its user friendly, intuitive interface, web developers, designers, content contributors, and others can learn the system very quickly and easily.  Users are able to implement their website into the system within a few days or weeks, setting a new standard for ease of use. With the separation of content from design and an array of tools, SunFish CM distributes the work to several groups, ensuring the experts have the power to contribute.  With having more then just one responsible person working on templates, user management, workflow creation and content distribution, the website project can be finalized cost efficiently and quickly.  Moreover, existing pages and scripts can be integrated into the system.

º  Simple and cost efficient Site Management. The traditional website management model requires significant costs to maintain the structure and consistency of design or branding. With SunFish CM customers save time and money. Both business and technical users are provided with familiar tools ensuring the system is quickly adopted and training costs are kept to a minimum. Use of familiar tools also leverages in-house team skill sets.  Implementing SunFish CM decreases development maintenance costs and outside consultant costs. Not only does SunFish CM empowers your resources to manage the website but also allows everyone to preview the changes made so that they always know how pages will appear when published to the website.  Additionally SunFish CM™ reduces mistakes and ensures content accuracy through approval and workflow processes.  Any updates must pass through commissioning, creation and one or more predefined signoff steps before the system will publish it.

º  Adaptive growth. Websites are typically used as a cost-effective advertising and brand marketing instrument that reaches a large number of visitors at minimum costs.  An attractive website, recognizable logo and up-to-date information attracts users to come back to your website. This will lead to and increased demand for more content, resulting in the growth of your website.  SunFish CM is designed to handle this growth as it occurs.  No matter if you grow with user numbers, functionality or site size – the system grows with your requirements.

º  Integrates existing infrastructure. By working with existing IT infrastructure, SunFish CM provides return on investment in a number of ways:
- Leverages existing investments in IT infrastructure and IT training. 
- Accelerate the time to market by integrating quickly with IT environments. 
- Reduce maintenance costs by providing standard interfaces for user and server management. 
- Support industry-standard technology also ensuring ease of integration with other eBusiness applications.  
- Prepare for the future, when Web sites must integrate with existing and future implementations of data systems, e-commerce, and customer relationship management systems