Automattic Announces WordPress.com Enterprise

Just as you thought there couldn’t be anything better than the present state of content management, Automattic is ready to swipe you off your feet with its new release. The company responsible for the inception of world’s most famous CMS and blogging platform WordPress.com has recently announced the release of WordPress.com Enterprise, their latest paid service. This hosted service is all set to offer users with fantastic features comparable to those of WordPress.com VIP at just a monthly rental of $500 per site. The Enterprise service has an upper hand as compared to VIP service, which comes with a price tag of $3750 per month for hosting of up to 5 websites. The Enterprise service has simplified things for users who just need to host a single website.

This service, according to Automattic, is mainly targeted to serve businesses and brands that are looking for WordPress theme customization and development solutions that can handle high traffic inflow, can host rich media content including photos and videos and is optimized for tablets and mobiles. Currently brands like the 4-Hour Chef, ESPN Digital, Moonfrye.com and JackThreads are already the Enterprise service.

The Enterprise service comes with numerous features. As per Automattic, WordPress.com’s ability to handle any amount of traffic influx, the freedom of customization given to users, the white glove support services and the web analytics of the company are a few reasons that are likely to lure customers to this new launch from WordPress.com. Just as in the case of VIP, the users of Enterprise will also get the advantage of unlimited storage, bandwidth and traffic.

Some other key features of WordPress .com Enterprise are as follows:

  • Scalability: WordPress.com ensures that sites have impressive uptime and can handle hundreds and millions of page views per day.
  • Mobile and Social Integration: All sites built using the Enterprise service on WordPress.com will be optimized to be viewed on tablets and mobile phones. Also, the sites can be integrated with all major social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Tumblr with just one click, using the Publicize feature.
  • Advertising: Using the Enterprise service, businesses will be able to run any advertising campaign of their choice on their website.
  • Support: Powered by white glove support services, the team at Enterprise will help you with any issues that you may face during the course of developing websites.
  • Target Audience Engagement: Enterprise service let’s you know your audience closely. You can get an idea of where your primary audience hails from and how did they get to know about your website.

There are graphs and maps in the Enterprise service that lets you keep an eye on the statistics. Moreover, you can easily add Google Analytics to manage your website traffic effectively. There are innumerable benefits of using the new WordPress.com Enterprise service, especially for top notch brands and business organizations. They can easily customize web solutions without the need to hire WordPress developers. Just $500 per month and their WordPress site is ready to mark their presence on the World Wide Web.

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Top 5 Reasons to use WordPress as a CMS

WordPress is one of the most widely used open source content management system for web development purposes. It is used by almost every web development company for creating blogs and websites.

The top 5 reasons to use WordPress as a content management system are:

User Interface: The most significant feature of WordPress is its user interface that makes content management a very easy task. Users with limited technical knowledge can also work on WordPress and manage their blogs and websites. It is the best CMS for everyday user.

Plug-ins: There are numerous plug-ins available in WordPress. Almost any functionality can be achieved through these plug-ins. Further, if you think that there is no plug-in for a particular function then you can get a custom built plug-in for yourself.

Great Themes Available: A WordPress theme controls the look and design of the website. These themes are available at very low cost over internet. Users can select a suitable theme from thousands of themes available online and implement it on their website.

Support: WordPress has one of the largest online communities that is very loyal to it. You can always find help and solutions for problems that you may face while developing websites over WordPress. Just search for it and you will get access to numerous forums and websites that provide help to such users.

It Is Free: WordPress is an open source technology therefore it is available for free. This attracts a lot of developers and clients to this Platform.

Creating a blog or website on WordPress is very easy but for high quality solutions clients should hire a web development company and get their solutions built by them. Xicom technologies is a highly reputed web development company and offers world class solutions on all major web development platforms and technologies.

 

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