Upper Iowa University Selects OmniUpdate as Web Content Management Solution

Largest Private University in Iowa Chooses Leading CMS to Manage Decentralized Web Presence

WebsiteASP, Inc., the leading provider of web content management solutions for Higher Education, today announced Upper Iowa University's selection of its OmniUpdate OU Campus(TM) web content management solution.

"We knew it was time to go with a content management system so that we could open it up and allow various operating units within the university to maintain their own content -- instead of going through one person," said Joel Kunze, Director of Web Services at Upper Iowa University.

Founded in 1857, Upper Iowa University (UIU) is headquartered in the northeast city of Fayette, Iowa. The university has 14 nationwide centers, a presence on various military bases as well as multiple international locations. With a global correspondence program, an online program and military students serving overseas, the UIU website is a critical component to the institution's decentralized nature.

"We reached that sort of tipping point, if you will, where something had to happen and we decided the time is right now: major website redesign, but incorporate within that a move to a web content management system," said Kunze. "Our goal now is to use the website as a marketing and promotional tool."

Designed specifically to meet the needs of higher education institutions, OmniUpdate allows colleges and universities of all sizes to better serve their current and prospective students with up-to-date information, in a disseminated yet controlled, consistent yet easy-to-use environment. "OmniUpdate really had what we were looking for," said Kunze.

"We're very excited to be working with Upper Iowa as they look to expand the role of their website to support a global, integrated marketing strategy," said Lance Merker, President and CEO of WebsiteASP, Inc. "As part of this strategy, UIU recognized that -- aside from a redesign -- they need to enable their highly distributed organization to contribute to the on-going goal of maintaining an exceptional web presence."

About WebsiteASP, Inc.

WebsiteASP, Inc., the company behind OmniUpdate, is the leading provider of web content management solutions for Higher Education. Over 200 college and university websites use OmniUpdate to simplify the process of creating, editing and publishing over 2.5 million web pages.

For more information, visit www.omniupdate.com