webEdition Software Ltd, a subsidiary of webEdition Software GmbH, was founded in 2004 with the aim of supporting and marketing the webEdition content management system (CMS) in North America. The webEdition CMS was first developed by Astarte New Media AG, which established an outstanding reputation as a software development company with such products as the CD recording software, Toast, for the Macintosh platform, and the DVD authoring tool known as DVDirector for the PC and Macintosh markets. Since its introduction in November of 2001, the webEdition CMS has been sold in over 20 countries worldwide, and it has established itself as one of the leading systems in the international CMS market.
webEdition\'s international success is owing to two factors. First, webEdition is designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses. Licensed webEdition users include not only internet and multimedia service providers, systems houses, and businesses, but also institutions and manufacturers. Second, webEdition offers an extremely competitive price-quality relationship. Even the Standard version of this modular system, starting at just 249 USD*, has capabilities that one normally finds in systems that can cost more than 100 times the price.
