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Here you can find some general information about e-Spirit, details about FirstSpirit™, modular enhancements for the solution, case studies and market research as PDFs for downloading.

Independent Study

Climbing The Digital Experience Maturity Ladder

This commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consutling on behalf of e-Spirit discusses how enterprises can embrace a more holistic and integrated customer experience management approach to better support rich, contextual, and multichannel experiences.

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Gleanster White Paper

How Top Performing Retail Organizations Embrace WCM & Ecommerce Integration

The new Gleanster Deep Dive white paper describes how top performing enterprises with an e-commerce web presence are aligning Web Content Management and other internal systems to deliver a unique multi-channel digital experience to achieve above-average performance in revenue growth, customer satisfaction, and customer acquisition.

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Gilbane Beacon Research

Content and the Next Generation Portal Experience

This research describes the opportunity organizations have in delivering a blend of personalized services and relevant content, the reasons why organizations find themselves constrained and explores integrating a contemporary web content management system as a solution.

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IDC Vendor Spotlight e-Spirit

Managing Content for Global Brands

This report written by IDC analysts deals with CMS vendor e-Spirit and its product FirstSpirit™.

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One Global and Integrated SAP Portal Solution for E+H

Case study featured in insiderPROFILES magazine

Today, the Endress + Hauser enterprise portal unites 94 companies, significantly improving information sharing across the group. There are over 12.700 pages in the portal, content is generated in nine languages, and thousands of intranet users worldwide are viewing about 650,000 pages per month collectively. 475 authors are using the integrated CMS to easily update content for the entire group instead of each company entering data just for itself, thus saving significant time and resources.

Customer Survey

Our customer satisfaction survey has been conducted by the independent market research firm mind Business Consultants - the results confirm a high level of satisfaction with FirstSpirit:

FirstSpirit™ CMS

What makes FirstSpirit™ a true high-end content management system?

Portal integration

Due to its open and extendable system architecture, FirstSpirit™ provides optimum conditions for integrating editorial content in the different portal servers.

Modules and add-on's for FirstSpirit™

Besides extensive out-of-the-box functions e-Spirit integrates innovative solutions of partner companies into the high-end content management system FirstSpirit™.

Case studies

These examples of reference stories show how customers use FirstSpirit™ to optimize their content management.

  • AGRAVIS - Efficient multi-site management and customized portals for different target groups through integration of FirstSpirit™ CMS and IBM WebSphere Portal
  • BGV - Customer-, Brokerage- and Exclusive Agents Portals: Optimized Business Processes in the Insurance Industry
  • City of Hagen - Hagen streamlines website and city portal with FirstSpirit and SAP NetWeaver
  • EADS - Corporate Intranet: Consolidating former stand-alone solutions into a uniform platform
  • Fives Group - Rapid ROI thanks to simplified content editing processes and fully integrated with SAP NetWeaver portal
  • Geberit AG - New corporate website created using FirstSpirit™ simplifies product and brand communication for target groups in 41 countries
  • Görtz GmbH - Internet with database integration: Shoe retailer relauches corporate website
  • Hamburg Süd - A central CMS for the company‘s global websites and intranet sites
  • Itzehoer Insurance - Synergy effects through a consistent basis for Internet, intranet, and extranet sites
  • Knauf Gips KG - Internet: Strategic webpresence management for different corporate sites
  • MAN Truck & Bus AG - FirstSpirit™ used as a centralized CMS for over 80 country websites with the Enterprise Portal based on SAP NetWeaver
  • Merz GmbH & Co. KGaA - Intranet with SAP portal integration: Alzheimer's specialist resolves communication issues with e-Spirit
  • RheinEnergie AG - User-oriented Web concept creates customized content for different customer target groups and an integrated career portal
  • Speedo - Global website + E-Commerce: Swimwear brand manages a sophisticated web presence with FirstSpirit™ CMS and it's seamless integration with IBM WebSphere Commerce
  • TÜV Rheinland - Employee Portal: CMS with SAP portal integration for a global intranet
  • Würth Group - Group-wide Internet: Multilingual Content Management for international Websites

Research Papers

The e-Spirit Web Content Survey examines the situations of content professionals on different subjects related to managing and publishing enterprise content.

InsiderPROFILES: "An Intranet That Employees Want to Use"

Article from Oliver Jaeger, Vice President Global Marketing and Communications, e-Spirit

Even the best Intranet is useless if the employees do not accept it. But how can I achieve the necessary acceptance? Oliver Jaeger, Vice President Global Marketing and Communications at e-Spirit, explains how Company portals can thereby transformed into popular and routinely used platforms for information and the autonomous completion of work processes.

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