Messiah College selects Jadu for Web Content Management and Online forms to create a ‘memorable’ student experience
Published Thursday 20th October 2011
Chicago, Illinois - October 20th 2011- Jadu, Inc. a global Web Content Management vendor today announced that Messiah College, PA has selected the Jadu CMS and XForms Professional products to deliver a new, rich website with online forms for its web strategy.
Messiah College is a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences located in Grantham, Pennsylvania, near the capital city of Harrisburg. Messiah's mission is to "educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character, and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership, and reconciliation in church and society."
Serving 2,900 students and over 180 academic staff, Messiah College has traditionally managed its web presence using limited developer resources. By implementing the Jadu Web Content Management System and XForms Professional products, the college will radically transform the way the publishing and administration of the website is managed.
We aim to deliver a rich online experience for our Students and Teaching Staff. We selected Jadu because their innovative software provided a great technical fit for us. Their focus on Higher Education and their approach to implementation also impressed us.
William Strausbaugh, CIO of Messiah College
We are very proud to be working with Messiah College in partnership. They have a great team and we look forward to delivering an outstanding web experience for the college and its students.
Suraj Kika, CEO of Jadu
Jadu recently announced a partnership deal with SunGard Higher Education, who now re-sell the Jadu CMS internationally. Messiah College becomes the third SunGard Higher Education Banner user to join the Jadu partnership alongside The University of Leeds and The American University of Sharjah.
Messiah will begin implementation of the Jadu platform in the fall of 2011.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 2,900 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.
About Jadu
Jadu is a leading global provider of Web Experience Management software, specializing in CMS, Forms, Search and Mobile for enterprise websites, intranets and extranets. Jadu powers hundreds of government, education and private sector organizations across the world and is a leading innovator in providing customers with the tools needed to simplify and empower the web publishing and management process. Jadu's underpinning semantic-web strategy is "to make content accessible to humans and machines". This is delivered by Jadu's innovative transactional solutions that enable customers to organize, manage and publish their information across the enterprise. Jadu empowers organizations and users to generate a maximum return on their investment (ROI) in web and mobile technologies.
Innovation is a key driver in the ground breaking functionality delivered by the Jadu Universe Platform - mobile web app delivery, integrated online forms, mash up page design, integrated Google search, personalization, full statistical reporting, web standards compliance, accessibility compliance, product and catalogue management, along with a host of other web productivity tools and unparalleled support service. Jadu MarketPlace enables users of the Jadu platform to access and implement new functionality and integration much more easily through web widgets (apps), re-usable mobile apps, web parts and forms.