Hot Banana Wins 2005 e-Content Award - Best Content Management System - CMS

April 8, 2005 -- Hot Banana Software Inc., a leading North American Web Content Management Suite (CMS) company, announced today that it has won the 2005 e-Content award for the best Content Management System. The Canadian e-Content Awards are sponsored by the e-Content Institute and were created to recognize and honor e-content products and services used by Canadian organizations and individuals.

“Hot Banana received high ratings for its online forms functionality, email marketing management, calendars and online newsletter modules,” says Heather Wilson, chair of the judging committee for the e-Content Institute. “The addition of Web ranking functionality, measurement and analytics tools makes Hot Banana even more attractive, especially to marketing professionals.”

"All of us at Hot Banana are very proud and honored to receive this award,” says Krista Lariviere, President, Hot Banana Software Inc. "Our Hot Banana Web Content Management Suite is having a phenomenally successful year thanks to our great clients who have helped to push our technology forward, and to our hard-working and dedicated team, all of whom have made our successes possible.”

About Hot Banana
Founded in 1999, Hot Banana Software Inc.’s Web CMS powers Web sites for more than 171 companies worldwide. With the end–to-end integration of Hot Banana’s Web Content Management Suite, Internet marketing, search engine optimization – SEO, and Web analytics modules, forward-thinking and marketing-smart organizations can deliver customer-focused marketing at a lower cost, faster and with improved results.

Built in ColdFusion MX, Hot Banana provides a complete Web CMS platform from which to power the Internet marketing process – from SEO to Web analytics, to workflow, to easy non-technical content change, e-mail marketing and campaign execution. This makes Hot Banana an ideal solution for Intranets, Extranets, Micro Marketing Sites, online branding, corporate communications, sales lead conversion, public relations and event marketing. Clients include Algoma Steel, Ansell Healthcare Europe, World Vision, Beaver Vending, Los Alamos School Board (New Mexico), Law Society of Upper Canada, Expertech and the County of Simcoe. Hot Banana Software Inc. is profitable and privately held.

For more information, call 1 866-296-1803, or visit www.hotbanana.com.
Press Contact for Hot Banana:
David Terry, Director of Marketing,
Hot Banana Software, Inc.
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