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eXo Expands Collaboration With Red Hat on JBoss Enterprise Portal


Platform
eXo powers newly announced CMS from Red Hat; further extends this forthcoming product with
add-on modules to bring social, collaboration and knowledge management capabilities

BOSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- RED HAT SUMMIT -- eXo (http://exoplatform.com) today


announced the introduction of eXo Add-on Modules for JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform Site
Publisher, a new content management system (CMS) powered by eXo that Red Hat previewed to
customers today and will release later this year. With the eXo Add-on Modules, JBoss Site
Publisher customers will be able mix and match their content with applications and publish
across not only websites but also enterprise social networks, activity streams, instant messaging
and forums.
eXo Add-on Modules for JBoss -- eXo Social, eXo Collaboration and eXo Knowledge -- are
planned to be released concurrent with JBoss Site Publisher's general availability. The modules
will be based on eXo community projects which are available today as downloads bundled with
GateIn 3.0 and Tomcat 6.0 to run out of the box.
News Highlights

* Red Hat and eXo partnered in 2009 to collaborate on GateIn, the next generation portal
framework created by the merger of the eXo Portal and JBoss Portal. GateIn is the underlying
technology of JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0, which is generally available today.

* Site Publisher builds on this partnership with an add-on component based on eXo WCM.

* eXo Add-on Modules for Site Publisher includes:


-- eXo Social: Turn any portal directory into a social network; create individual, team and
application profiles; follow activity streams for individuals, teams and applications.
-- eXo Collaboration: Add integrated chat, rich email client and calendaring to better collaborate
across teams.
-- eXo Knowledge: Build forums and FAQ sites to facilitate better knowledge sharing and service
across the company, with partners or with customers.
-- Extensions for document management and workflow.

* eXo Add-on Modules for Site Publisher are tested and packaged commercial offerings based on
eXo open source projects.
Supporting Quotes

* Jason Andersen, Red Hat senior product manager for portals: "Red Hat is pleased to expand

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our collaboration with eXo to deliver JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform Site Publisher later this
year. The breadth and availability of eXo's modules enabling social networks, collaboration and
knowledge management will further enhance Site Publisher for our customers and provide the
value they expect from an integrated platform for building rich, content-driven applications."

* Benjamin Mestrallet, founder and CEO, eXo: "Web content management is one of the most
mature open source markets, so it's a huge validation for eXo to be chosen by Red Hat to power
JBoss Site Publisher. Being lightweight and flexible has been a core philosophy behind eXo's
architecture, enabling us to extend JBoss Site Publisher with a great number of applications for
their platform."
Online Resources

* Overview of eXo Add-on Modules for JBoss


* Download eXo community projects today
* Read the related Red Hat press release

Keywords/Tags
eXo Platform, Red Hat, JBoss, Java, user experience platform, UXP, portal, content management
system, CMS, open source, social networks, collaboration

About eXo
eXo (http://exoplatform.com) offers the next generation of Java middleware designed for the new
era of cloud-based services. The eXo Platform makes Java websites and applications faster to
build and easier to deploy, and offers modern features such as content, collaboration, social and
knowledge on a services-based architecture. The company has established technology
leadership and proven value by their large European installed base and strategic partnerships
with Red Hat and Bull. eXo maintains U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, Calif. with global
headquarters in France and offices in Tunisia, Ukraine and Vietnam. For news and updates from
eXo, follow @exoplatform.

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