The ArsDigita Community System (ACS) is comprised of the Core Platform and a set of fully integrated software components that support rapid deployment of sophisticated web applications. These software components are:

• Content Management
• Commerce
• Collaboration
• Personalization
• Marketing and Analysis
• Customer Self Service

ACS is the world’s most popular open source, enterprise class e-business platform. The software provides one flexible and extensible platform for every core e-business application. All the components of ACS are fully integrated, working from a data model that creates a single representation of each user across all processes. This allows us to give users and administrators a great deal of control over access, group management, and the ability to track how the website is being used by partners, employees, and customers. Additionally, we can extend this data model for custom-engineered applications typically required to meet the business models and processes of our customers.

Key Benefits of Applications Built on ACS

• Since much of the fundamental work is already done, we can develop and deploy applications more quickly, more reliably and at less cost than for custom-written solutions.
• Since the ArsDigita ACS system is open source, there are no license fees, and our customers wind up with the source code for their entire application.
• Without the need to integrate multiple point solutions, there are no integration costs and maintenance and administration costs are lowered.
• As an open-source e-business platform, ACS continues to be enhanced and supported by an active developer community, including MicroAssist.
• ACS uses a single integrated data model for all features, ensuring consistency among business processes.
• User behavior is accurately tracked across the entire web service.

Who is ArsDigita?

ArsDigita was founded in 1997, and since then has created more than 200 database-intensive Web applications for a wide range of organizations, including Siemens, Oracle, The World Bank, and Sundance Catalog. They are the leading provider of open source solutions for content management and collaboration. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ArsDigita has six offices in the United States and Europe. CEO Allen Shaheen, formerly of Cambridge Technology Partners, leads ArsDigita's management team.

ArsDigita recently passed $20 million in annualized sales and have doubled in size in the past six months.  They have been profitable since their founding in 1997. ArsDigita is backed by General Atlantic, Greylock, Trident Partners, and Bain & Company. This venture funding will allow them to invest in sales and marketing. Though they have not invested directly in this area to date, they have achieved recognition through their university courses and weekend courses on web site development.  They have also garnered a substantial group of customers. ArsDigita is the largest provider of open source Content Management solutions in the world by a considerable margin.