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Zea Partners
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| Location | Belgium |
Zea Partners (Zea) is a non-profit business partner network for companies building Zope, Plone and Silva systems. Zea includes founders of Zope, Plone and Silva along with expert SMEs (Small/Medium-sized Enterprises) around the world.
Zea Partners (Zea) is a non-profit business partner network for companies involved in the creation and development of Zope, Plone and Silva systems.
Zea is a transnational organization that conducts professional-quality business with a social return. We complete the virtuous cycle between the people that need Plone / Zope and the people that make Plone / Zope, creating an open source business that works, together.
The partnership of Zea is focused on growing open source and open source business by pooling resources for collective action:
- Promotion: speeches, screencasts, weblogs, articles, references, awards, EU policy and research
- Projects: EU tenders and research, co-bid with partners, PloneGov
Partnership of ZEA is open to key businesses of the Zope world. Selection is based on expertise, professionalism and proven track record with astrict vetting process. These companies are actively collaborating in the development of the technology behind Zope, as well as implementing Zope and Plone based solutions in a wide range of sectors and countries.
Collaborating with the original software creators provides many benefits above a standard commercial software offering. The primary short-term benefit to the customer is the delivery of a higher quality end product by dealing directly with experts in their respective fields. Being open source provides additional benefits and return on investment as improvements in the core software are shared amongst other organisations, lowering maintenance costs and pooling shared knowledge.
Case Studies
- Non-profits: Oxfam International Opt For Plone CMS
- Oxfam International, an international confederation of non-governmental organisations (NGO) that are working to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice, opt for the free and powerful Plone CMS. Zea was awarded the contract to develop Oxfam new CMS. The project, in which 6 Zea members were involved, resulted in large contributions to Plone including Linguaplone, Versioning, Kupu and Multisite.
- Government: United Nations use Plone to manage humanitarian crisis
- The United Nations Joint Logistic Center (UNJLC) has adopted Plone for its new portal providing logistic data to humanitarian crisis. Zea Partners was chosen to provide support and services to the UNJLC team.
Deployed Sites
- Oxfam international
- Oxfam International, an international confederation of non-governmental organisations (NGO) that are working to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice, opt for the free and powerful Plone CMS. Zea was awarded the contract to develop Oxfam new CMS. The project, in which 6 Zea members were involved, resulted in large contributions to Plone including Linguaplone, Versioning, Kupu and Multisite.
- United Nations Joint Logistic Center (UNJLC)
- The United Nations Joint Logistic Center (UNJLC) has adopted Plone for its new portal providing logistic data to humanitarian crisis. Zea Partners was chosen to provide support and services to the UNJLC team.