We're Better. Daisy is Better. Here's why.

Are you looking for a content management solution which doesn't impose a particular view of how your information should be classified, organized and published? Are you looking for a content management system with a rapid implementation cycle, providing you with a simple yet solid foundation, with plenty of room for growth? Are you looking for a flexible content management system which adapts itself to your needs, rather than the opposite way? Are you looking for a system with clean and open interfaces, rather than a shrink-wrapped, fancy, but closed architecture? How valuable is your data, and how much value can you extract out of it? Do you insist on the use of best practices on which the entire web has been built upon, rather than user interface candy, shielding away a flawed and unscalable implementation? Do you expect more from a CMS than a fancy remake of a fileserver? Here's 10 reasons why you should have a refreshing look at Daisy, our open source content management system.

... Straight from its Makers

Whether you're sourcing Outerthought for installation support, for turn-key projects, for Daisy hosting or general consultancy, implementation work or simple advice, you're always talking to the makers of Daisy. We know Daisy inside-out. We know when and how you should use Daisy, and when you shouldn't. We don't integrate dozens of different third-party products, we don't resell OEM-ware. Our customers won't ever pay the learning curve of us using our own product. That makes us faster, better, often cheaper.

A Product, not some Recycled Project Code

Daisy is a product. It's been out there for more than 4 years now, with consistent bi-annual releases. Turn-key projects can be upgraded from one Daisy version to another without re-doing the entire project. We have extensive reference documentation, upgrade instructions, a growing tool set. Productization and release management isn't some afterthought or marketing ploy for us.

Real Open Source

Outerthought have been living and breathing open source for nearly 7 years now. Open source is 'our way of life', in the sense that we always create code to be (re)used and extended by other developers. That means clear interfaces, extension points, useful APIs, but also transparent decision-making, real community involvement, and above all a liberal licensing model. Our business model is services-based. There's no gotchas in the Daisy license, no mythical "enterprise edition" that will solve all the problems or limitations you encounter with the "community edition". You can do whatever you want, any way you want. And we can help you with that.

Real Support

Enjoy end-to-end support from a savvy supplier. Be sure your issues get fixed in the next Daisy release, have readily access to patch releases, have your bugs escalated up to the actual product engineering team, just a simple phone call away. We have global references to back those support claims. All from Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

A loyal User Community

The Daisy community is alive and open for your discussions and suggestions. With 300 subscribers and 1000 monthly downloads, don't get drowned in idle talk, but encounter real Daisy users that you can share real experience with. Participate in conversations concerning future features, share your war stories, all actively monitored by Outerthought. Our user community helps with internationalization and testing, but far and foremost they are our international team of Daisy advocates.

Distributed Funding

Outerthought is a privately-owned company with no outside investments nor sell-out intentions. Don't be forced into cross-grading your CMS investments because your product vendor has been acquired by a competitor. Due to its mutualized funding model, Daisy's longevity is ensured for every user. Be able to shape Daisy's future and protecting your own ROI.

Backed by Technology

Outerthought is a Java-only shop. We have been doing enterprise Java programming since day one. Rather than shifting development strategy towards the next passing technology fad, we take strengths in our longstanding Java experience. Our experience has become our expertise. Technology hardly is an issue for us - we're a software engineering shop above all.

By using the Java SE platform, we have access to a wealth of bridging technology connecting Daisy to your infrastructure. Your content management project will not be an island in your corporate IT infrastructure.

Directed by User Demand

Daisy provides a solid foundation, a platform for growth, based on some fundamental concepts (ReST, XML, HTTP, structured documents, metadata) that have evolved and been tested over the years. Its solid infrastructure has provided a foundation for gradual improvements while keeping an eye on backwards compatibility. Using the open source context as our development model, users provide us with insights that shape Daisy's future.

Relevant References

Daisy is being used for website management and knowledge management applications both locally and abroad. Together with few and carefully selected partners, we have deep and extensive experience with the non-profit, educational, software development and government domain.

You Pay What You Need

Paying what you need, and nothing more is inherent to the open source licensing model. Using Daisy, the full product in its entirety, allows you to plan and prototype extensively. Or go to production immediately, no strings attached. Our complementary services are only there to allow you to make use of Daisy faster and better.

You pay what you need. Nothing more.