April 26, 2007
- GMO Cloud
April 26, 2007
Press Release
GMO Hosting & Security Inc.
RapidSite Introduces a New Kind of Website Design with the Launch of CMS Design Package
High quality, easy-to-update websites at package price
Tokyo – April 26, 2007 -- GMO Hosting & Security (GMO-HS) hosting brand, RapidSite, today launched CMS Design Package. The new service package includes a website design template* customizing costs and CMS**. Available at a special package price, it eliminates concern over fluctuating site building expenses and reduces time spent making updates. The package makes it possible to create and operate a stylish and highly functional site packed with originality.
Over the past few years the speed at which major corporations transmit information through their websites as well as the overall quality of the sites has advanced. Small and medium businesses are now also demanding easy to view websites and fast information transmission. The construction of a highly functional website with a stylish design has become crucial to business. In response to this, RapidSite, in conjunction with website design template companies and website design companies is now offering CMS Design Package, a low cost web site building service that reduces the web site management burden on companies and meets the needs of small and medium business.
By offering a package that includes customizing costs in addition to CMS and a design template, we eliminate the difficulty of creating an original site when constricted by design templates as well as the ambiguity of expenses associated with customizing a site.
Twenty-nine CMS (Movable Type***) templates have been made available through the cooperation of three design template vendors in the web design industry for the launch of the new service. RapidSite plans to expand the range of available templates and CMS categories.
CMS Design Package Features 1. Create a stylish site full of original features The web design company creates an original website based on a professionally designed template by customizing category settings and emphasizing the customer’s corporate logo and images. 2. Easy Updating with CMS Using CMS, a standard feature of all RapidSite shared servers and VPS plans it is possible for anyone to make easy updates to the site similar to the way a blog is updated. |  |
3. Fixed Price
Customizing costs are included in the set price so the customer can order a website without worrying about additional costs occurring throughout the construction process.
CMS Design Package Outline
Service name | CMS Design Package |
Number of Design Templates (1*) | 29 |
Cost (including tax) (2*) | ￥84,100? |
Vendors (1*) | torocco inc. http://torocco.com/ neton, inc. http://neton.co.jp/ Field Inc. http://www.fieldweb.co.jp/ |
(1*) Design Templates/Vendors available as of April 26, 2007. Special additional templates scheduled for future release.
(2*) Cost varies according to template. Please check the official website for details.
GMO Hosting & Security Inc.
One of Japan's leading hosting providers, GMO Hosting & Security has provided a diverse range of hosting services through the two brands iSLE and RapidSite since it was first established in 1997. While hosting services are the core of our business we also provide a range of Internet solution products such as electronic authentication certificates and hosting service OEM to ISP and web hosting companies. In November 2006 we obtained the ISMS (Information Security Management System) International Standard ISO/IEC27001:2005 and JIS Q 27001:2006 Certification.
Related Links (All links are to Japanese language sites unless otherwise indicated)
RapidSite: http://rapidsite.jp/
Service Package Details: http://www.rapidsite.jp/product/support/site/cmspack/
Media Inquiries
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*Design Template: All design templates are designed by professional web designers. Allows a high quality, reasonably priced website to be created in a short timeframe simple by changing the logo, images and text.
** CMS (Contents Management System): A system that makes possible the easy management and updating of a website.
*** Movable Type: Blog software by Six Apart Ltd. that offers scalability and a powerful form of expression.
The GMO Internet Group
The GMO Internet Group is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services in Japan. We provide web hosting, e-commerce tools, domain registration, Internet advertising, online securities trading and a host of other services to over 22 million individual and 550 000 corporate customers. Striving to redefine the industry and foster a vibrant Internet culture, the GMO Internet Group is continuously working to inspire enthusiasm in our customers and put smiles on their faces.
GMO Hosting & Security Inc.
Company Name | GMO Hosting & Security Inc. http://gmo-hs.com/eng (TSE Mothers Market Code: 3788) |
Address | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Mitsuru Aoyama |
Business Description | ■ Web hosting service ■ Internet security |
Capital | ￥902,060,000 |
GMO Internet Inc.
Company Name | GMO Internet Inc. http://www.gmo.jp/en (TSE First Section Code: 9449) |
Address | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Masatoshi Kumagai |
Business Description | ■Internet Use Support (Infrastructure) ■Internet Advertising Support (Media) ■Internet Finance |
Capital | ￥7,148,290,000 |
*Movable Type is a registered trademark of Six Apart, Ltd.