The IT service provider arvato systems GmbH from Gütersloh, Germany, subsidiary of avarto AG and part of the Bertelsmann AG, utilizes Business Content Management System (CMS) contentXXL for the Internet and intranet portal of the cosmetic line SAINTE BEAUTÉ - a brand of the inmediaONE] GmbH. avarto systems advises, develops, implements and hosts applications and IT systems in the field of telecommunication, Internet / e-commerce, media and entertainment (TIME). In addition to the Internet and intranet portal a specially developed ASP.NET online shop based on Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 will also be implemented. The deciding factor for arvato systems was total technological compatibility between the online shop and the CMS.
As the IT service provider avarto systems is responsible for everything concerning IT matters within the Bertelsmann Group. In addition, the company from Gütersloh also looks after external companies in the field of telecommunications, Internet / e-commerce media and entertainment. avarto systems needed to implement a new Internet and intranet portal as well as an e-commerce solution for the commercial sales of cosmetics and skincare products for inmediaONE] GmbH and its cosmetic business SAINTE BEAUTÉ. During implementation of the web shop application the decision was made to use an in-house developed .NET application based on Microsoft Commerce Server 2007, however the choice of a suitable CMS was initially still open.
"For us the top priority was technological compatibility between our .NET online shop solution and the selected CMS”, explained Siegfried Berger, Project Leader NMA-E, Web and Database Solutions at arvato systems. "Apart from developing our own solution, we were also considering using a standard solution.
Klaus Sierp, the Project Leader responsible for inmediaONE] made us aware of Microsoft. NET based CMS contentXXL. This product’s range of out-of-the-box functions and the possibility of a close connection to our own individual project (interfacing), particularly in the area of .NET, made it very attractive to us. In the end the cost-value-ratio of contentXXL was definitely better than developing something in-house” continued Berger.
Especially interesting is that the web solution implemented for SAINTE BEAUTÉ means that the online shop and the Internet/intranet communicate with one another, for example during log-in (user authentication). The visitor logs on once for both applications and can switch back and forth between them (single sign-in). contentXXL is a real state-of-the-art portal and CMS which allows connection to our own projects” summed up Siegfried Berger.
