CommonPlaces Joins the Acquia Partner Program as a Gold Partner

February 18, 2009 -- CommonPlaces e-Solutions has recently been recognized as a Gold Partner of Acquia, a company that provides products, services, and technical support for the Drupal content management system.

Acquia was founded by Dries Buytaert, the original creator of Drupal, and Jay Batson. Acquia is a commercial software company, and its main offering is Acquia Drupal, a basic Drupal installation with the most essential and commonly used modules built-in. Acquia also offers additional Drupal services such as the Acquia Network and Drupal Support.

By recognizing CommonPlaces as a Gold Partner, Acquia is expressing their confidence in CommonPlaces’ ability to deliver stable and successful websites based on Acquia Drupal. CommonPlaces is already an experienced developer of Drupal-based sites, with a portfolio including NSCS.org (the National Society of Collegiate Scholars) and Waste Management’s Greenopolis.com. They are now able to offer Acquia products as an added service to their clients.

“The CommonPlaces team is very pleased to be partnered with Acquia because we believe they will be a powerful force in the Drupal world. We are very excited to offer Acquia Drupal to our clients as a stable and immensely capable product,” said Sherrin Bull, VP of Marketing at CommonPlaces.

Acquia has partnered with the leading Drupal developers in the world, including CommonPlaces, in order to offer a network of reliable and capable developers who can take Acquia Drupal and customize it to a client’s specific needs. CommonPlaces’ wealth of experience with customizing Drupal made them stand out as a desirable partner for Acquia.

About Acquia

Acquia (www.acquia.com) is a commercial, open source software company that provides products, services, and technical support for the Drupal social publishing system. Acquia helps accelerate Drupal usage by contributing to the advancement of the core technology and providing offerings that simplify the deployment and management of Drupal websites. Acquia was founded by Dries Buytaert, the original creator and project lead of the Drupal project, and Jay Batson, founder of Pingtel.