Six Apart, http://www.sixapart.com a leading globally recognized provider of award winning content management software and services, has announced its grand opening of its official corporate headquarters to New York City.
Six Apart’s new corporate office, located on Broadway in SoHo, has an open concept which provides the company with the ability to collaborate with neighboring companies like Thrillist, Foursquare and others. A recent 2012 New York Times article suggests companies like Six Apart are taking the plunge into NYC and scaling down operations in Silicon Valley, indicating a growing trend among tech companies in general. As a commercial real estate agent in Manhattan, I have found the old manufacturers lofts of yesterday are fast becoming today’s hubs of sheer technical genius.
(Click New York Times article hyperlink below)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/technology/for-tech-startups-new-york-has-increasing-allure.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
In the company’s press release, President and CEO Nobuhiro Seki stated, “This is an exciting and important decision for us, being in New York City will help Six Apart move into a new phase by allowing us to better serve our global customers, take advantage of local talent and expand our business partnerships and acquisitions.”
Robert Minton, Vice President/General Manager North America, is excited at the unique and growth possibilities realized by the move to New York City. “We find New York City quite welcoming and feel it will help provide the collaboration we need .” Mr. Minton further states that the upcoming objectives of the company include building a team in both New York City and Silicon Valley, constantly upgrading and updating its software, completing some technology acquisitions, and to acquire additional tools to help grow business in its entirety.
Formed in 2001 as a blog solution provider in the USA, Six Apart provides innovative and award-winning blogging software and support services that change the way millions of individuals, corporations and organizations communicate around the world every day.
Six Apart’s flagship product is the Movable Type social publishing platform, www.movabletype.com, dedicated to helping bloggers manage content and thrive in today’s social media landscape. By accessing the website, you get to see “Movable Type in action” by notable clients Huffington Post, Gothamist and British Columbia. Their clients include many other well known global brands.
To see a preview of Moveable Type in action, click below;
https://s3.amazonaws.com/mtcom/Movabletypev2.webmsd.webm
End users are encouraged to “self install” so that content is fully controlled by that user. Movable Type software is compatible with all current browsers and is easy to use. To learn more about Movable Type Software, call 855-227-7743 Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.
New York Office (Headquarters) Six Apart, Inc.
568 Broadway, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10012, United States
I find this product (with my limited knowledge), to be very interesting as well as “cutting edge”, with the ability for bloggers to boost productivity instead of wasting time with software issues requiring numerous phone calls to technical support desks. I urge all bloggers to do some research and reach out to this company to see how they can form fit their products to assist in your self publishing needs.
– RPS
