This document outlines 5 advantages of the Plone 5 open source content management system (CMS). Plone 5 is faster, more powerful and beautiful than previous versions. It offers flexible workflows, industrial-strength security, robust scalability through scaling, and limitless extensibility through customizations. Plone has an active global community of over 700 developers supporting it across many languages and countries.

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We're proud to announce Plone 5, the latest version of our
state-of-the-art open source CMS. It's faster, more powerful and
more beautiful than ever before.
ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY
Plone is a team player. From SQL-based systems to Single
Sign On, Plone can connect with your existing
infrastructure.
FLEXIBLE WORKFLOWS
Use Plone's advanced content workflows to customize
content development and sharing.
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH SECURITY
Plone is the only open source CMS that provides industrial
strength security out-of-the-box.
ROBUST SCALABILITY
Plone will suit your needs: from standard installations up
to complex, scalable and robust infrastructures.
LIMITLESS EXTENSIBILITY
From the design of sub-sites and individual pages to
collaborative enterprise intranets, Plone's dynamic
customizations will meet all of your business needs.
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protect & promote
Non-profit organization, supports Plone
and its community
community.plone.org
discussion board
You may ask for help to people that
use Plone as well as for Core
Developers that develop Plone itself.
And hopefully get an answer ;)
Performance
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Plone is faster, more
powerful and more
beautiful than ever before
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Enhanced and tested frontend
experience, mobile ready by default,
easier theming
Rock solid
powerful
Fully tested, with continuous
integration... Plone has the
best security track record of
any major CMS
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