A new cloud-based Roxen editorial solution provides access to its bigger portal system without the need for local installation, systems management or software configuration, the company says.

Chief executive Per Östlund says that while more media customers are expected to choose cloud solutions, today’s price tag – as well as the perceived shift in technology – makes them hesitant.

“Our newly-released appliance-solution gives smaller and mid-sized media companies gain access to a modern editorial publishing system without breaking the bank,” he says. “And they take a major, important step towards the future and the cloud.”

The system addresses the problem of handling an increasing number of channels for news and other editorial content efficiently.

The company has implemented the system, which it called Editorial Appliance, at Scandinavian regional newspaper publisher Magazin24, based in the Mälardalen region in mid-Sweden. The company provides local news in print, online and television in Köping, Arboga and Kungsör, publishing a weekly free magazine distributed to 30,000-40,000 homes and businesses, as well as online and to mobile devices.

Editor-in-chief Fredrik Klevenhaus says installation and training was completed in two days. “Now we are up and running with our magazine on an entirely new web based platform that our editors can reach from a computer anywhere,” he says.

Editorial Appliance is a lean version of the Editorial Portal product, which also contains an OEM version of Adobe InDesign Server, a backup and recovery solution, and remote management tools.