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An Ektron core value is our belief in the power of community. The Ektron Worldwide User Group mission is to help foster and grow an Ektron User Group community by promoting education, networking, advocacy and the sharing of best practices among partners and customers.
Sign up today and we look forward to meeting with you in 2011!
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Agenda
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8:30am – 9:00am
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Networking Breakfast |
9:00am – 9:15am
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Welcoming Remarks - Hear the latest news from Ektron and meet your account manager.
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9:15am – 10:15am
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The Ektron Technology Roadmap
Ektron Site Search - In version 8.5 of CMS400.NET, Ektron takes its enterprise search technology to a new level. Built on Microsoft Search Server, Ektron SiteSearch provides high performance, scalability, and a platform that is certain to impress your organization – marketers, developers, and administrators alike.
MVC Templated Controls - Learn how Ektron templated Model-View-Controller (MVC) controls empowers designers to directly write HTML mark-up that customizes how their Ektron website displays content.
The Ektron Framework API - The "Framework API" is the newest member of the Ektron API focused on discoverability, consistency, and simplicity. Ektron’s Framework API, introduced in 8.0 and expanded in the 8.5 release, is fundamentally changing how Ektron websites are developed, providing a consistent way to retrieve information from the system.
Ektron Developers Guide - Authored by a trio of Ektron insiders, this 672-page book escorts developers through the detailed steps of building a prototype company site powered by Ektron CMS400.NET technology. Get an inside peek at what is sure to be the definitive tech bible on the Ektron platform.
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| 10:15am – 10:45am |
Networking Break |
10:45am - 11:15am
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Regional Customer Showcase
Each city’s agenda will feature a regional customer sharing their own stories directly with you. |
11:15am -12:00pm
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Amazing Ektron Deployments
You may think you know Ektron, but you may not know that the Ektron platform is the driving technology behind some amazing enterprise initiatives.
- A Fortune 50 Consumer Goods Retailer – This customer worked with one of the largest interactive agencies in the world to build a Common Application Platform on Ektron. Social media, the Azure Cloud and total SharePoint integration are all part of this unique solution
- A Fortune 500 Tech Company – using Ektron in a solution that embraces 40 languages in 22 markets. eSync among 18 geo-distributed environments. Over 1,000 content authors. More than 40 million daily page requests.
- The world’s largest full-service restaurant company and the organization behind some familiar restaurant brands. Eight separate environments linked together through eSync. Extreme PageBuilder utilization to creative restaurant-centric advertising. Over 100,000 employees using the Ektron CMS.
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12:00am-12:15pm
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Closing Remarks
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Understanding the needs of customers is a huge undertaking, but that
task is made easier by the active involvement of the Ektron user
communities around the world. Ektron User Group members have provided us
with essential feedback on what we do well and where we need to
improve, on technology challenges and directions as well as industry
trends. You are the ones in the trenches, using our products every day
to address your most important website challenges. We welcome your
commitment to work with Ektron and with your fellow users to share your
expertise, experiences and insight.