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Seattle User Group




April 08, 2011


Westin Seattle
1900 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206-728-1000
Local User Groups are dedicated to providing a strong and vibrant community for Ektron Users interested in networking with peers and Ektron professionals. These free sessions provide you with a better understanding of CMS400.NET technology and what it means for your business. Local User Group meetings are free of charge, but space is limited so register today.

Agenda

 
8:30am – 9:00amNetworking Breakfast
9:00am – 9:15amWelcoming Remarks - Hear the latest news from Ektron and meet your account manager.
9:15am – 10:15amThe 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.
10:15am – 10:45amNetworking Break
10:45am - 11:15amRegional Customer Showcase
 Joe Mayberry - Canyon County Idaho
11:15am -12:00pmAmazing 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.
12:00am-12:15pmClosing Remarks