13:30 - 13:45
Bacardi - a Global Marketing Platform (case study)
BlueModus architected and support the launch of bacardi.com, the new flagship digital portal for Bacardi built on the Kentico platform. Designed to allow 15+ worldwide markets to build their sites, share content, build and integrate custom initiatives, and interact with social services and content providers. In this session, we will look at the design, development, training, and operational challenges we faced and solved using the Kentico platform.
Speaker: David Conder, CTO, BlueModus, Inc.
13:45 -14:15
Tech Migrating a site to Kentico CMS – Best practices and Tips (technical)
Migrating an existing site to Kentico CMS can be a daunting and challenging task. Join Bryan Soltis, Kentico MVP, as he discusses the migration process and best practices along the way. Bryan will cover several areas of development, including data migration, page template creation and design, and personal experience with tips along the way to ensure a smooth transition.
Speaker: Bryan Soltis, Director of Technology & Research, Bit-Wizards
14:15 -14:30
Bell Media - multi site platform (case study)
Ecentricarts inc. recently launched a new website for Bell Media. Built with Kentico CMS 6, the first site (www.flow935.com) features: Best practices from over 50+ Kentico sites developed by ecentricarts inc, a reusable site template that the client can use for multiple radio station sites (up to 100+ sites in the works) , Custom form controls to extend Kentico CMS, Content staging extensions, A few evil but necessary hacks. In this session, we will look at the design, development, training, and operational challenges we faced and solved using the Kentico platform.
Speaker: Michael Kinkaid, Fisseha Mengistu, Ecentricarts inc.
14:30 -15:00
Integrate the World with Kentico CMS (technical)
So many choices for developers to integrate with Kentico CMS! In this session Brian’ll take a look at some of these options. Using the integration bus, REST services, tips for WCF services, using the new auto publish features in Kentico CMS 7 to social networks, using the Kentico CMS API outside of Kentico, and some general tips, tricks and best practices.
Speaker: Brian McKeiver, Senior Developer, BizStream
15:00 -15:15
Learning Management with Kentico and CPD Academy (case study)
July 2012 sees the launch of the CPD Academy - an LMS product using custom modules to provide a quality, ready to roll learning environment on the Kentico platform. This session takes a look at Tellonline's work with Kentico in E-Learning with companies like Heinz and Associated British Foods. Also, how Kentico Partners can maximise marketing and sales opportunities in e-learning without the need to adopt new technologies and an insight into the future of CPD Academy and the market opportunities it represents.
Speaker: Simon Budd, Managing Director, Tellonline
15:15 - 15:30
Daimler/Freightliner - An EMS Case study
Burns Marketing working with Daimler/Freightliner has just completed the implemention of Team Run Smart. This site leveraged Kentico EMS to drive customer engagement, track metrics and deliver content across traditional and mobile platforms. In this session we willlook at the planning, site architecture and bringing it all together with the community and content strategy.
Speaker: Rob Bean, Burns Marketing
15:30 - 16:00
Macro magic (technical)
It's now one year later with the power of K#. R42 communication has all experienced the flexibility of macros within Kentico CMS. In this session, Ralph will show you some practical examples that you can use in your Kentico day to day development efforts.
Speaker: Ralph Spandl, Information Architect, r42 communication
16:00 - 16:15
Making the move to Windows Azure – Building a Kentico Windows Azure Practice (case study)
So you know Kentico CMS, but want to understand how to leverage Windows Azure and the Cloud to increase options for your customers. Vince Mayfield, CEO of Bit-Wizards and Microsoft Virtual Technology Specialist for Windows Azure will explain Windows Azure and how to sell it and make a profitable business practice to produce highly available and highly scalable web sites with Kentico CMS deployed on Windows Azure.
Speaker: Vince Mayfield, CEO, Bit-Wizards
16:15 -16:45
Deploying Kentico CMS Securely in an Emerging Threat Landscape (technical)
Building software is hard work. Kentico developers must manage thousands of details as they envision, design, build, and test their software. Additionally, they have the added burden of building software that must be at least minimally compliant with increasingly demanding regulations. In a new era of security risk and a shifting vulnerability landscape, developers must assess the security posture of their applications. Attacks on web applications have more than doubled in the past year and the vulnerabilities disclosed have extremely high severity ratings. Join us to learn IT security best practices for solid application security. Find out how to be aware of the specific risks to their information, customers, and assets in order to select appropriate risk management strategies that mitigate risk to acceptable levels.
Speaker:Bruce DeYoung, QSA, PA-QSA Director, Application Security & Penetration Testing Services, Coalfire
16:45 - 17:00
Interim Health Care - Kentico CMS (case study)
Interim HealthCare® (www.InterimHealthCare.com) is the nation's leading home care, hospice and medical staffing company and includes a national network of more than 300 independently owned and operated franchise locations. With a shifting of their business model from provider / franchisor to exclusively a franchisor, Interim was in need of rethinking their online marketing strategy, as well as rebuilding their outdated technology infrastructure. In this session we will look at how BlueKey helped them to build an integrated solution leveraging Kentico CMS.
Speaker: Nick Shepherd, Bluekey Web Solutions, Inc.