Transcript Microsoft SharePoint and Telerik Sitefinity

Microsoft SharePoint
and Telerik Sitefinity
The Right Tool. The Right Job
25-February-2015
Today’s Speakers
Alain "Lino" Tadros, President and CEO – Falafel Software
Lino is President & CEO of Falafel Software, a Silicon Valley based company,
dedicated to providing world-class consulting, training, and software development.
Lino has been awarded Microsoft MVP status twelve years in a row for his numerous
contributions to the C# community and is an expert in .NET, LINQ, ASP.NET, MVC,
XAML, Windows Phone and Web Services. Lino has been speaking at technical
conferences for 25 years at 46 different countries.
Robert Mattson, Director of Product Marketing, Sitefinity – Telerik, A Progress Company
Robert has been in the technology space for over 25 years with companies such as
Allaire, Eprise, Applix, ADP and Workscape. His focus has been on how technology
can be effectively leveraged to overcome both technical and business challenges. He
has spoken at events and conferences in the US and abroad, and his thoughts and
research have been published both online and in print ranging from the Java
Developer’s Journal to Talent Management Magazine.
In the News…
The Right Tool
Document
Management
Content
Management
The Right Tool
Document
Management
Content
Management
AND not OR
SharePoint
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A Great Document Management
System
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Excellent Enterprise Search
engine
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Excellent Collaboration on
Single Documents
Sitefinity
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Excellent Content Management
System
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Ease of use for ALL contributors
to a public site
•
Elegant, fast and productive
backend user experience
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•
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Strong API through REST &
JSOM
Not designed for public sharing
sites
•
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Strong API through native, fluent
and REST
Works well with Sharepoint as
the repository
USA Government Agency
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Elaborate setup and server configuration with load
balancing
• Used as an internal repository for millions of
documents
• Used as an internal collaboration tool for documents
and spreadsheets
• Integrations with internal systems
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI)
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Customized Sitefinity Dynamic Modules
• ~80,000 visits per day at 500 ms page load speeds
• Custom data analytics modules for job searches to
provide more insights to the TrueBlue team
• Heavy use of MVC
• Load balanced multi-server configuration
• Bootstrap, modern layout
Tetley Teas (TBG)
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TBG uses SharePoint for internal collaboration
• 17 sites, some with up to 4 languages each
• Not enough content management features were
out-of-the-box with SharePoint to meet their needs
• Transitioning to Sitefinity enabled them to add a
ecommerce site for the UK site
Qatar Embassies Worldwide
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Use SharePoint for hundreds of thousands of documents
Wanted to allow each embassy to contribute to their site
while accessing the SharePoint foundation
Sitefinity was a perfect match
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Enabling each embassy to build their own site
Accessing SharePoint content with strong integration
Allowing multiple teams to contribute easily to the backend
Cost effectiveness
Excellent, award winning, support system
WHAT DO I NEED
TO KNOW AS A
<DEVELOPER>
TO USE BOTH?
SharePoint & Sitefinity Comparison…
Sharepoint
•
•
•
•
•
A Great Document
Management System
Excellent Enterprise Search
engine
Excellent Collaboration on
Single Documents
Strong API through REST &
JSOM
Not designed for public
sharing sites
Sitefinity
•
•
•
•
•
Excellent Content
Management System
Ease of use for ALL
contributors to a public site
Elegant, fast and
productive backend user
experience
Strong API through native,
fluent and REST
Works well with SharePoint
as the repository
Questions