Real Life Drupal - 6th December 2012, London

Real life Drupal architecture and implementation guidance, illustrated by a selection of organisations succcessfully leveraging Drupal to meet their needs. These include NBC Universal, The British Council, MTV, NYSE, Sony, NHS, Economist, Examiner and the White House, USA.

Presented by Adrian Webb, Former Lead Drupal Architect, NBC Universal

Date: Thursday, 6 December 2012 from 09:00 to 17:00 (GMT)Location: London, United Kingdom

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This event is for suitable for:

• Technical Directors / IT Directors
• Marketing Directors
• Web Architects
• Webmasters
• Web Developers
• Drupal Developers

In marketing agencies, companies and organisations using or considering using Drupal.

Topics covered include:

I. Designing the optimal Drupal solution

Introduction to Drupal Learn how Drupal has grown from a small college project to the most widely used content management framework in organisations across the globe. We will also highlight the design philosophy and the initiatives that are pushing Drupal into uncharted territory.

Why use Drupal? Explore various ‘real-world’ use cases for Drupal, highlight how open source systems, such as Drupal, can improve your ROI, and offer a comparison with other CMS systems out there.

Designing smart Drupal systems See how existing Drupal systems can be utilised to provide unparalleled fl exibility while greatly improving development productivity. 1. Content modelling 2. Aggregation of content and API’s3

Real world Drupal environments Understand how organisations are integrating Drupal into their development workflow. We will also focus on providing examples of how to effectively deploy content and changes, as well as improve the overall performance of your applications.

II. Best implementation practices

Successful Drupal ArchitectureNavigate the winding road to successful architecture and development with Drupal solutions. 

Leveraging the Community Work with the vast and constantly growing Drupal community to help you achieve your objectives. We outline several advantages with various channels of community involvement that can improve your overall Drupal experience.

Spend your money wisely Understand how to make the best use of your money to achieve your goals with Drupal. We will talk about how to sell Drupal to your stakeholders, how to plan today for your goals of tomorrow, and the advantages to your organisation of contributing back into the community.

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