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Hammers and screwdrivers are both useful tools, but you don't want to use one when you should use another. The same goes for complementary solutions like Microsoft SharePoint and Telerik Sitefinity. In fact, Microsoft recently announced that they are discontinuing support for Microsoft SharePoint Online for external websites. Every solution has strengths, and to be successful you have to align those strengths to the right projects.
During this webcast, you’ll hear from two experts about how Sharepoint and Sitefinity CMS can work together, and how .NET developers and non-technical people can get the most out of these solutions. Lino Tadros, President and CEO of Falafel Software, is a leading expert in both Sitefinity CMS and SharePoint, and Robert Mattson, Director of Sitefinity Product Marketing will discuss the pros and cons of using each solution.
2. 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.
6. 6
AND not OR
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
7. USA Government Agency
• 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
8. TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI)
• 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
9. Tetley Teas (TBG)
• 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
10. Qatar Embassies Worldwide
• 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
• 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
11. WHAT DO I NEED
TO KNOW AS A
<DEVELOPER>
TO USE BOTH?
12. SharePoint & Sitefinity Comparison…
• 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
• 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
Sharepoint Sitefinity
Introduce speakers, do basic housekeeping, how to ask questions etc.
Lino is an industry renowned speaker and has given numerous presentations on 5 different continents since 1994. He also currently sits on the Board of Directors of 4 Silicon Valley corporations.
Discuss the following:
When the announcement happened.
What does it actually mean and who does it affect?
What happens to companies that are using this feature?
What would they have to do to support their current public websites?
Discuss the differences between document vs content management
Basic missions
History
Content types
Delivery methods
User audiences
Brief discussion of the history of Sitefinity and Falafel’s history and expertise implementing both. Years of experience, how many projects, honors won etc.
Walk through the following:
The client background
The challenge they were trying to address
Why SharePoint was a great fit?
How they actually implemented and used SharePoint?
Integrations
Extensions
Customizations
Etc.
What did they get out of the project as a result?
Walk through the following:
The client background
The challenge they were trying to address
Why Sitefinity was a great fit?
How they actually implemented and used Sitefinity?
Integrations
Extensions
Customizations
Etc.
What did they get out of the project as a result?
Rolled out 7 sites on SharePoint using SharePoint’s Publishing Portal
End managers were avoiding using the sites due to poor user experience
Major Features needed:
Multi-lingual
Ease-of-use for managers
Ecommerce
250,000 pounds saved over 5 years
Improved meta-tagging and SEO results
Reduced training costs
“In retrospect, SharePoint was chosen for the wrong reasons,” says Nik. “The choice was made because the technology was available within the organization. Once we had the right tool – Sitefinity – we were able quickly to get to where we wanted to be, and at a much lower cost.”
Walk through the following:
The client background
The challenge they were trying to address
Why did the client need to use both solutions?
How they actually implemented and used their integrated solution?
Integrations
Extensions
Customizations
Etc.
What did they get out of the project as a result?
We can hang the training question off this slide as well, but the main point is to discuss the technical skills that can be used across both platforms and this would be a great place to discuss tips and tricks.
Walk through the following:
The client background
The challenge they were trying to address
Why did the client need to use both solutions?
How they actually implemented and used their integrated solution?
Integrations
Extensions
Customizations
Etc.
What did they get out of the project as a result?