PREVION Ringier - CIO Meeting WCMS Drupal - 2009/10/22

Previon AG | Leading Media Solutions | Page 1

Web Content Management: DrupalRingier academy, Prague, October 22nd and 23rd, 2009

Christian StettlerCOO, Previon


Who is Previon?


Previon‘s short facts

Foundation:

Employees:

Claim:

Position:

Stake holders:

Management:

Offices:

Partner network:

1995, Incorporation

31 employees: Consultants, Project Managers, Designers, Software Engineers, Service Deskers

Leading Media Solutions

Leading web service provider for media and communication companies

Ringier AG, A&F Computersysteme AG

Roger Wernli CEO, Christian Stettler COO, Toni Kaufmann CTO

Zofingen, Luzern, Zürich (Switzerland)

Switzerland, Germany and Italy


Previon‘s history

Founded as SMI School for Media Integration AG

Extending business focus with Academy and Webfactory

Integrating web agency Ringier Webfactory

New company with project focus

Focusing on media and communication sector

Media Management, Media Automation und Media Marketing

Extending business segments with NPOs and Agencies

Technology partnership with Woodwing, distribution partnerships

Technology cooperation's with .NET and Drupal

Building Community and Social Media Portals

30% project revenue outside of Switzerland

Acquiring e-nvention AG

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One team, many experts

Consulting

• Strategy• Conception• Workshop• Design/Usability• eMarketing• SEO

Technology Services

Project Management

• Info-Portals• Communities• Web-Frameworks• Business Verticals• Drupal• .NET

• Integration• Operation &

Support• Maintenance• Training• SLA-Management

Technologies and Platforms:


Excellent References


What is Drupal?

Previon AG | Leading Media Solutions | Page 8 http://informationarchitects.jp/wtm4

http://informationarchitects.jp/wtm4/


Web Technology Trends


Considering an Open-Source Web Platform?

Opportunities:• Zero software licensing

costs• Freedom from vendor

lock-in• Global community• Community contribution


Considering an Open-Source Web Platform?

Top Concerns:• What’s the right

technology?• Will we save money?• Who do we call for help?• Are we sacrificing

security?


Google trendsDrupal against Typo3


Drupal Gaining Market Momentum


Choosing a Social Publishing PlatformDrupal “… is as much a Social Software platform as it is a web content management system.”

Really Strategies Dez 2008

CMS Watch, The Web CMS Report 2009

blogs /

wikis

forums /

comments

socialranking

social tagging

users

social networks

workflow

taxonomy

semantic web

RSS

content

analytics

ContentMgmtSystems

SocialSoftware

Tools


Drupal References



Online Newspaper: Economist.com

• Online Newspaper• Complex Layout• Images, Text, Videos• RSS, Podcasts• Live TV


Real Time News: France24.com

• Online Newspaper• Complex Layout• Images, Text, Videos• RSS, Podcasts• Live TV


Audio Video: mtv.co.uk

• Music, Video, Images, Text• Social Media Interaction• RSS Feeds• Block Layout


Previon Drupal References


News: Bolero and Glückspostwww.boleromagazin.ch www.glueckspost.ch

• Site built with Drupal Core Modules

• Built within 1 month each (develop)

• Project team of 2 persons (Developer, Themer)

http://www.boleromagazin.ch/

http://www.glueckspost.ch/


• Site built with Drupal Core and Contributed Modules

• Built within 6 months (concept, design and develop)

• Project team of 4-6 persons (PM, Consultant, Developer, Designer)

News and Community: evangelisch.de, Germanywww.evangelisch.de

http://www.evangelisch.de/


Previon XML-Exporter for Woodwing 6Drupal as one of several destinationsData communication with:

• WCMS

• Web-Services, Feeds

• Data-Pools

• Mobile devices

Helps you integrating:

• Archives

• ePapers

• Blogs and others

• Newsletters


Learnings

• Out of +4’000 thousands modules, only 1’000 are usable

• Decide what Drupal can bring with out-of-the-box functionality, define detailed concept closely with Drupal

• Set up an agile project: iterating meetings, short milestones, prototype driven development, close communication with project members

• Educate editors as early as possible and ongoing


Thank you.Previon AG

Bahnhofplatz

CH-4800 Zofingen

Telefon +41 0848 840 180

www.previon.ch

Christian Stettler

[email protected]