what’s new in ektron 8 5
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What's New in EktronTRANSCRIPT
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Multivariate Testing Content Targeting In-content Analytics eCommerce
Mkt Optimization Suite (2010)For Marketers Redesigned user
experience Mobile tools Cross browser, platform Enhanced social support
CMS400.NET 8.0 (2009)For Content Managers
Three-tier architecture New Workarea UI Framework API MVC Microsoft FAST Search
Ektron 8.5For the Enterprise
REFINED USER EXPERIENCE
• Simple• Easy to Use• Consistent• Fun
SEARCH
• Based on Microsoft Search Server
• Offers Enterprise Scalability to Tens of Millions and Beyond
• Supports All Types of Web Content• Microsoft Office• Multimedia
• Features Include• Faceted Navigation
• Narrow/Expand Queries Based on Taxonomies
• Suggested Results• “Did you mean?”
• Federated Search• Search Ektron, SharePoint, SAP, OpenText, IBM, Etc.
• Dynamic Relevancy• Re-Order Search Results Based On User Behavior
• Search High Availability Upgrade• Clustered, Enterprise Scalable Search Capability
IN CONTEXT WEB ANALYTICS
• New Analytics Provider Support• Webtrends• Omniture SiteCatalyst• Google Analytics
(Existing)
• Site Overlay Directly on an Ektron Page
3-TIER ARCHITECTURE
• Only .NET Vendor with True Enterprise Architecture• Scale Horizontally• Support Multiple Delivery
Technologies
• APIs & .NET Controls Use the Microsoft Unity Framework
• Maximum Scalability and SecurityPERFORMANCE
IMPROVEMENTS
• 33% Faster Page Rendering• Decreased CPU Utilization• Decreased Memory Usage
8.5 FOR CIOS: SCALABILITY, INTEROPERABILITY, PERFORMANCE
EKTRON 8.5 DYNAMIC DELIVERY LOGICAL ARCHITECTURE
Application Tier
IIS
Ektron CMS400.NET
Data Tier
Display Tier
.NET Java PHP Portals
Windows Communication Framework
MicrosoftSearch
EKTRON 8.5 FOR DEVELOPERS: PRODUCTIVITY
• Ektron Framework API– Consistent– Discoverable– LINQ
• XSLT No Longer Needed! • Microsoft® Visual Studio®
Web Application projects– Web Site Projects– Web Application Projects– Single Assembly
• .Net Framework 4.0– .Net 4.0 Support– MVC Design Pattern
Using the Framework API and LINQ in 8.5, the solution would require less than five lines of C# code. Vs. 100 in XSLT.
TEMPLATED SERVER CONTROLS
• Fully Control the Markup Output of Ektron 8.5 .NET Controls
• Uses MVC model to separate presentation from control logic
• Style output of controls as needed
USER INTERFACE CONTROLS
• Rapidly Construct User Interfaces
• Bridge the gap between jQuery and .NET
DEVELOPER REFERENCE SAMPLES
• Go to Resource for Developers• Namespaces, Classes and
Methods
• 200+ Code Samples• MSDN like Interface to the
Ektron Framework API
EKTRON DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY
• Generate Real-Time Network Map• Increased Visibility into the eSync
Server Network• Dynamically Retrieve Server
Configuration• Including: web.config & Ektron Windows Service Settings• Export Full Configuration List of all Site Settings and the Ektron Windows
Service
• Admin Functionality• Bandwidth Tests
LOCALIZATION
• Fallback Locale • Localize Managed
Assets• Office
Documents• Images• Multimedia