Microsoft SharePoint and Telerik SitefinityThe Right Tool. The Right Job25-February-2015

Today’s Speakers

Alain "Lino" Tadros, President and CEO – Falafel SoftwareLino 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 CompanyRobert 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

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

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

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

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

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

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

AS A<DEVELOPER>TO USE BOTH?

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

Questions