thusmann
03-23-2004, 06:51 PM
Got this in the mail this morning and thought I should share...
Open Source Portal Application Unveiled at VS Live! 2004
DotNetNuke 2.0 Immediately Available for Free Download
SAN FRANCISCO, California (March 23, 2004) DotNetNuke ( http://www.dotnetnuke.com ) today strengthened its leadership position in the Microsoft open source portal market with the general release of a completely overhauled version of its popular ASP.NET content management system. Based on cutting edge Microsoft technologies, DotNetNuke 2.0 now offers a mature portal framework that helps increase everyday organizational efficiency, with added capabilities including a two-tiered presentation model ( skinning ), multiple database support, and run-time extensibility.
Thousands of organizations worldwide already deliver their intranet and extranet solutions using the DotNetNuke portal framework. For companies seeking to ensure the success and adoption of their portal initiatives, DotNetNuke provides unparalleled extensibility in terms of custom plug-ins. This allows organizations to freely leverage the base portal functionality and shift their focus to the implementation of their specific business requirements. With a simple upgrade path from the previous generation of DotNetNuke, the benefits of the newest version are readily available to both existing and new clients.
Lord Corporation ( http://www.lord.com ), a worldwide designer and manufacturer of products with over $450 million in annual sales, wanted to create a single portal to unify its twelve disparate static HTML sites, and streamline their operation. Using the DotNetNuke portal framework, the task was accomplished by three part time developers in a little over a two-month span of time. The finished product has well over 1500 pages and a variety of customized plug-ins. Executive management was extremely satisfied with the end result; and the VP of Marketing declared "You have crafted a superior foundation for us to more effectively build upon as we move forward to fully leverage this capability in our business."
DotNetNuke is quickly becoming the Microsoft open source industry standard for scalable portal deployments. The exponential growth ( currently 45,000 registered users ) is a testament to the fact that the application satisfies the broadest set of customer requirements and has the most innovative and committed management team. For the past fifteen months DotNetNuke's capabilities have been driven by community feedback and market demand. Any organization considering a new portal deployment, or upgrading an existing portal deployment, is strongly encouraged to evaluate the off-the-shelf capabilities of the free DotNetNuke open source portal framework.
Benefits Overview
. provides an "off-the-shelf" portal software product which contains all of the key features required to operate a functional portal website. At a basic level this includes user membership, role management, and content authoring and management. At a more advanced level it also provides tools for promotion and search engine optimization, banner advertising, affiliate relationship management, and hosting.
. consists of a mature core portal framework that provides a solid foundation of building block services that developers can leverage to create a robust web application.
. uses the Whidbey ( ASP.NET V2 ) Provider model for data access; enabling it to integrate with any data store. The product ships with support for both SQL Server/MSDE 2000 as well as a MS Access.
. has the most advanced web skinning solution available. Application logic and web page layout are separated and can be designed and modified independently. A software developer and a web page designer can collaborate without the risk of interfering with each other's work.
. follows real world best practices for constructing web applications using ASP.NET. This includes a logical data access layer ( provider model ), business logic layer ( using custom business objects ), and presentation layer ( skinning ).
. allows for multiple portals ( web sites ) to be served by a single IIS/ASP.NET hosted account. Portals are managed by a common code base and database to minimize the ongoing maintenance and upgrade costs.
. highly extensible framework allows for custom modules to be built in your ASP.NET language of choice and compiled as private assemblies. The necessary files can then be bundled as a compressed package and uploaded to the server where they are installed directly into the runtime portal environment.
. has an established open source community infrastructure ( currently 45,000 members ), which fosters grass roots academic participation and collaborative support mechanisms.
Pricing and Availability
DotNetNuke 2.0 is now generally available for free download. The complete application source code is distributed under an industry standard BSD ( MIT ) open source license; providing the maximum freedom in both non-commercial and commercial environments. More information about DotNetNuke can be found by visiting http://www.dotnetnuke.com.
About DotNetNuke
Shaun Walker of Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems Inc originally released DotNetNuke 1.0 as an open source project on Dec 24, 2002. The code base represented an evolution of the Portal Starter Kit, an essential reference implementation for building ASP.NET applications, originally distributed by Microsoft with the .NET Framework 1.0.
In the past fifteen months, the application has grown from 10,000 lines of managed code to over 50,000 lines of managed code. The DotNetNuke support forum is the most active and dynamic community forum on the www.asp.net website. There are currently over 45,000 registered users and the membership continues to grow at an exponential rate.
The DotNetNuke Core Team consists of thirty dedicated members who have been hand selected by Shaun Walker based on their exceptional participation in the DotNetNuke open source community. Team members come from a variety of technical and business backgrounds and contribute in different key project areas depending on their specific skill set.
About Open Source
The basic idea behind Open Source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, and people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing.
For more information, press only:
Shaun Walker
Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems Inc.
(604) 504-0514
sales@perpetualmotion.ca
http://www.dotnetnuke.com
Open Source Portal Application Unveiled at VS Live! 2004
DotNetNuke 2.0 Immediately Available for Free Download
SAN FRANCISCO, California (March 23, 2004) DotNetNuke ( http://www.dotnetnuke.com ) today strengthened its leadership position in the Microsoft open source portal market with the general release of a completely overhauled version of its popular ASP.NET content management system. Based on cutting edge Microsoft technologies, DotNetNuke 2.0 now offers a mature portal framework that helps increase everyday organizational efficiency, with added capabilities including a two-tiered presentation model ( skinning ), multiple database support, and run-time extensibility.
Thousands of organizations worldwide already deliver their intranet and extranet solutions using the DotNetNuke portal framework. For companies seeking to ensure the success and adoption of their portal initiatives, DotNetNuke provides unparalleled extensibility in terms of custom plug-ins. This allows organizations to freely leverage the base portal functionality and shift their focus to the implementation of their specific business requirements. With a simple upgrade path from the previous generation of DotNetNuke, the benefits of the newest version are readily available to both existing and new clients.
Lord Corporation ( http://www.lord.com ), a worldwide designer and manufacturer of products with over $450 million in annual sales, wanted to create a single portal to unify its twelve disparate static HTML sites, and streamline their operation. Using the DotNetNuke portal framework, the task was accomplished by three part time developers in a little over a two-month span of time. The finished product has well over 1500 pages and a variety of customized plug-ins. Executive management was extremely satisfied with the end result; and the VP of Marketing declared "You have crafted a superior foundation for us to more effectively build upon as we move forward to fully leverage this capability in our business."
DotNetNuke is quickly becoming the Microsoft open source industry standard for scalable portal deployments. The exponential growth ( currently 45,000 registered users ) is a testament to the fact that the application satisfies the broadest set of customer requirements and has the most innovative and committed management team. For the past fifteen months DotNetNuke's capabilities have been driven by community feedback and market demand. Any organization considering a new portal deployment, or upgrading an existing portal deployment, is strongly encouraged to evaluate the off-the-shelf capabilities of the free DotNetNuke open source portal framework.
Benefits Overview
. provides an "off-the-shelf" portal software product which contains all of the key features required to operate a functional portal website. At a basic level this includes user membership, role management, and content authoring and management. At a more advanced level it also provides tools for promotion and search engine optimization, banner advertising, affiliate relationship management, and hosting.
. consists of a mature core portal framework that provides a solid foundation of building block services that developers can leverage to create a robust web application.
. uses the Whidbey ( ASP.NET V2 ) Provider model for data access; enabling it to integrate with any data store. The product ships with support for both SQL Server/MSDE 2000 as well as a MS Access.
. has the most advanced web skinning solution available. Application logic and web page layout are separated and can be designed and modified independently. A software developer and a web page designer can collaborate without the risk of interfering with each other's work.
. follows real world best practices for constructing web applications using ASP.NET. This includes a logical data access layer ( provider model ), business logic layer ( using custom business objects ), and presentation layer ( skinning ).
. allows for multiple portals ( web sites ) to be served by a single IIS/ASP.NET hosted account. Portals are managed by a common code base and database to minimize the ongoing maintenance and upgrade costs.
. highly extensible framework allows for custom modules to be built in your ASP.NET language of choice and compiled as private assemblies. The necessary files can then be bundled as a compressed package and uploaded to the server where they are installed directly into the runtime portal environment.
. has an established open source community infrastructure ( currently 45,000 members ), which fosters grass roots academic participation and collaborative support mechanisms.
Pricing and Availability
DotNetNuke 2.0 is now generally available for free download. The complete application source code is distributed under an industry standard BSD ( MIT ) open source license; providing the maximum freedom in both non-commercial and commercial environments. More information about DotNetNuke can be found by visiting http://www.dotnetnuke.com.
About DotNetNuke
Shaun Walker of Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems Inc originally released DotNetNuke 1.0 as an open source project on Dec 24, 2002. The code base represented an evolution of the Portal Starter Kit, an essential reference implementation for building ASP.NET applications, originally distributed by Microsoft with the .NET Framework 1.0.
In the past fifteen months, the application has grown from 10,000 lines of managed code to over 50,000 lines of managed code. The DotNetNuke support forum is the most active and dynamic community forum on the www.asp.net website. There are currently over 45,000 registered users and the membership continues to grow at an exponential rate.
The DotNetNuke Core Team consists of thirty dedicated members who have been hand selected by Shaun Walker based on their exceptional participation in the DotNetNuke open source community. Team members come from a variety of technical and business backgrounds and contribute in different key project areas depending on their specific skill set.
About Open Source
The basic idea behind Open Source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, and people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing.
For more information, press only:
Shaun Walker
Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems Inc.
(604) 504-0514
sales@perpetualmotion.ca
http://www.dotnetnuke.com