Thursday, January 22, 2009 -

Meeting the Kentico folks at Gilbane Boston

Erik
Erik Bertrand
Senior Developer
You could say CMS is one of the core aspects of our solution.  In choosing Kentico as a key partner in this area, we weren't content to simply choose the product and not know anything more about the people behind it.  We're friendly people after all and face-to-face contact is something we favor if the opportunity presents itself.More...

Posted by Erik on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 10:08 AM in From the Dev Team | Thoughts and Musings
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 -

Searching for and finding the best CMS partner

Erik
Erik Bertrand
Senior Developer

In 2008, Amplify set out to identify a Web Content Management System (CMS) partner for our small-to-medium size customer solutions.  We had been using an overly simple one that was largely homegrown. While it did the job, it was not enough for our clients' growing needs, nor our growing aspirations.

We could certainly grow the one we were using, but in the end we felt we could get there much more quickly by bringing in a strong third-party solution and focus instead on our development efforts on the rich, interactive features our customers demanded.  The CMS industry is flooded with solutions, many of which are strong and seasoned.  We thought it best to let them specialize while we focus on the whole solution (design, rich interaction, application features, "smarts," etc.).More...

Posted by Erik on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 3:32 PM in From the Dev Team
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Monday, June 02, 2008 -

We're controlling our source (code, that is)

Erik
Erik Bertrand
Senior Developer

In the software development world, there's this neat thing called "source control."  The unfamiliar may think it has to do with news organizations and their informants -- maybe, but thankfully we're not a news organization...

To us, source control (aka "version control") is simply the practice of keeping all files related to a web site or application project in a system that tracks changes to those files. More...

Posted by Erik on Monday, June 02, 2008 at 12:33 PM in From the Dev Team
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