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December 2008 Entrepreneurs Forum:

Open Source Content Management Systems

Topics:
  • Overview of the most popular Open Source CMS's - Drupal, Joomla, WordPress and more.
  • How to build a tech startup on an Open Source CMS's; examples of successfull startups on each platform.
  • What are the main differentiators between the platforms; why use one CMS rather than another.
  • What you can do with a CMS on your own and what requires the help of a professional development agency.
Moderator:
  • Vishy Venugopalan, software industry analyst at The 451 Group, an IT research firm; covers the infrastructure software and open source markets

Panelists:


Panel Video


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Which CMS? Drupal vs. Joomla vs. Wordpress - by Joshua Russak


Panelist and Moderator Bios:

Steve Bruner
Steve is founder and CEO of SlipFire, an online business solution firm specializing in helping businesses use the web productively through proper website design, website analytics, online advertising and social networking. Steve is an expert in WordPress, the open source CMS, and runs the WordPress Meetup in New York City.

Ezra Barnett Gildesgame
Ezra (Drupal.org user ezra-g) has been working with Drupal for two years and is an active community member. He co-maintains and has contributed to modules that utilize some of Drupal's key APIs and participated in the 2008 Google Summer of Code. Ezra has presented on various aspects of Drupal development and theming at the 2007 Yahoo! Open Source Summit in Sunnyvale, CA and Drupal user groups in New York City and Denver. He is currently co-authoring the book Drupal in Action, a comprehensive introduction to building enterprise publishing websites using Drupal.

Donna Marie Vincent
Donna is principal of JoomSites, LLC, a web development business specializing in building sites using the Joomla Web Development Platform, and is a Certified Paypal Developer. Donna is active in the Joomla community and maintains the site for the NYC Joomla Users Group. She is also an EDI programmer in the apparel industry.

Vishwanath (Vishy) Venugopalan
Vishy is a software industry analyst at The 451 Group, an enterprise IT research firm. Prior to his role as an industry analyst, Vishy worked as a software developer at Morgan Stanley and at a New York hedge fund. Vishy is a graduate of MIT, where he received Bachelors and Masters degrees in computer science.