Nov
12
Written by:
Chris Chodnicki
11/12/2008 10:46 PM
Made it to Vegas for DNN OpenForce 08. R2i has an exhibit and two speakers this year. Big difference from last year is the number of DNN vendors exhibiting (AppTheory, Data Springs, Active modules, IowaDeveloperGroup, SeaBlink, Engage, and PowerDNN) plus DNN Corp. had a large booth. The first day started off with the DNN keynote from Shaun Walker. He had several major announcements:
- DNN will be offered in two flavors starting 1st QTR 2009. there will be a continuation of the free version called Community and a subscription support version on a per server basis called Professional. Details will be forth-coming on the features, benefits and support services offered for Professional.
- DNN 5 release candidate 2 was made available publicly yesterday afternoon
- DNN 5 initial release will focus on several areas but represent a significant base to build upon. Significant features will be in the area of skinning, social, widgets and security.
Opening night at the exhibit hall saw a lot of foot traffic and things are jumping on the conference floor. But don't take my word for it - visit Open Force LIVE to get a flavor of what is going on this year. In co-op with DotNetNuke, we’ve created a social platform that allows all conference attendees to participate in a variety of different ways. They can send in photos from the conference floor, or their favorite speaker, or even the great view from their hotel room. They can also send texts and tweets via Twitter, all in real time. If you get a chance, check out OpenForce Live at http://OFLive.R2integrated.com.
Would love to hear what you think. So far we have interviewed all the vendors and several of the core DNN team including Shaun. Stay tuned to see more as the conference progresses to see interviews from the R2i booth, and all of the buzz created by the attendees through texts, tweets and photos. Off to the DNN Social...
PS - I am up playing BlackJack - $20 which considering the fact I was down $100 I feel lucky. Such a big spender;-)
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