15.06.2009 | Düsseldorf 20th RedDot Usergroup conference
Our 20th Conference - This time a monolingual event in German
The RedDot Usergroup association once again presented an informative and versatile program, which left enough room for the exchange among participants.
The conference took place from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm at the Courtyard by Mariott Düsseldorf Hafen, Speditionstrasse 11, D - 40221 Düsseldorf .
Once again we prepared a short program the evening before the event. This time we explored "Den MedienHafen" Düsseldorf. After our invitation which started in front of our hotel and ended at the entrance of the restaurant Mongo's , we were delighted that all of our participants who arrived early stayed to join us for dinner and took advantage of the opportunity to do some networking in an comfortable atmosphere while the evening came to an end.
The agenda
"We care!"
Edmund Trageser, Director Customer Care EMEA, Open Text Web Solutions Group, was available for questions or concerns of partners and clients during the entire event.
The Intranet-Portal of SMS Siemag AG - 10 years of red dots and a little bit of SAP
A short introduction of the intranet portal that belongs to the SMS Siemag Corporation which was administered for 10 years with products from Oldenburg and is now consisting - since a few month ago - of a combination of Liveserver and SAP Enterprise Portal.
Daniel Kasimirowicz, SMS Siemag AGBest Practice: Administration of complex user authorization within Open Text WSMS and WSDS - How to install rights in WCMS and WSDS and how to manage them correctly?
Clarification of different term-permissions and personalization within both servers. The opportunity of centralized administration of rights for WSMS and WSDS. Attention to configuration of the Verity search engine. Opportunities for reporting authorizations.
Przemyslaw Jakub Santur, MEDIAL - Gesellschaft für digitale Medien mbHProduktinformationmanagement (PIM) as an important column in a corporation - What does produktinformationmanagement mean in the reality of a corporation? Aproach in the area WCMS
Everybody talks about "neutral to media" information and centralised saved data in a corporation. But in reality it is usually different. How is the line drawn between the systems we use in the everyday routine when it come to the functional use and the application? Along with a short introduction about " the possibilities of PIM in a corporation" there was a presentation of some converted examples.
Thomas Kopatz, Communicode GmbH & Co. KGSupport is now with Open Text - How does support work? What's new?
Overview of Open Text (RedDot) Customer Support, global picture, local picture, new initiatives, key contact personnel, workflows, escalation.
Andy Johnston, Open Text GmbH Software GmbHInteractive-Forums
Users discussed in small groups about the following subjects
- Problems that occur when working with Open Text
- Performance in RedDot-projects
- Open Text and PIM-systems
- Experience with the Telerik-Editor
- Work process of cooperation between RedDot and Developers
What is going on in the RedDot Usergroup?
Executive Committee of the RedDot Usergroup association"reddotcmsblog.com" - Introduction of the reddotcmsblog
Introduction of reddotcmsblog.com, experienced RedDot developers shared their knowledge. There were tips and solutions for daily work.
Enhancing Web Publishing with Digital Asset Management - Using Open Text Artesia DAM to enhance your Open Text WCMS (Red Dot) web sites
Open Text has recently announced the Artesia DAM bridge which enables the WCMS (Red Dot) product to use Artesia Digital Asset Management as a source for rich media for publishing. This presentation introduced Artesia Digital Asset Management to Open Text WCMS users and included a simple demonstration of the power of this integration. Some customer examples and product roadmap were also discussed.
Wolfgang Ruth, Open Text Digital Media Group; Lars Onasch, Open Text Web Solutions GroupThe oneLine Intranet Toolbox - Create simple and inexpensive webbased training, polls & votings
It is very simple to create and publish template protected training via RedDot with help of the oneLine sales professional. The construction kit for forms enables you to create polls, votings and feedback-forms without any knowledge of html.
Marco Stein, Deutsche Bank AGVersion 10 – Is almost available - Is this version a revolution for auditorial tasks? Does the new pagebuilder act like a 12-cylinder in a Ferrari?
There was a lot of speculation about version 10 within the last few month. Now the participants found out what really happened.
Lars Onasch, Open Text Web Solutions Group