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Microsoft Invests In DotNetNuke Bringing It To Azure
Open source .Net CMS now available in Azure Cloud
By Alan Shimel on Thu, 10/11/12 - 1:43pm.
As readers of my blog know, I am a big fan of the many open source content management systems (CMS) that are available. One of my favorites is DotNetNuke (DNN), the leading open source CMS on the .Net platform. A while back the DNN folks really started to emphasize the social aspect of their platform, labeling it a Social Content Management System. Whenever I spoke to the DNN folks I was frankly surprised why I didn't see Microsoft putting more support behind this great project. Now Microsoft and DNN have announced a strategic partnership that will see DNN available in the Microsoft Azure platform and an investment by Microsoft in the company to help with engineering, sales and marketing.
I say it is about time. What took Microsoft so long to realize that DNN was an ace in the hole for Redmond? Running on the .Net platform, DNN is a natural for getting folks onto a Microsoft infrastructure stack. It always seemed like a no brainer to give these guys maximum support.
According to the release, the Azure/DNN offerring will have:
Additionally, besides the Azure offering Microsoft and DNN have agreed to:
DotNetNuke Community Edition availability through Microsoft CodePlex, the open source project hosting service DotNetNuke’s inclusion in Web Platform Installer DotNetNuke’s inclusion in Web Matrix installer for developers DotNetNuke’s participation in Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for Windows Azure Development of a RAZOR module for the DotNetNuke Platform Microsoft’s Diamond Sponsorship of DNN World 2012
This is great news for the DNN team. Congrats to CEO Navin Nagiah and the rest of the DNN team.
This is great news for the DNN team. Congrats to CEO Navin Nagiah and the rest of the DNN team. The CMS space is a crowded one with as I said many great open source choices. Adding the social element and other features as they have, DNN has kept pace with the leaders. In some ways they paid a price by being a Microsoft only choice. But now they should reap the benefits of that situation as well.
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As co-founder and Managing Partner at The CISO Group, Alan Shimel is responsible for driving the vision and mission of the company. The CISO Group offers security consulting and PCI compliance management for the payment card industry. Prior to The CISO Group, Alan was the Chief Strategy Officer at StillSecure. Shimel was the public persona of StillSecure as it grew from start up to helping defend some of the largest and most sensitive networks in the world.
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