announcing trekk: drupal for the university, evolved
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TrekkThe Next Evolution of Drupal in the University
Introduction
Drupal Connect – expert Drupal development
Higher Ed Experience – Stanford, Stevens Institute of Technology, Georgetown, Yale, Point Loma Nazarene University
Chris Jones – Senior Developer, Trekk co-developer
What is Trekk?
A Drupal distribution for universities
Aimed at schools and large departments
Why Another Distribution?
Clients repeatedly looking to: Intelligently share data across
sites And migrate content, often from
awkward legacy systems (HTML, Oracle, MS SQL, etc)
Other Distros: Different Needs
Open Academy Faculty and department sites—
focuses on ease of use, drag-and-drop.
Open EDU Brand new. Multi-site focus.
Trekk Serves Different Needs
Intelligently share content Migrate content from legacy systems Reduce the costs of duplicated effort Strengthen brand recognition Reconcile competing editorial priorities Enrich the user experience
What Trekk Does
Flexible content sharing More than just Views + RSS More than one way to share
Flexible workflows Enforce brand and policy compliance Empower diverse constituencies
What’s Stopping You
Migration is costly and complex New systems need to interoperate with
legacy systems Legacy systems can be difficult to
migrate
Meet Flatfish
Designed to do two things: Save on costs Shrink time linesAll while streamlining planning and QA
What Trekk Isn't
A turnkey solution Focused on layouts and content types Another layer of dashboards and wizards Meant for faculty and small department
sites
Is Trekk Right for Me?
Do you have: Numerous large sites running on Drupal Legacy sites to migrate A complex organizational structure that
needs flexibility A requirement to share content in a
robust yet flexible manner Brand compliance requirements
Learn More
http://trekk.drupalconnect.comtrekk@drupalconnect.comCall our CTO, Jonathon Whitener, at 512.363.5488
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