Readify teams up with isnt media to produce top notch DotNetNuke results
Readify leads the way in DNN delivery
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isnt media are an award winning Queensland-based digital agency with over ten years experience in web design, online marketing strategies, content management systems and e-commerce. isnt media called upon Readify’s expertise to assist in the building of a technologically ambitious corporate website for one of their clients, a leading Australian travel and hospitality company.
The Situation
isnt media were approached by their large client for a full redesign of its online marketing strategy and an overhaul of its existing corporate site and selected brand sites using the emerging DotNetNuke (DNN) framework. The client’s entire corporate site was to be upgraded with a new bookings system and back end operations. No small task was at hand since in its entirety the site hosted a staggering 20,000 pages, of which 5,000 were unique pages and 15,000 were syndicated pages of content.
Despite having some experience in the technologies required to build the new site, isnt media needed additional technical expertise from experts trained to deliver DNN projects. As David Shirley, isnt media’s Director of Technology, points out: “Not only did we require technical assistance on this project, we demanded an innovative process that would allow this new technical know-how to be seamlessly transferred from the Readify consultants to our in-house team.”
Compounding the scale of the technical task was the tight timeframe that the client required the project to be completed within.
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The Solution
One of Readify’s top Principal Consultants, Philip Beadle, presented the isnt media staff with a customised three day workshop on DNN, similar to the standard DepthCharge engagements Readify has available for any client. The intensity of the workshops enabled him to effectively convey a deep level of knowledge and gave the isnt media development team ample opportunities to ask questions and come up to speed quickly on meaty technical matters.
As Steve McDowall, isnt media’s Production Manager, comments: “The DNN framework is still very new. Philip Beadle, Readify’s very own Core Team Member for DNN, is recognised worldwide as a leading expert in this technology. With Philip’s expertise we were able to push DNN to its limits in terms of what it could do with content management.”
Once the project was underway, Readify’s involvement continued with Dan Bartholomew operating as technical advisor on the project. Dan’s role included overseeing the consolidation and replacement of existing content management systems. His expertise was essential to building a complex enterprise system of a growing conglomerate and transferring his knowledge along the way.
The Benefits
More knowledge and the right outcome
With Readify’s involvement at every step of the project, from initial business and technology choices through to deployment into a complex environment, isnt media was able to achieve resounding success. isnt media have benefited from expert technical advice, ongoing development and testing support.
David Shirley says, “With Readify’s assistance, we’ve been able to rise to the demands of this challenging project on a very tight timeframe. We’ve been very impressed by the manner in which Readify staff took responsibility for managing and looking after our clients. It’s good for isnt media’s corporate image and gives us great confidence in our relationship with Readify. Readify’s ability to train up our staff in the use of DNN exceeded our expectations.
Improved processes
As a result of close collaboration and insightful input from Readify, isnt media has developed new approaches with respect to source control, load testing and unit testing. Shirley notes, “As well as being important for this project, this input has fundamentally changed the way things are done internally here at isnt media.”
With Readify’s assistance, isnt media have become a Registered Partner of Microsoft. Shirley believes this process has already begun to generate business advantages, and they are currently preparing to be full Certified Partners.
For More Information
For more information about Readify products and services, call 61 3 9600 2339 or 1300 666 274 (within Australia) or visit the Web site at: www.readify.net.
For more information about isnt media, call 61 7 3224 8045 or visit the Web site at: http://www.isntmedia.com/. For more information about DotNetNuke, go to: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/.
This case study is for informational purposes only. READIFY MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY. Document published February 2008.