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Drupal Gardens and Acquia Update

Posted Tue, 2010-04-20 15:09 by matthew

I recorded updates on Gardens and Acquia largely facilitated by Dries.

Examiner.com is Migrating from ColdFusion to D7 - A Webinar

Posted Wed, 2010-04-07 23:05 by matthew

Since December my focus has been helping shepherd the transition of Examiner.com from ColdFusion to Drupal 7. We are in the thick of the project which is utilizing the efforts of multiple companies and many contractors.

The size of the site is amazing. It may well end up being the largest Drupal site as of the time it launches. The site is moving from SQL server to MongoDB to scale to the heavy traffic the site enjoys.

Drupal Basics - An Even EASIER Way to Set Up a Local Install

Posted Sun, 2009-04-05 21:03 by matthew

In October of 2007 I wrote a short tutorial on how to set up a local install of Drupal on a Mac.  Since originally writing the post I have received feedback ranging from “Thanks for documenting the process-it is really easy!”  to “You’ve got to be nuts!  I don’t understand 3/4s of what you are saying!”

At Drupalcon DC, Acquia announced a “Drupal Stack Installer” that simplifies the process significantly. 

Acquia Update Session -- Drupalcon DC 2009

Posted Thu, 2009-03-05 08:30 by matthew

The Acquia Update session looked at the history of Acquia since last year, where the company is now, and where it is headed.  There was presentation on the company’s current offerings and how they might change in the future.  This blog post is a stream of listening while the presentation was going on.  I may or may not choose to tidy it up in the future.

  • Q3 07 Jay and Dries Founded Acquia
  • Q4 07 Closed Series A funding 7 million
  • Q1 08 Launched Acquia at Drupalcon Boston
  • Q3 08 Beta release of Acquia Drupal and Network
  • Q4 08 Opened doors for business
  • Q1 09 30 employees

pingVision Becomes an Acquia Platinum Partner

Posted Fri, 2008-12-12 22:28 by matthew

Two days ago it was announced that pingVision has become an Acquia Platinum Partner.

I've heard Acquia described thusly as Redhat is to Linux, Acquia is to Drupal. Acquia offers commercially supported Drupal, "providing products, services, and technical support for the open source Drupal social publishing system."1

Day 1 Drupalcon--Introducing Acquia

Posted Wed, 2008-03-05 22:30 by matthew

Jay Batson and Dries presented an introduction to Acquia. This is a report on what was said and is based on my notes at the time.

Dries had the idea to start a company and at Drupalcon in Sunnyvale, Jay "dropped out of the sky". Drupal was finding its way to a tipping point. Its usability has improved, but still could be further improved upon and to be really successful the overall ecosystem must be increased.

Acquia will seek to be a provider of services like Ubuntu, Zend, RedHat, and MySQL all of which have commercial ventures/companies behind them.