DotNetNuke Corp. Announces OpenForce Community Choice Awards Winners

Best Web Sites Will Be Recognized at OpenForce ’09 Connections Conference in Las Vegas, November 9 – 12

SAN MATEO, Calif. – November 6, 2009 – DotNetNuke Corp., the company behind the most widely adopted web content management system (CMS) and application development framework for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET, today announced the OpenForce Connection Division Community Choice Awards Winners. The winners, nominated and voted on by the DotNetNuke community for being the best web sites created using the DotNetNuke platform, will be recognized at OpenForce ‘09 Connections, a three day, multiple track, professional developer conference where DotNetNuke and Microsoft .NET developers meet and learn about the latest developments in the DotNetNuke world. OpenForce ‘09 Connections is held in conjunction with theDevConnections conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel from November 9th through the 12th.

News Highlights

• The OpenForce Connections Community Choice Awards winners are:
  Rehab for the Best Overall Site
  Rehab for the Best Informational Site
  Silkroad Project for the Most Creative/Original Site 
  Sake Social for the Best eCommerce Site
• In addition to recognition at OpenForce ‘09 Connections and on the DotNetNuke web site, winners will receive a special award plaque to commemorate their win.
• OpenForce ’09 Connections will feature a keynote speech by DotNetNuke Corp. Co-Founder and Chief Architect, Shaun Walker.  Conference attendees can expect to learn best practices for DotNetNuke module development, skin development, and administration from a tremendous list of industry experts.
• DotNetNuke Corp., in collaboration with R2integrated (R2i), the OpenForce Connections Social Media Sponsor, is launching Smash at OpenForce09 in Vegas. Smash is a social mashup running on the DotNetNuke framework that drives interactivity with live video feeds, photos and Twitter/ SMS commentary from conference attendees. See OpenForce live at OpenForce09 R2iSMASH.

Quotes

Shaun Walker, Co-Founder and Chief Architect of DotNetNuke Corp.:

“OpenForce Connections is a great opportunity to meet expert developers and gain invaluable insight into all things DotNetNuke. This year’s OpenForce Community Choice Awards provide us with yet another opportunity to highlight members from our talented community who are designing compelling web sites with the DotNetNuke platform. This year’s conference is really shaping up to be a must attend event.”

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About DotNetNuke Corp.

DotNetNuke Corp. is the steward of the DotNetNuke open source project, the most widely adopted web content management system (CMS) and application development framework for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET. Organizations use DotNetNuke to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic web sites, intranets, extranets and web applications. The DotNetNuke framework is available in both a free Community and a subscription based Professional Edition. DotNetNuke Corp. also operates Snowcovered.com where users purchase third party software modules and skins. Founded in 2006 and funded by Sierra Ventures and August Capital, DotNetNuke Corp. is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. For additional information, visitwww.dotnetnuke.com.

DotNetNuke Corporation announced today the new members of the Open Source Community team, including R2i’s Chief Software Architect, Kevin Schreiner.

Over the next few weeks, this new team will continue to reorient itself in the face of change. “We are excited about the changes fall will bring; reorganized and refocused teams, a dramatic 5.2 core release, improved contributor recognition, updated modules, new community programs, Open Force ’09, and much more,” says DNN Co-Founder, Scott Willhite.

Kevin is currently the project lead for the DNN Map module as well as a community member within the DNN developer advisory group. “I am honored to be selected as a member of the team by the DotNetNuke Corp. Having worked with the platform since version 1.x, DNN is more than just a product, but rather an ever evolving framework and community that I enjoy working with on a daily basis,” said Kevin. “I look forward to continuing to lend my opinion and expertise from R2i’s growing knowledge base.”

DNN will be providing regular updates on the community activities which will enable the community to get to know the new Open Source Community Team better.

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About DotNetNuke (DNN):
DotNetNuke is a web content management system (WCM or CMS) and application development framework which enables businesses to quickly build and deploy feature-rich, interactive web sites and applications in Microsoft .NET. An intuitive, menu-driven interface allows even non-technical users to easily create new sites or extend the functionality and features of their existing web site.

DotNetNuke is the world’s most widely adopted framework for building web solutions on Microsoft Windows Server. DotNetNuke powers over 400,000 portals, intranets, extranets, and public web sites. An enthusiastic open source community with more than 700,000 registered members supports the platform.

 

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DNN^® has released the Map Module to the general DNN community. Kevin Schreiner, the project lead and Director of Software Engineering at R2i, has worked extensively in producing a world class module.  Read more and download the module from DNN 's Forge.