mimacom Talk on the first Liferay Roadshow in Vienna on 6th June 2012

1. How we see
Liferay…
… as an unique combination of
product & framework
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2. mimacom …the open source integrator
• Founded in 1999 as a spin-off company of
the Bern University of Applied Sciences
• Focus on JEE/Java development
• Initiator and Owner edoras®
• Approximately 120 employees international
• Focus on standards in development
and project management
└ ISO-9001:2011 nach TQM seit 6.6.2005
└ HERMES: HSPTP und HSPM
└ Scrum: CSM, CSPO
└ ITIL: Certified Foundation
└ CMMI Scampi B September 2008 on Level 3,
Scampi A planed in Q4/2012 on Level 5
• Offices in Bern, Zurich, Valencia, Stuttgart and Rome
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3. Our vision
• “We want to surpass ourselves before others do. This is
to our customers’ benefit as well as in our own interest.”
• “The company's methods and procedures significantly – and
sustainably – improve efficiency during the solutions
development life cycle.”
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4. Core competencies
• mimacom ag specialised in designing, analysing and
developing sophisticated software solutions based on
Open Source components and JEE. To realize projects
mimacom ag uses latest development technologies,
programming languages, data bases and methods of project
management.
• mimacom has high competence in project management,
quality management (ISO, CMMI) and approaches
(Scrum, RUP, Hermes) for medium and major IT projects, in
private sector as well as with public authorities.
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5. References
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6. mimacom path
• Methods
└ Scrum
└ HERMES
└ and combinations
• Toolchain
└ ‚Best-of-breed’ selection of tools
for Open Source development
└ Conception, installation
└ Connection with Agility
• Technology
└ Application Stack
└ Conception, installation
• Services
└ Coaching (Management, PM,
Scrum, Engineering)
└ Trainings
└ Licences, partner
└ Maintenance, Application
Management
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7. mimacom path
• Customer benefits
└ Strict orientation towards your
goals and their implementation
└ Complete transparency in terms
of costs, deadlines, quality and
scope
└ Efficiency and consistency during
agile project development
└ A change management system
that is traceable and committed to
agility
└ A modern application stack
based on widely supported open
source technologies
└ Employees who are trained in
methods, tools and technology,
and teams that have been formed
to deliver peak performances
└ Quality as a result of completely
automated testing, continuous
integration and defined processes
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8. mimacom path technology
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9. Partnerships
• ICEsoft Technologies Inc. Committerstatus
• Liferay Inc. Committerstatus
• edorasware ag Committerstatus
• Alfresco
• Activiti Committerstatus
• SpringSource Committerstatus
• Oracle Partner
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10. mimacom & Liferay
• Technology partnership
└ Multiple integrations of mimacom path
technology to Liferay portal
└ Co-founder of Liferay Faces project
(JSF/Liferay Integration)
└ Initiator of the first partner community
project (Jrebel/Liferay Integration)
└ Community Excellence Award 2011
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11. mimacom & Liferay
• Service partnership
└ Share Liferay's vision and effectively execute business
objectives
└ Have extensive technological expertise
└ Share Liferay's commitment to providing innovative
solutions for clients
└ Hold recognizable and trusted presence in their territories
└ Are motivated to continually refining Liferay product skills
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12. mimacom & Liferay
• Gold service partner
└ International team of certified Liferay experts and
professionals
└ Various successful enterprise portal implementations
└ Offering professional services
└ Turnkey projects
└ Consulting / Trainings / Workshops
└ Licences / Support/ Maintenance
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13. mimacom & Liferay
• Gold service partner
└ Our portal solutions are complex
mid/major size projects
└ In average 10k– 1 Mil. users
└ Intranet / Extranet / Internet portals
└ Sector
└ Insurance
└ Bank
└ Government
└ Commercial
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14. Why & how do we use Liferay ?
• Integration platform
└ Project myMobiliar
• CMS and Web site platform
└ Project SPHAIR
• Framework
└ Project myStraumann
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15. Project myMobiliar
• Swiss Mobiliar/Die Mobiliar
└ Switzerland’s first private insurance
company (founded in 1826) and
swiss leader in property & term
insurance
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16. Project myMobiliar
• Goal
└ Create an extranet portal providing partners and
customers single and personalized access to services
└ Simplify existing infrastructure and create unified
pattern for integrating applications
└ Evaluate a new platform for building web sites with high
level of scalability & flexibility and focus on web 2.0
└ Build-up product know-how by customer
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17. Project myMobiliar
• Why Liferay
└ Out-of-the-box tools for personalized Web sites, Social
Collaboration and support of Web 2.0
└ Out-of-the-box support of multiple SSO systems (CAS,
Siteminder, LDAP, NTLM, Facebook…)
└ Robust & stable platform with high scalability &
support of infrastructures (over 700 configurations)
└ Great scale of integration possibilities (Iframe, WS
REST/SOAP, Plug-ins, CMIS, ESB)
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18. Project myMobiliar
• Solution
└ SSO & strong authentication
realized by custom authentication
plug-in
└ Personalized access to portal
based on user’s role & status
└ Unified integration of
applications as portlets &
integration to back-end systems
thru Web Services
└ Cluster configuration for high
availability and support of 10000
concurrent users
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19. Project myMobiliar
• Achieving the goal
└ What ?
└ Requirements engineering done by customer
└ How ?
└ Set-up of toolchain and methodologies for
development
└ Support and coaching by portal architecture &
development
└ Who ?
└ Architecture and development of mission-
critical components done by mimacom
└ Training / workshop for customer’s team
└ Continuous know-how transfer to customer’s
team
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20. Project myMobiliar
Partner
• Vision • Development & • Escalation point
• Need of portal Architecture • 2nd & 3rd level Support
know-how • Support by software • Product management
engineering
(Toolchain)
• 1st level Support
• Licences
• Coaching & Trainings
Customer • Maintenance Liferay
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21. Project SPHAIR
• Swiss Air Force
└ A partial service of the armed forces
and thus part of the Defence sector
(D) of the Federal Department of
Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
(DDPS)
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22. Project SPHAIR
• Goal
└ Replace existing complex CMS / Training
systems and create a single platform with
both functionalities
└ Integration of business data from different
systems to a single repository
└ Allow future simple and modular extensions
and customizations to system
└ Improve usability and allow users to
configure system without a need of
implementation
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23. Project SPHAIR
• Why Liferay
└ Out-of-the-box CMS with workflow & staging
└ Application integration using portlets and service
builder allows seamless integration of applications and
data within portal
└ Plug-in mechanism allows easy and modular
customization & extensions
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24. Project SPHAIR
• Solution
└ Migration of existing CMS to
Liferay, usage of Staging for
publishing process
└ Creating expert and public
communities for both trainees
and trainers
└ Creating custom portlet
application covering whole
training workflow process
└ Cluster configuration for high
availability and support of 10000+
concurrent users
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25. Project SPHAIR
Partner
•Vision •Agile •Escalation point
•Existing solution Requirements •2nd & 3rd level
engineering Support
•Migration to Liferay •Product
•Development & management
Architecture
•1st level Support
Customer •Licences Liferay
•Maintenance
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26. Project myStraumann
• Institute Straumann
└ A global leader in implant, restorative
and regenerative dentistry with focus on
offering products and services to dental
professionals and dental laboratories
around the world.
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27. Project myStraumann
• Goal
└ Create a worldwide intranet portal for Straumann
employees
└ Provide web site / CMS platform for cca 700
departments with unified/individual content
└ Integration with existing organization & security
infrastructure and (transparent login, IDM)
└ Integration of external data into existing CMS
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28. Project myStraumann
• Why Liferay ?
└ Provides frameworks & complex API’s to access Web
site, CMS/DMS/Workflow/Permissioning services
└ Provides integration with NTLM/LDAP and allows to extend
the LDAP integration
└ Provides “Asset Framework” for integrating external
content with profit of search, publish, security functionality
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29. Project myStraumann
• Solution (CMS)
└ Migration of existing single
scoped / non restricted content
to
└ 700 organizations
└ Restricted content for cca 2500 roles
└ Creation of custom Ajax Based
CMS front-end
└ Multi-organization publishing
└ Page synchronization
└ Automatized tagging and publishing
└ Creation of complex CMS
workflow for content publishing
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30. Project myStraumann
• Solution (Web sites)
└ 700+ Web sites covering
└ Global organisation
└ Common departments
└ Locations
└ Local departments
└ Automatized process of creation
& management of hierarchical
web sites
└ Each web site consisting of
Global/local area
└ Global is common for each locations
└ Local area modifiable by local
administrator
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31. Project myStraumann
• Solution (Authorization
& Authentication)
└ Single IDM outside Liferay
└ IBM Tivoli
└ Extending LDAP import
└ Automatic synchronization of users &
roles
└ Automatic synchronization of
organisations and user membership
└ Integrated NTLM support allows
transparent login
└ Windows login used for portal
authentication
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32. Project myStraumann
• Solution (External
content)
└ Usage of Asset Framework
└ Integration of external contents (i.e
Lotus Notes data) into Liferay using
Java API
└ Content is automatically integrated
with portal functionality
└ Presenting the content
└ Using OOTB CMS publishing tools
└ Securing the content
└ Using OOTB Permissioning system
└ Searching for content
└ Using OOTB Search system
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33. Project myStraumann
•Vision
Partner •Escalation point
•Existing solution •Support by migration
based on Liferay 5 •Migration to Liferay 6 (bugfixing)
•Development & •2nd & 3rd level Support
Architecture •Product management
•1st level Support
•Licences
•Maintenance
Customer Liferay
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34. That’s why…
• Because we understand Liferay and use it for all-
in-one solutions instead of complicated systems…
└ SPHAIR
• Because we can teach other to understand
Liferay…
└ myMobiliar
• Because we can push Liferay to the limits…
└ myStraumann
• …with focus on efficiency, quality and standards
└ Scrum, CMMI,ITIL
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35. Kundenorientiert
Benutzerfreundlich
Kompetent
Qualitativ
Effizient
…the open source integrator
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