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The Future of CMS
Olivier Dobberkau

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The Future of CMS
This are very rough slides and a very loose
collection of my thoughts, observations and
advice around the future of content
management systems.
Certainly they are not imperative or analysing
all details in depth.
This slides have been presented at TYPO3
Université 2013 in Annecy France.
Olivier Dobberkau June 2013

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Agenda
● About me
● Understanding the Future
● Looking at the past X Years
● 5 thoughts on a future proof CMS
● Don't believe the hype!
● Legacy & Heritage
● Questions & Discussion

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About me
● Olivier Dobberkau
● Founder and CEO of dkd Internet Service
● From Frankfurt, Germany
● 45 years old
● Member of the Expert Advisory Board of the
TYPO3 Association
● TYPO3 since 3.2 Beta
● Currently R&D ForgetIT Project
● Apache Solr for TYPO3 CMS
● Twitter: @T3RevNeverEnd

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Understanding the Future
● Why do we need to understand the Future?
○ We want certainty
○ We don't like to be surprised
○ We want to improve our current state
○ We want to be able to act accordingly
○ We want sustainability
● When did you let someone read your hand?

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Looking at the last X Years
● What was the first content management
problem you have solved?
● How did you solve it?
● CMS is a way to organise and govern the
authoring of web pages
● It helped companies to inform about their
products

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Five thoughts on a future-proof CMS
#1
A future-proof CMS will be recognized by its
content repository, easy editing, high
integration, extensibility & standard conformity.

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Five thoughts on a future-proof CMS
#2
It will run on distributed systems and be able to
consume, enrich and distribute content to many
target systems.

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Five thoughts on a future-proof CMS
#3
It should offer robust core functions and enable
its users to deploy fast and easily.

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Five thoughts on a future-proof CMS
#4
Its usability should be as easy as possible to
avoid barriers for a daily use and support the
migration of content objects.

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Five thoughts on a future-proof CMS
#5
Last but not least it should be released on a
open source license and have a worldwide,
open & strong community around it.

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Don't believe the hype!
● New Buzzwords all time!
● Marketing all over the places
● Content Management is obsolete
● Customer Experience Management
● UX is the new
● Everything will be mobile & connected
● Nobody will use CMS anymore?
● PHP is dead
● NoSQL
● Big Data

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Believe in standards!
● Technically
○ semantic web
○ RDF/A
○ microformats
○ HTML5/CSS3
● Business wise
○ Standardize your services
○ Know the redline between standards and unique
feature requests
○ Observe Change
○ Offer consultation and strategic guidance

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Legacy & Heritage
● Some food for thoughts
○ 75 days is the average "age" of a website
○ "We redo our website every two years, no need to
keep the CMS updated"
○ "TYPO3 CMS is the base of all our web operations"
● Its all about the right mix between innovation
and conservatism
○ Embrace the new and the force of destruction
○ Learn to preserve the essence of your work

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Interesting discussion & books
● http://forum.typo3.org/index.php/t/196856/
● http://rasmusskjoldan.
com/post/52696492555/on-presentation-
independent-content-and-the-brilliance
● Delete ISBN: 9780691138619
● Big Data ISBN 9780544002692
● To Save Everything, Click Here ISBN
9781610391382
● The Net Delusion ISBN 9781610391061

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Questions & Discussion

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Thank you!
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or visit:
http://buzz.typo3.org/people/olivier-dobberkau/