Liferay / Crafter Integration for CXMApril 2016

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Agenda

• Introduction to Crafter Software

• Introduction to Liferay

• When to/not to integrate

• Good integration patterns

• Q&A

Crafter

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Award Winning Open Source Web Content & Experience Management

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● User Friendly Content Authoring

● In-context Preview and Editing

● Multi-Channel Publishing

● Personalization and Content Targeting

● Time-machine like versioning

● Web Analytics Integration

● Site Blueprints

● Internationalization

● High Performance Content Delivery

● Ease of Integration – CRM, ERP, etc.

● On Premise and Cloud Support

Advanced Enterprise WCM Features

● Social, User Generated Content

● Identity management, SSO and profiles

● Multi-tenant infrastructure

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100% Open Source, No Vendor Lock-in

● Open standards

● No vendor lock-in● GPL v3 license● All code on GitHub● Open community● Open wiki / documentation● Open issue tracking

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Architecture Deep Dive

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● Websites

● Portals

● Collaboration Sites

● Mobile Apps

● Big Data Solutions

● Social Applications

● e-Commerce Sites

Crafter Use Cases

Liferay

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Enterprise Portal Landscape

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Leadership and Growth ○ Liferay is the open source leading portal technology. Recognized by Gartner and other

industry analysts, our portal combines the best of integrations, development, content

management and social collaboration.

Niche Players Visionaries

Challengers Leader

Gartner Magic Quadrant

From Visionary to Leader

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Architecture Deep Dive

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● Portals

● Collaboration Sites

● Websites

● Mobile Apps

● Big Data Solutions

● Social Applications

● e-Commerce Sites

Liferay Use Cases

Overlap

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Perspective Differences

LIFERAY CRAFTER

● Too much overlap

● One platform should

suffice

● Use 3rd party libraries

● DO NOT Integrate

Liferay with Crafter

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Perspective Differences

LIFERAY CRAFTER

● Use each solution based

on its strengths

● Separation of concerns

● Best of breed

integration

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Integration Patterns That Don’t Work

Liferay

Crafter

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Integration Patterns That Work

Liferay

Crafter

author

publish articles

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Reference Architecture (Liferay Only)

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Reference Architecture (General)

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Integration Example

Demo(available upon request)

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Summary

● Crafter and Liferay are both very powerful at the platform level

● Feature by feature comparison of both solutions is not productive

● Utilize a use-case based design approach

● Integration is not always the answer...understand the pros and cons

● Good integrations however result in higher ROI especially in the

long-term

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Questions

craftersoftware.com