We at Unleashed Technologies are thrilled at the announcement that three of our sites have been voted the winners of the Blue Drop Awards, including Website of the Year. Thousands of sites leverage Drupal worldwide and many quality sites were nominated to win in these awards.

Here at Unleashed Technologies, we are proud to announce that three of our clients have sites nominated in the Blue Drop Awards. Those sites are: Eyemaginations.com, Forging.org, and Shunra.com. Have you voted for your favorite sites yet? If not, here are three easy steps to  vote in the Blue Drop Awards:

During day two of DrupalCon, I attended several sessions that discussed how Drupal is being leveraged by larger organizations and the challenges that the Drupal community at large faces in enterprise-level adoption. One session in particular, “Competing with Giants: How to Win with Drupal vs. Proprietary Alternatives” by Bryan House, discussed the benefits Drupal delivers to the business/marketing and IT stakeholders of a large organization.

The first day of DrupalCon has come to a close and one of the most insightful sessions I attended so far was given by Nicole Lind, entitled, “I’m Leaving You: Risks of Dumping Your Old CMS for Drupal and How to Manage Them.” In this session, Nicole discussed the various challenges encountered in a migration project—such as lack of communication or unclear expectations—and some strategies for overcoming them, including:

I hope you are as excited as I am about DrupalCon 2012. Unleashed will be providing a multitude of angles of the DrupalCon coverage. If you have an eye for design, or are interest in the latest and greatest UX techniques follow my posts on Twitter @SGreenwellUT and check back on the blog for a daily conference update. Below are a few of the sessions I will be attending, if you happen to be there don't be afraid to say hello :-)

The “Social Media” module for the Drupal 7 platform is a great tool for website admins to take full advantage of social network integration. It helps connect your website with social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, digg, Linked In, and Google+, just to name a few. Lending you total control over commanding your centralized hub of profile information as well as powerful options for utilizing widgets and plug-ins such as follow, like, and share buttons, it is easy to see why it has its advantages. Follow me on a quick walk-through to get started using this powerful tool today!

Do your Drupal installs look like this? All of them? We all know how dificult it is to keep 5 - 10, let alone 50+, Drupal installs up to date but it doesn't have to be that way. Intruducing Aegir. If you have worked with Drupal before in large environments, you will undoubtedly know the struggles for managing sites and deployments.

One of the great and interesting new features of Drupal 7 is the improved and extended Render API function. This post briefly covers some of the highlights of this updated feature available now in Drupal 7.

Since the launch just a few short months ago, Drupal 7 has been put to the test by the entire Drupal developer community. Many rave reviews and detailed evaluations are starting to surface regarding the performance and strength of D7. If you have not had the opportunity to review the system yet I strongly recommend taking a look!