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:

The practice of Grosinger, Spigelman, & Grey (GSG) has established themselves as Michigan’s leading eye care physicians. Their extensive experience and dedication to exceptional patient care has made their practice the go-to place for LASIK surgery, cataract surgery, corneal transplant and more.

Drupal 7 is here and it's never been more exciting to be one of the front runners in open source content management.

It just keeps getting tougher for non-profits as the expectations for resource availability becomes higher and higher.

The landscape of open source and the available technologies continues to change on a monthly (if not daily) basis. Trying to keep track of it all can be a bit overwhelming as you'll quickly run into an unbelievable amount of solution offerings that are free for your continuing development and site management. Unlike many other sectors of technology the web continues to be evolving so fast that all solutions are not created equal with small differences to focus on particular functionality or business verticals.

One of the must-haves of any small business, be it a start-up or a long-established entity, is an insightful website that allows people to find out more and inquire about your company. It gives your company credibility in an ever-increasing technology driven world. However, gaining that credibility through a website is much more than just putting up a couple pages and a form; the key is to get qualified visitors that want to learn more about your product or service.

The Marketing Command Center (MarCC)  is a product developed by Unleashed Technologies that functions as a single source platform for Analytics, E-Mail Marketing, Website Management (CMS), and has received a serious overhaul for the first quarter of 2010. The product offering has been completely rearchitected and leverages the Drupal platform to give clients a familiar and easy to use interface. The upgrade has resulted in: