Phase2 Proposed Topics for Drupalcon DC 2009

Posted Jan 21, 2009 // 1 comments

DrupalConDC 2009 is just around the corner and we are starting to think seriously about the topics the Phase2 Technology dev team have proposed. Here are the three sessions we are most eager to discuss with the community.

Please give us a vote on the site (http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/sessions) if you think you would be interested in these topics.

Title: Business Analytics in Drupal with Views
URL: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/business-analytics-drupal-views Current Votes: 120 (#2 most popular session)

Abstract: We all LOVE Views, but one thing that is not easy to do with Views is to present results in the form of charts and graphs. Have you ever wanted to show a pie-chart of most common terms in your system? How about designing a multi-part report like the “big boys” do with just couple of clicks? This presentation will talk about designing professional reports in Drupal using Views. The modules showcased in the presentation are authored by the presenters.

Title: Scaling Drupal using Amazon Web Services (AWS)

URL: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/scaling-drupal-using-amazon-web-serv...

Current Votes: 78

Abstract: Moving Drupal to a server cloud enables you to flexibly and dynamically scale your hardware up and back down at a fraction the cost of traditional hosting, but the techniques are not without challenges. This session will cover the process and preparations for setting up and deploying Drupal at AWS and describe strategies for scaling these installations.

Title: Using Intelligent Web Services for Semantic Drupal Sites

URL:http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/using-intelligent-web-services-semantic-drupal-sites

Current Votes: 45

Abstract: Leveraging semantic web services such as Thompson Reuter’s Calais within Drupal enables you to do amazing things that will be part of the semantic revolution. This session will cover some incredibly powerful things you can do to augment content and create powerful features once you have the semantic context and metadata of the information driving a site.