Introduction to Sitecore 8

11:30 – 11:50 – Lunch & Networking - help us thank our lunch/beverage sponsor: Infusion (http://www.infusion.com)

11:50 – Announcements, Introductions

12:00 – 1pm – Introduction to Sitecore 8 by David Walker (http://www.radicaldave.com) - Sitecore MVP, Sitecore Architect in the Digital Cloud Practice at XCentium.com (http://www.xcentium.com)

With Sitecore® Experience Platform™ 8, marketers’ time has finally come. It provides the industry’s first single, fully connected customer experience platform that also integrates with other customer-facing platforms. In doing so, Sitecore 8 creates a single view of the customer in a big data marketing repository, eliminating much of the extraordinary complexity that has been marketers’ biggest constraint. With Sitecore 8, marketers have at their fingertips the complete data, integrated tools, and automation capabilities to engage customers throughout an iterative life cycle—the technology foundation absolutely necessary to win customers for life.

1 – 1:30 –Prizes, wrap up, Future planning