What Drupal 8 Means for Your Organization's Future - Global Training

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2016-02-05 09:00 - 16:00 America/New_York
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Training (free or commercial)

This class is offered in collaboration with New York State Information Technology Services WebNY and FFW Center of Excellence.

With the new release of the planet’s most powerful, flexible and easy to scale web experience platform, how can you prepare to benefit from all it has to offer? Join FFW Center of Excellence Director Ray Saltini and colleagues as they walk you through what Drupal 8 means for your organization.
In this class you’ll learn how Drupal 8 can:
scale your web properties faster and with less risk
make responsive web design and implementation easier and faster
manage all your digital channels in one application
build better global multilingual and localized sites
simplify content editing and management
Also included will be a presentation and demonstration of development operation features available through Acquia hosting.
Is this class right for me?
This class is geared to helping participants of varying technical experience understand the benefits and considerations of Drupal 8.
Whether your organization is new to Drupal or an early Drupal adopter of a previous version, this class will help you understand the fundamental changes and features in Drupal 8 that can open up new opportunities for your organization and create new challenges.
A special segment on developing in Drupal 8 will be held in the afternoon for participants with technical expertise interested in learning more about developing custom functionality in Drupal 8.