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Kate's 3 Simple Steps to a Great St. Patrick's Day!
This may come as a shock, but some of us at Acquia aren't afraid to have a drink every once in a while. And what better time of year to discuss the finer points of beer and drinking than St. Patrick's day, right?
Beer tap in the Acquia kitchen
St. Patrick's day isn't just for the Irish anymore. Everyone should plan to be Irish for a day and celebrate on St. Patrick's Day. I've pulled together this blog post to help make sure this St. Patrick's Day and all other St. Patrick's Days that follow will be great!
Step 1: You need to get a drink. Preferably an Irish one! Some... More
Should You Start a Big Data Project?
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2013 by DC Denison RSS
When does it make sense to start up a Big Data program? If your email marketing system isn't talking to your sales force automation system, and neither is synched up with your online purchase system, are you really ready to tackle a Big Data project? The answer may surprise you as we examine Big Data and its impact on the next generation digital experience in this second installment of our ongoing series "Are You Ready for Big Data?"
"If your organization stores multiple petabytes of data, if the information most... More
Robert Douglass talks Content, Community, and Commerce with Drupal
![Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire - Community Affairs Manager's picture](http://www.acquia.com/sites/default/files/styles/user_large/public/pictures/picture-2485-1368033114.png?itok=tmrXcUh2 "Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire - Community Affairs Manager's picture")
Robert Douglass, Director of Products at Commerce Guys, the originators and maintainers of Drupal Commerce sat down with me this week. We talked about how content, community, and commerce relate and help each other and why Drupal is the best platform to provide you with the digital elements of your users' experience of your online presence. Commerce Guys, in partnership with Acquia also has the support mechanisms that you need to succeed with Drupal and Commerce: from architecting your site,... More
3 inspiring Drupal intern training programs
By Heather James
If you're responsible for building and skilling up a team to develop Drupal sites, I'm going to introduce you to three inspiring internship programs you should know about. I'm also going to show you what is working in those programs to give you some ideas of how you can build your own team and give someone a great chance to change their lives.
A baffling situation
Most tech fields are struggling to hire skilled employees, and turnover is high. Start-ups attract employees with generous benefits (free beer! massages! yoga!) to try and pull in those who can bring experience to... More
From zero to standard platform: Drupal community at Stanford
Stanford University is home to a large and growing number of Drupal sites. Drupal’s qualities as a platform – flexibility, extensibility, and speed of development, to name a few – are part of this equation, of course. The other, vital component of this success is the efforts of a grassroots community of Drupal users at Stanford over the last few years. They have not only created great websites for the university, they’ve also dedicated time and effort to helping others succeed with Drupal and spread the word.
In 2011, the University officially recognized the value of these grassroots... More
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