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Acquia retrospective 2011

Posted on Thu, Jan 05, 2012 14:59 by Dries Buytaert
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It's that time of year again! In good tradition, here is my retrospective on Acquia's accomplishments for 2011. (You can also read my 2009 and 2010 retrospectives.)

Drush away unserialize() errors

Posted on Sat, Nov 26, 2011 17:55 by Joshua Brauer
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When you work with the great folks I do every day it comes as little surprise that when the stuff hits the fan and some site is in need of help there will be a legion of folks who jump into round-the-clock action to get things in a better place. While this could be a whole blog post about that alone it's not about that. Rather it's about one of those nagging little problems we came across while working on a site this Thanksgiving "holiday".

The problem is one that many have seen at one point or another:

Drupal + India = opportunity

Posted on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 22:07 by Dries Buytaert
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Given that there live one billion people in India, many of which great engineers, one can only imagine what would happen if Drupal gained serious traction in India. To that extend, I decided to make a trip to India, and spent last week in India with Jacob Singh and Ron Pruett from Acquia. The purpose of the trip was to increase awareness of Drupal in India that in 3 ways:

    Acquia U

    Posted on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 12:51 by Dries Buytaert
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    Due to Drupal's remarkable growth, the demand for Drupal talent continues to exceed the supply. Every Drupal company I talk to -- and I talk to many of them all around the world -- has a difficult time attracting enough qualified Drupal talent. The same is true for Acquia.

    To help address that problem we are launching Acquia U, a program to employ and train recent and upcoming college graduates in Drupal. We will enroll these candidates in an intensive 6 month paid training program.

    Movember 2011

    Posted on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 20:57 by Dries Buytaert
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    It is that time of the year again: Movember!

    During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. One in two men will be diagnosed with cancer in his lifetime, and one out of six with prostate cancer.

    Sitecore FUD

    Posted on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 21:17 by Dries Buytaert
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    Recently Sitecore, a vendor of a proprietary CMS, published a white paper called "The Siren Song of Open Source CMS". It has some good old Open Source FUD.

    PayPal developer community using Drupal

    Posted on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 16:53 by Dries Buytaert
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    Drupal continues to rack up successes among large developer communities, with x.commerce joining Twitter, which made the move last month. X.commerce is a new division of PayPal that serves as an open, central meeting place for over 700,000 developers for eBay, PayPal, Magento, and other eBay properties.

    Does Acquia suck up all the Drupal talent?

    Posted on Fri, Sep 09, 2011 15:42 by Dries Buytaert
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    A number of concerns have been voiced from the community about the substantial growth Acquia has achieved since its inception, the number of key contributors who are now employed by Acquia, and the subsequent influence that this allows Acquia to have on the project.

    While some of these concerns have validity, I also think there is also a fair share of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) being spread. So, let's clear up a few points.

    Why Acquia acquired Cyrve and GVS

    Posted on Fri, Sep 09, 2011 15:38 by Dries Buytaert
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    As followers of this blog, you might have read that Acquia acquired two Drupal companies; security specialist Growing Venture Solutions and migration expert Cyrve. We wanted to do these acquisitions because they create a win-win-win situation; it is beneficial for the Drupal community, our partners and our customers.

    Acquia raises $15 million series D

    Posted on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 06:22 by Dries Buytaert
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    I'm thrilled to announce that Acquia has received $15 million in its fourth round of funding -- that is about twice as much as any of our earlier rounds (series A, series B, series C).

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