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Posted by Cedric Huesler AUG 15, 2011

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Try the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform

Today we put the 60-day trial version of ADEP ready to download. Here a short summary what that means for folks with knowledge on CRX and CQ5.

ADEP, or long "Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform" consists of two servers:

The 1st is called Experience Services and is based on CRX 2.2. We packaged additional stuff into it, to make it the perfect companion for developers working with Adobe Flash Builder.

The 2nd is Java EE based and is call Document Services and can be install into JBoss, WebSphere or WebLogic. It contains all the sweet PDF and process management stuff.

Both servers work together - the CRX-based Experience Services has an OSGi service layer to transparently access functionality on the Document Services side - further can it be used as authentication source (similar to LDAP).

On top of the two services we run Customer Experience Solutions. Among them is CQ5, with it's new name "Web Experience Management". The CQ release included in the solution package is based on CQ 5.4.

What does that mean for you?

No big news on the pure CRX and CQ5 front - but a lot of new stuff to discover and get familiar with, that is based on the technology you know.

Mind that the Document Services install needs more resources than you are used to with CRX and CQ5. Further due to it's PDF conversion features it relies on native software being installed. I got best results using Windows Server 2008 R2 on a dedicated box. Make sure you check the system requirements and install steps for save guidance.

With that - feel free to skip a meeting and install ADEP.

Any question about pricing - please contact your favorite account manager.

Posted by Cedric Huesler JUL 15, 2011

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What kept us busy lately - CRX and CQ5 as part of Adobe

Back in June we announced the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform. The products you know - CRX and CQ5 - are now part of this platform - in fact - they are part of the foundation of this platform. Let's focus on CRX first:

The server companion for Flex

The Content Repository CRX with it's OSGi container and RESTful Web Framework Sling got extended to cover new use cases.

It has become the server companion for applications build with Adobe Flex. One example: we added support for new protocols e.g. AMF and RTMP that Flex applications uses to communicate with the server. We went as far as making sure developers using Adobe Flash Builder building applications have transparent access to data sources connected on the server e.g. a SAP system and the content repository content. We call this feature set "Data Services"

The combination of the Content Repository + Data Services and on the client side: Flex with the Client Component Framework (in short: OSGi for Flex) + a single IDE Flash Builder, is the next evolution of rapid application development. Create applications that run in browsers with the Flash Player and with Adobe AIR on desktop, mobile phones, tablets and TVs. And yes - that includes our beloved iOS devices.

We call this extended CRX version "Experience Server" - and when we talk about the feature set - we call them "Experience Services"

To learn more about building Flex applications using the Content Repository start here: .. and I'm sure you are very familiar with that already.


• You find more YouTube sessions on Flex with CRX on: http://www.youtube.com/user/ADEPDevelopers
• and check the Enterprise Platform Techies blog: https://blogs.adobe.com/eptech/

But that's not everything..

A new bridge to PDF

Wouldn't it be great to be able to do all the crazy things you can do with PDF (trust me.. it was a revelation for me) right out of your favorite Content Repository? We thought so too.

The technical solution is like that: We provide OSGi-based services to talk to the various PDF treatment services that are off-loading the bulk of the work to other servers (we call them "Document Services") - while you as a developer have a local Java API to talk to.

CQ5 is Web Experience Management

You are going to see us using the term Web Experience Management - short WEM - when talking about the CQ5 capabilities. The reason is because we are coupling the features of the Adobe Online Marketing Suite (aka Omniture) and the Adobe Creative Suite (yes Photoshop..) with CQ5 and this combination deserves a new name.

Read more about Adobe Online Marketing Suite integration on the Omniture Blog.

While we are busy finishing the bits internally - you can sign-up to get a notification when the trial version will become available. This form gets you on the list.


Posted by Kas Thomas JUN 20, 2011

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Announcing the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform

It's official: Adobe Systems today announced its new Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform for Customer Experience Management (CEM).

A synthesis of the former LiveCycle and CRX products (with a lot of new functionality rolled in as well), the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform is designed to enable enterprises to realize immersive, innovative multi-channel web apps that allow customers to get exactly the information they need, in exactly the desired format(s), any time, any place.


Adobe SVP Rob Tarkoff talks more about the new Platform in this short video:


Adobe will highlight the capabilities of the Digital Enterprise Platform at the first Adobe Digital Enterprise Summit, taking place in Los Angeles on October 3-4 in conjunction with Adobe MAX 2011. The Adobe Digital Enterprise Summit will bring together industry thought leaders, along with Adobe experts and solution partners, to explore the various ways in which customer-centric development can transform the digital enterprise. If you haven't yet made plans to attend the Summit, we hope you'll do so now. Go here for details on how to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!


Posted by Cedric Huesler MAY 10, 2011

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Developer Sessions for CRX and CQ5

Back in April - Gabriel Walt and myself - recorded two sessions for CQ5 and CRX developers - both based on CRX 2.2 and CQ 5.4 released earlier this year.

In our office in Basel - while on air - Gabriel sharing the insight on how the mobile site rendering works with CQ 5.4:




 

Both session are around 60mins and have been recorded with Adobe Connect.

The 1st session is for people new to CRX and the "Content Repository". This is a good session to get started - with coding examples. We cover:


• What is a Content Repository and how does it work
• Comparison to relational database
• Benefits of the OSGi platform
• Open Source projects included in CRX
• Demo of building an app with CRX
• Deployment options and clustering

Sign-in to watch recording of CRX Session


You can download the CRX 2.2 with the free Developer Edition license from day.com.

The 2nd session is for experienced CQ5 developers - good for people that worked with previous releases of CQ5. We are touching some of the new features in 5.4 and explain the concepts and show demos. We cover:


• Mobile Device Capability and Device Group
• Configurable roll-out configuration for LiveCopy
• Improve page speed with ClientLibs
• HTML5 Video Component and Transcoding Profiles
• Workflow-based reverse-replication & user generated content moderation
• Integration with SiteCatalyst and custom events tracking

Sign-in to watch recording of CQ5 Session


Enjoy.

Note: The login to watch the recording is using the "Adobe ID". If you already have an Adobe ID because you happened to be Adobe customer e.g. using Creative Suite or other products - use this account. If you don't have an Adobe ID yet - take a few minutes to create one. Going forward - we are going to use Adobe ID to make stuff available to you.

Posted by Greg Klebus MAR 04, 2011

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CRX 2.2 from Adobe



After releasing the CQ 5.4 WEM solution, we have also released a new version of CRX from Adobe, CRX 2.2. The relase includes the following main enhancements:

• New Shared Nothing Clustering
• Improved JCR 2 JQOM Query performance
• Extended ACLs with wildcard support
• Subversion integration using svn+ssh
  
• Supports OSGi Service Platform Release 4.2

There's also something special for developers:

• A minor update of CRXDE
• Eclipse CRX feature has been updated for CRX 2.x

Download CRX, CRXDE & check the release notes for a more detailed summary of the release. Enjoy!