ISO 27001 – Your information is safe and secure with us
Posted by: Dominic Mills
We are proud to announce the news that we continue to be an IS0 27001 certified company for a further 12 months.
Recently, we had our annual surveillance visit from an external UKAS certification body, which involved a two day audit at Auros HQ, checking that our working practices are in line with our ISMS (Information Security Management System).
After a rigorous two days of checks and inspections, we were greeted with the news that we would continue to be certified.
This is our second year of being an ISO 27001 certified company, however the roots of our ISMS stem back to early 2009 when we began the process of formalising our working practices in relation to information security. In a nutshell, the point of our ISMS is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our physical and information assets. We continually look to improve the way we work and the service we provide and continued ISO accreditation is a great endorsement of our efforts.
For an overview and more information, check 27000.org and Wikipedia.
EPiServer User and Group Search Providers
Tags: Development, EPiServer
Posted by: Adam Jenkin
A couple of weeks back whilst on the train to London to take my ECD exam, I started to create a set of search providers to enable searching of users and groups from the EPiServer quick search bar.
Behind the scenes it’s very simple and makes use of pre existing functionality in EPiServer and the membership/role provider model.
Joined-up thinking, cross-channel reality
Tags: EPiServer, Mobile, Social media, Web Content Management
Posted by: Dominic Mills
Last night, as we headed back down the M4 with our buckets and spades (thanks Sage) and other post-show paraphernalia, we reflected on a week at Internet World. It was great to spend some time with our friends from EPiServer UK and also to meet-up with the wider EPiServer team from Sweden, the US and as far afield as Australia.
So, an enjoyable social experience, but what about the show itself? Well, despite many visitors referring to it as feeling like a “much smaller show”, we think it turned out to be a small, but well-formed gathering. As always the theatre presentations were a big draw, but perhaps a better barometer of the market was a marked increase (compared to 2011) in the number of ‘real’ conversations about ‘real’ projects. Over the three days we also spotted a clear trend. Many of these conversations were about genuine multi-channel projects encompassing web, mobile and social. So what? I hear you ask, people have been speculating about the importance of cross-channel in blogs and social channels for some time. But, that is exactly the point. The theme for us was the fact that there was a noticeable shift in these conversations from speculation and research /information gathering to a strong appetite (and budget commitment) to initiate projects that will deliver on a joined-up web, mobile and social strategy. While we (Auros) have seen (and delivered) a few of these projects already, the big news was that this has become a consistent theme reinforced by well thought through strategies within both b2c and b2b organisations.
Exciting times ahead!
Passed our exams! We have two more EPiServer Certified Developers
Posted by: Adam Jenkin
As of last Friday (23/04/2012) we have gained a further two EPiServer Certified Developers! Steve and I travelled to London to take the Developer Masterclass with Hao and at the end of the day passed the ECD exam!
It’s certainly not an exam for the faint hearted! – and that's a good thing as it proves the worthiness of the certification. My experience to date has been on a handful of projects since mid-2011 and Steve’s a little longer. Until revising and taking the course, you don’t quite realise the scale of how big and more importantly extendible and configurable the EPiServer core system is.
So what does this mean for Auros? Well, for Steve and I personally, we get a fancy logo next to our names on EPiServer World and have the proof that we now know what we’re talking about! It’s also fair to say that we’ve learnt a lot. The user manuals and documentation are really exceptional when compared to other CMS products and I would highly recommend to anyone using EPiServer (from content editors, project managers to developers) to have a read if you haven’t already.
For Auros, we now have a total of 4 certified developers (Joel Williams, James Patterson, Steven Horler, and Adam Jenkin). We continue to gain standing as EPiServer experts and get a step closer to becoming an EPiServer Premium Solution Partner. Watch this space!
