DrupalCon New Orleans 2016: Digital Transformation, Drupal as a platform for the US Government

In this talk, Sushil Tripathi discusses digital transformation using IoT and Drupal, emphasizing the enhanced visitor experiences enabled by location-based venue intelligence. He explores how the core features of Drupal 8 facilitate the integration of IoT technologies, particularly focusing on iBeacon technology for accurate indoor proximity sensing. The session covers various applications in conferences, museums, retail, and more, highlighting analytics, gamification, and real-time data processing using big data techniques. Attendees will gain insights into the collaboration between IoT and Drupal, current implementations, and a live demonstration of their combined capabilities.

Dgallerizzo presents an exploration of how the United States Department of the Interior adopted Drupal 7.x to create an open platform for its bureaus. He delves into the business factors behind this decision, detailing the process of site development and migration from a previous platform. Key discussions include risk management in launching a government website on a new system, demonstrating ROI on an unproven platform, and effectively managing project scope and budgeting during the platform's discovery and planning phases.