Web Essentials News http://www.web-essentials.asia/ Web Essentials News en Web Essentials News http://www.web-essentials.asia/fileadmin/templates/main/images/rss_icon.png http://www.web-essentials.asia/ 23 23 Web Essentials News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:46:00 +0700 A Revival of Cambodian Arts http://www.web-essentials.asia/ Cambodia is a country full of culture, arts and music. However, a lot of this art was destroyed in the civil war and many artists, actors, musicians and writers were killed by the Khmer Rouge. Meanwhile, the war is over and Cambodia is on its way to rebuild a stable country with a strong economy. Cambodian Living Arts is succeeding in bringing back this culture by supporting surviving artists to save and protect Cambodia's artistic heritage. Web Essentials is proud to present the new Cambodian Living Arts website. The design of the former website was refined to highlight the beauty of the Khmer style and the structure of the website was optimized for users to easily find the information they are looking for. On the website, there is an opportunity to sign up for courses and to attend classes. Visitors can also purchase online tickets for PlaePakaa shows and make payments online. In addition, all of the collected information is being fed directly into a 3rd party client relationship management system so that the Marion Institute can follow up on the potential and people of interest. Marion Institute is a U.S. based non-profit organization that serves as an incubator for organizations that inspire positive change in the areas of healing and sustainability. This new website is a great example of a multipurpose website. The Cambodian Living Art brand is being described, the website serves to market the Cambodian Living Art products, shows and other services and holds the functionalities for immediate lead generation and even direct sales. So, why wait? Go see the wonderful new website for yourself and book some tickets for an upcoming Plae Pakaa show! Cambodia's artistic heritage.

Web Essentials is proud to present the new Cambodian Living Arts website. The design of the former website was refined to highlight the beauty of the Khmer style and the structure of the website was optimized for users to easily find the information they are looking for. On the website, there is an opportunity to sign up for courses and to attend classes. Visitors can also purchase online tickets for PlaePakaa shows and make payments online.

In addition, all of the collected information is being fed directly into a 3rd party client relationship management system so that the Marion Institute can follow up on the potential and people of interest.

Marion Institute is a U.S. based non-profit organization that serves as an incubator for organizations that inspire positive change in the areas of healing and sustainability.

This new website is a great example of a multipurpose website. The Cambodian Living Art brand is being described, the website serves to market the Cambodian Living Art products, shows and other services and holds the functionalities for immediate lead generation and even direct sales.

So, why wait? Go see the wonderful new website for yourself and book some tickets for an upcoming Plae Pakaa show!]]> Portfolio Announcements Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:46:00 +0700 Danet on Agile http://www.web-essentials.asia/ What comes to your mind when talking about Agile? Based on principle, Agile is an iterative method of determining requirements for engineering and information technology development projects in a highly flexible and interactive manner. From Danet's prospective, Agile is all about responsibility and commitment. Being integrated into the first Agile team at Web Essentials, Danet felt both nervous and excited working on this new system. Through some difficulties and eases, Danet and her team had many lessons learnt to share with other developers at her company. Talking about exciting experience over Agile, all team members were eager to express about the freedom in choosing and estimating tasks. As the matter of fact, Agile is flexible for each people in the team to choose and work on their favorite tasks; they need to make sure they deliver those tasks successfully. As a daily routine, they also held a stand up meeting to update each other or to ask for help from their scrum master. This system did encourage them a lot since it showed that all members were crucial in decision making and project management. However, there were also some obstacles during their implementation. Danet said “ it is just like killing ourselves when we did not carefully prepare the estimate”. Due to the fact that Agile requires each developers to estimate their own tasks, they may end up working late to complete their work if they did a wrong prediction. Although it was the first Agile based project, WE team appreciated the result since their clients was happy with the outcome.
Based on principle, Agile is an iterative method of determining requirements for engineering and information technology development projects in a highly flexible and interactive manner.

From Danet's prospective, Agile is all about responsibility and commitment.

Being integrated into the first Agile team at Web Essentials, Danet felt both nervous and excited working on this new system. Through some difficulties and eases, Danet and her team had many lessons learnt to share with other developers at her company. Talking about exciting experience over Agile, all team members were eager to express about the freedom in choosing and estimating tasks. As the matter of fact, Agile is flexible for each people in the team to choose and work on their favorite tasks; they need to make sure they deliver those tasks successfully. As a daily routine, they also held a stand up meeting to update each other or to ask for help from their scrum master. This system did encourage them a lot since it showed that all members were crucial in decision making and project management.

However, there were also some obstacles during their implementation. Danet said “ it is just like killing ourselves when we did not carefully prepare the estimate”. Due to the fact that Agile requires each developers to estimate their own tasks, they may end up working late to complete their work if they did a wrong prediction.

Although it was the first Agile based project, WE team appreciated the result since their clients was happy with the outcome.]]> People Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:54:00 +0700 First Impression on TYPO3 http://www.web-essentials.asia/ Vibol Yoeung, a student from PNC, was excited when he first got involved with TYPO3. Having used Joomla and PHP for years, Vibol had never heard of TYPO3 until Web Essentials conducted a workshop at his school. He was impressed by the advanced user-friendliness of this CMS and eager to learn more about TYPO3, he spent more time researching as well as attending trainings and related discussions. He says he was very happy to be part of the internship program with Web Essentials in order to gain more skills in TYPO3. Vibol sees TYPO3 as a powerful CMS since there are many dedicated developers all around the world keeping an eye on development and help fix bugs or reporting issues. Additionally, there are also many useful extensions, which developers can use to build sophisticated websites. He recommends this CMS to Cambodian students due to its growing popularity and advantages. Vibol Yoeung, a student from PNC, was excited when he first got involved with TYPO3. Having used Joomla and PHP for years, Vibol had never heard of TYPO3 until Web Essentials conducted a workshop at his school. He was impressed by the advanced user-friendliness of this CMS and eager to learn more about TYPO3, he spent more time researching as well as attending trainings and related discussions. He says he was very happy to be part of the internship program with Web Essentials in order to gain more skills in TYPO3. Vibol sees TYPO3 as a powerful CMS since there are many dedicated developers all around the world keeping an eye on development and help fix bugs or reporting issues. Additionally, there are also many useful extensions, which developers can use to build sophisticated websites. He recommends this CMS to Cambodian students due to its growing popularity and advantages. ]]> People Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:18:00 +0700 TYPO3 Internship Opportunity http://www.web-essentials.asia/ Are you seeking an opportunity to gain knowledge in web development with international projects and working in friendly environment? Web Essentials - The Right Place for You ! Web Essentials, a web development company in Cambodia, is offering an exciting internship opportunity for students to conduct 4 months internship starting from 1 July to 31 October 2012. During the internship period, students will learn about TYPO3 Content Management System which is an open source enterprise software used to build website. In addition, weekly in house training will be provided from ex-pats and team leaders. The training is to provide sufficient knowledge about programming and improve working quality. At the same time, students can take this chance to gain practical knowledge in a friendly working environment. Prospective candidates applying for this internship should be Web Programming students; proven skills in TYPO3 will work to your advantage. Candidate must hold a competent English language level, high degree of independence and self-motivation. How to Apply In order to apply for the position: please send a detailed CV with a Cover Letter to jobs@web-essentials.asiaOnly shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. For more information please check www.web-essentials.asia or call 023 996 604. Web Essentials - The Right Place for You ! Web Essentials, a web development company in Cambodia, is offering an exciting internship opportunity for students to conduct 4 months internship starting from 1 July to 31 October 2012.

During the internship period, students will learn about TYPO3 Content Management System which is an open source enterprise software used to build website. In addition, weekly in house training will be provided from ex-pats and team leaders. The training is to provide sufficient knowledge about programming and improve working quality. At the same time, students can take this chance to gain practical knowledge in a friendly working environment. Prospective candidates applying for this internship should be Web Programming students; proven skills  in TYPO3 will work to your advantage. Candidate must hold a competent English language level, high degree of independence and self-motivation.

How to Apply

In order to apply for the position: please send a detailed CV with a Cover Letter to jobs@web-essentials.asia

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. For more information please check www.web-essentials.asia or call 023 996 604.

]]> Announcements People sotheavy@web-essentials.asia Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:31:00 +0700 Web Essentials Joined BarCamp Angkor http://www.web-essentials.asia/ From March 24-25, BarCamp-Angkor was held in Siem Reap province for the first time ever. The BarCamp was quite new to the students, and we able to generate a lot of participation from both Khmer and foreigners. The main objective of the camp was to share new knowledge about information technology. Web Essentials was one of the proud co-sponsors of this great event.Purpose of BarCampThe BarCamp-Angkor was an important fair for the students in Siem Reap to broaden their knowledge about IT. At the same time, getting to know new people from different industries. Through the event, there were many interesting topics presented: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), how to build a good website, TYPO3 Content Management System, Android Mobile Development, and so much more. What WE brought?The Web Essentials team was an active participant that brought many energetic presenters. Soursdey, our Project Manager Design, shared her knowledge about, “How to Make a Good Website”. Through her skillful knowledge and extensive work experience, she created an amazing presentation that packed the room with fascinated listeners. Vannkorn gave a lecture on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The best thing about his presentation was that he brought this topic to life for the listener, even if they had little knowledge in SEO. The last topic was, "A Powerful Website Developing Tool", presented by Dimanche, our Project Coordinator. He used TYPO3 CMS as the main tool for his presentation. He did an amazing job showing how people new to IT can easily use this application. Find out the presentations, please see the links at the bottom !What WE gained? It was an amazing experience overall. As a team, it was so gratifying to have so many people share their expertise with students in Siem Reap about the new applications of technology. Also, we had a lot of participants who were interested in learning more about the Web Essentials company. Web Essentials created a wonderful time for its staff, who in turn, were able to explore and create new adventures in the ancient city of Siem Reap. We had a fantastic time learning as a team and sharing as a family! Slideshttp://www.slideshare.net/webessentials/a-powerful-website-developing-toolhttp://www.slideshare.net/webessentials/search-engine-optimization-12321078http://www.slideshare.net/webessentials/barcamp-howtomakeagoodwebsitev3
Purpose of BarCamp

The BarCamp-Angkor was an important fair for the students in Siem Reap to broaden their knowledge about IT. At the same time, getting to know new people from different industries. Through the event, there were many interesting topics presented: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), how to build a good website, TYPO3 Content Management System, Android Mobile Development, and so much more. 

What WE brought?

The Web Essentials team was an active participant that brought many energetic presenters. Soursdey, our Project Manager Design, shared her knowledge about, “How to Make a Good Website”. Through her skillful knowledge and extensive work experience, she created an amazing presentation that packed the room with fascinated listeners. Vannkorn gave a lecture on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The best thing about his presentation was that he brought this topic to life for the listener, even if they had little knowledge in SEO. The last topic was, "A Powerful Website Developing Tool", presented by Dimanche, our Project Coordinator. He used TYPO3 CMS as the main tool for his presentation. He did an amazing job showing how people new to IT can easily use this application.    

Find out the presentations, please see the links at the bottom !

What WE gained? 

It was an amazing experience overall. As a team, it was so gratifying to have so many people share their expertise with students in Siem Reap about the new applications of technology. Also, we had a lot of participants who were interested in learning more about the Web Essentials company. Web Essentials created a wonderful time for its staff,  who in turn, were able to explore and create new adventures in the ancient city of Siem Reap. We had a fantastic time learning as a team and sharing as a family!  

Slides

http://www.slideshare.net/webessentials/a-powerful-website-developing-tool
http://www.slideshare.net/webessentials/search-engine-optimization-12321078
http://www.slideshare.net/webessentials/barcamp-howtomakeagoodwebsitev3

]]> Announcements People sotheavy@web-essentials.asia Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:00 +0700 Dominik on Board of ICT Business Association http://www.web-essentials.asia/ Please join us in congratulating Dominik Stankowski who has been elected into the ICTBA Executive Board. In February, Dominik was elected to be the Treasurer of ICTBA for 2012. Commonly known, ICTBA is a business association created to foster knowledge and experience sharing among ICT professionals in Cambodia. Also, it represents Cambodia's ICT sector internationally. The Executive Board now consists of the following people: · President: Mr. Pily Wong · Vice President: Dr. Sok Siphana · Vice President: Mr. Franck Touch · Secretary General: Mr. Mike Gaertner · Treasurer: Mr. Dominik Stankowski This year, the ICTBA will focus on one side to increase the membership base and grow the association toward a bigger business exchange platform (networking, selling, sourcing/purchasing, advertising). On the other side, the association will position themselves to work with the government on better ICT development policies (e.g ICT education, import duties on ICT products and services, Intellectual properties). Additionally, Dominik with his team facilitates the development of the new website for the ICTBA, based on the world's most used enterprise CMS, TYPO3. We wish him all the best and success in all of his new endeavors. For detailed information about the ICTBA, please contact this email: contact@ictba.com or this website: www.ictba.com (soon to be relaunched). Dominik Stankowski who has been elected into the ICTBA Executive Board. In February, Dominik was elected to be the Treasurer of ICTBA for 2012. Commonly known, ICTBA is a business association created to foster knowledge and experience sharing among ICT professionals in Cambodia. Also, it represents Cambodia's ICT sector internationally. The Executive Board now consists of the following people: · President: Mr. Pily Wong · Vice President: Dr. Sok Siphana · Vice President: Mr. Franck Touch · Secretary General: Mr. Mike Gaertner  · Treasurer: Mr. Dominik Stankowski This year, the ICTBA will focus on one side to increase the membership base and grow the association toward a bigger business exchange platform (networking, selling, sourcing/purchasing, advertising). On the other side, the association will position themselves to work with the government on better ICT development policies (e.g ICT education, import duties on ICT products and services, Intellectual properties). Additionally, Dominik with his team facilitates the development of the new website for the ICTBA, based on the world's most used enterprise CMS, TYPO3. We wish him all the best and success in all of his new endeavors. For detailed information about the ICTBA, please contact this email: contact@ictba.com or this website: www.ictba.com (soon to be relaunched).]]> Announcements sotheavy@web-essentials.asia Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:03:00 +0700 First TYPO3 Conference in Asia http://www.web-essentials.asia/ From 17 to 19 August 2012, the first TYPO3 Conference in Asia will take place in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia: T3CON12 ASIA! Web Essentials is glad to be a sponsor of this event and works closely with the Cambodian TYPO3 User Group to realize T3CON12 ASIA. T3CON12 ASIA provides a great opportunity to learn more about the enterprise Content Management System TYPO3, the next generation PHP framework FLOW3 as well as Mobile Development. Participants can connect with local and international decision-makers, developers and designers from the TYPO3 community and wider ICT network. The conference (17-18 August) will consist of 2 tracks: TYPO3/FLOW3 and Mobile Development. The conference ticket also allows access to a 3-day informal training week that will be held following the conference (27-29 August). This training week will be dedicated to programmers and also help facilitate knowledge transfer between East and West. A special student's day will be held on 19 August in order to boost TYPO3/FLOW3 awareness in the region. To international participants, the conference provides a glimpse into a different culture and allows to explore opportunities in emerging markets. Learn more about Cambodia's flourishing ICT industry as according to its ICT Business Association, Cambodia aims to become “the Silicon Valley of the ASEAN”. But don't forget to combine business with leisure as Cambodia, the Kingdom of Wonders, has a lot to offer. Enjoy a tuk tuk ride through the bustling city of Phnom Penh, visit Angkor Wat, the famous temples in Siem Reap, and relax at one of the beautiful beaches. If this is not enough for you then you can catch a short flight to Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, or Saigon and discover other highlights in the region. To local participants the conference provides a true opportunity to meet TYPO3 core developers as well as learn why TYPO3 is the world's most used enterprise CMS. Looking forward to seeing you soon in Cambodia! TYPO3 / Web Development rebecca@web-essentials.asia Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:32:00 +0700 Project Quality Advisor Joins Web Essentials http://www.web-essentials.asia/ It is our pleasure to welcome Mrs Christina Hong as the Project Quality Advisor for Web Essentials. She joined our team in November 2011. Christina has extensive experience in client relationship, clinical project management and supervision of cross-functional teams with companies in the United States. Hence, in her new role, she will be sharing her expertise in the area and providing advise and guidance to Web Essentials' production teams. Before joining Web Essentials, Christina worked as a consultant for Outcome Sciences from June 2010 until now. She was involved in identifying key work streams and issues in project management and creating process improvement solutions. Prior to that, she worked as a program manager and senior project manager at Outcome Sciences for about four years. There, she provided daily supervision for 6 project managers, allocated resources amongst team members and developed business proposals. Christina earned her master's degree in Business Administration from Brandeis University in the United States, and a bachelor degree in International Relations from Boston University. Mrs Christina Hong as the Project Quality Advisor for Web Essentials. She joined our team in November 2011. Christina has extensive experience in client relationship, clinical project management and supervision of cross-functional teams with companies in the United States. Hence, in her new role, she will be sharing her expertise in the area and providing advise and guidance to Web Essentials' production teams. Before joining Web Essentials, Christina worked as a consultant for Outcome Sciences from June 2010 until now. She was involved in identifying key work streams and issues in project management and creating process improvement solutions. Prior to that, she worked as a program manager and senior project manager at Outcome Sciences for about four years. There, she provided daily supervision for 6 project managers, allocated resources amongst team members and developed business proposals. Christina earned her master's degree in Business Administration from Brandeis University in the United States, and a bachelor degree in International Relations from Boston University. ]]> Announcements People Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:01:00 +0700 Web Essentials Welcomes Christmas and New Year 2012 http://www.web-essentials.asia/ Christmas and New Year celebration is a very enjoyable and happy time for everybody. For Web Essentials, it is a special occasion to gather all staff and their families together for a party. So, what did Web Essentials actually do to celebrate this special occasion? On December 17, Web Essentials threw a wonderful Christmas party at Elephant Blanc resort. This celebration was a special time filled with fun events and delicious meals for the staff and their family members. To begin the Christmas party, our director, Dominik, shared how Christmas has always brought him new hopes and dreams to develop Web Essentials. This party was more exceptional than last year’s since we planned an interactive program including role-play of the Christmas story, show contest, gift exchange and dancing. The party was filled with memorable activities because of active contribution from all staff. Everyone had major roles in their performances and demonstrated how creative and funny they can be on stage. We especially prepared gifts for the best performance. We even had presents for the kids which were handed out by Rebecca, the HR and Admin manager. Time seemed to fly while we enjoyed the party together. Laughing, smiling and joy was certainly in every staff. This great moment showed that we are all in the same unique family, the WE family. Christmas and New Year celebration is a very enjoyable and happy time for everybody. For Web Essentials, it is a special occasion to gather all staff and their families together for a party. So, what did Web Essentials actually do to celebrate this special occasion?

On December 17, Web Essentials threw a wonderful Christmas party at Elephant Blanc resort. This celebration was a special time filled with fun events and delicious meals for the staff and their family members. To begin the Christmas party, our director, Dominik, shared how Christmas has always brought him new hopes and dreams to develop Web Essentials. This party was more exceptional than last year’s since we planned an interactive program including role-play of the Christmas story, show contest, gift exchange and dancing. The party was filled with memorable activities because of active contribution from all staff. Everyone had major roles in their performances and demonstrated how creative and funny they can be on stage. We especially prepared gifts for the best performance. We even had presents for the kids which were handed out by Rebecca, the HR and Admin manager.

Time seemed to fly while we enjoyed the party together. Laughing, smiling and joy was certainly in every staff. This great moment showed that we are all in the same unique family, the WE family. 

]]> Announcements People Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:21:00 +0700 Better Plan TYPO3 Projects with Agile Estimating http://www.web-essentials.asia/ Absolute estimating of programming tasks proves to be challenging in (too) many cases. When development takes longer than foreseen, any or several of the following areas are impacted: quality, finances, resource planning and client satisfaction. Studies reveal that 2 out of 3 software development projects are unsuccessful because they are over budget, late, missing function or a combination – in short: estimating fails frequently enough. Agile Estimating - Better Project Management Agile Estimating is a methodology for project managers to better plan their projects in advance and to keep their planning up-to-date and accurate throughout the development process. Violeng Mam, head of the project managers team at Web Essentials and Dominik Stankowski, CEO of Web Essentials presented Agile Estimating at the TYPO3 Conference T3CON11 in Germany. Agile Estimating - Talk at T3CON11 in Frankfurt The talk has been attended by a good number of participants and has triggered interesting discussions about the importance of solid project management. We believe that project management will become increasingly important in Web development projects as more and more websites are transitioning to Web applications and new technical complexities will have to be faced and overcome. New business requirements and better interoperability with other systems is going to put high demands on project teams. Agile Estimating - How It Works In Agile Estimating, estimates of tasks are done on a relative basis using an independent unit instead of hours or days. As the team progresses on its tasks, indicators such as the actual business situation, the constitution of the team, the learning progress of the team members and the feedback of the client are tracked. These indicators are fed back into an updated planning allowing for more accurate forecasts and giving a better basis for decision making. Presentation slides of "Better Plan TYPO3 Projects with Agile Estimating" Video of "Better Plan TYPO3 Projects with Agile Estimating" Agile Estimating - Better Project Management Agile Estimating is a methodology for project managers to better plan their projects in advance and to keep their planning up-to-date and accurate throughout the development process. Violeng Mam, head of the project managers team at Web Essentials and Dominik Stankowski, CEO of Web Essentials presented Agile Estimating at the TYPO3 Conference T3CON11 in Germany. 

Agile Estimating - Talk at T3CON11 in Frankfurt

The talk has been attended by a good number of participants and has triggered interesting discussions about the importance of solid project management. We believe that project management will become increasingly important in Web development projects as more and more websites are transitioning to Web applications and new technical complexities will have to be faced and overcome. New business requirements and better interoperability with other systems is going to put high demands on project teams. 

Agile Estimating - How It Works

In Agile Estimating, estimates of tasks are done on a relative basis using an independent unit instead of hours or days. As the team progresses on its tasks, indicators such as the actual business situation, the constitution of the team, the learning progress of the team members and the feedback of the client are tracked. These indicators are fed back into an updated planning allowing for more accurate forecasts and giving a better basis for decision making.  Presentation slides of "Better Plan TYPO3 Projects with Agile Estimating"
Video of "Better Plan TYPO3 Projects with Agile Estimating"]]> Announcements TYPO3 / Web Development Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:46:00 +0700