1) What is the partnership agreement between DotNetNuke Corp. and Telerik?
DotNetNuke Corp. and Telerik have entered into an OEM agreement in which Telerik’s RadControls ASP.NET AJAX will be integrated into the DotNetNuke platform. The Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX will provide developers with a richer toolset for developing dynamic, engaging user interfaces in the DotNetNuke platform. DotNetNuke Community Edition users will be able to develop using RadControls through standard user interface extensions provided in the DotNetNuke platform. DotNetNuke Professional Edition customers will receive a development license for Telerik RadControls which allows their developers to develop using the full toolset within their instance of DotNetNuke Professional Edition. Professional Edition content editors will also benefit from the Telerik RadEditor which provides more flexibility and additional features for editing web site content.
2) How does this partnership benefit DotNetNuke Corp.?
The addition of Telerik RadControls will increase the functionality of the DotNetNuke web content management system and application development framework and provide a richer toolset for web developers. DotNetNuke Professional Edition customers will realize significantly more benefits including development rights for the RadControls toolset by their developers working within their Professional Edition licensed instance. The standard list price for the Telerik RadControls toolset is $999 per year per developer. Professional Edition customers will also benefit from new content editing features in the RadEditors rich text editor which is only available in the Professional Edition.
3) How does this partnership benefit Telerik?
Telerik Web Controls will be distributed with every DotNetNuke Community and Professional Edition download, providing Telerik with exposure to the large and growing community of DotNetNuke developers.
4) How does the addition of Telerik RadControls impact pricing for the DotNetNuke Professional Edition?
Pricing for the DotNetNuke Professional and Enterprise Editions are unchanged based on this agreement. Professional and Enterprise Edition subscriptions will now include full development rights to Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX for developers working within the licensed Professional/Enterprise Edition instance. Telerik RadControls developer licenses are normally priced at $999 per year per developer.
5) Will Telerik RadControls also be made available to developers of the DotNetNuke Community Edition?
Community Edition developers will have more limited access to the Telerik RadControls than Professional Edition developers. Community Edition developers will not have full developer license rights to use the Telerik RadControls toolset. Community Edition developers will only be able to develop though standard user interface extensions provided with the core DotNetNuke platform.
6) Telerik also provides SiteFinity, a content management system. Isn’t SiteFinity competitive to DotNetNuke? Why partner with a competitor?
While both DotNetNuke and SiteFinity are in the Web Content Management System market, the two do not compete directly. As the leading ASP.NET AJAX user interface technology, Telerik RadControls was the optimal choice for enhancing the DotNetNuke platform, allowing developers to create more dynamic, interactive experiences for visitors to DotNetNuke web sites.