2011 will see the first stable release of Symfony2. It's development has drawn much attention already in the community and many of its protagonists have moved on from symfony 1 to Symfony 2. When speaking about this new framework all discussions immediately get technical. You will hear about performance, caching, security and many more topics. However from a business point of view you have to ask yourself if the move is really paying off. * What are the costs of moving to Symfony 2? * What can you achieve with it that you could not achieve before? * How will the use of it enhance your production process? Being amazed by technological progress is one thing but in the end you have to earn money for a living. This session will try to help you answering the question if switching to Symfony 2 is a good decision for your situation.

1. how your business can benefit from Symfony2 an attempt to understand the business value of using the Symfony2 framework

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7. the lower costs Some rights reserved by zubrow http://flic.kr/p/9pmsyM

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15. put order to the buzz words Some rights reserved by Attila con la cámara http://flic.kr/p/8FbVSr

16. put order to the buzz words reliability extendability scalablity performance usability compatibility stability simplicity productivity support reusability simplicity productivity openness reusability reliability extendability scalablity performance compatibility stability reliability extendability scalablity performance usability save time better result save resources lower price happier client

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22. Symfony2 Symfony2 is really fast! Symfony2 uses very little memory! Symfony2 adds very little overhead to your code. helping you build much better products ! so. there you go. use Symfony2. thanks for listening!

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