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WordPressPeter SlutskyDirector of Platform ServicesAutomattic

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The WordPress EcosystemSelf-hosted

• Runs on your servers

• Complete control over the code and experience

• “With great power comes great responsibility”

WordPress.com• Largest WordPress

site in the world• Self-service + easy

setup• SaaS: we run the

infrastructure

VIP• Best of both worlds• All of the benefits of

WordPress.com + ability to run your own custom code

• Support and collaboration with VIP’s team of engineers

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• Founded in 2005 to create a new generation of online publishing tools.

• Products include WordPress.com, WordPress.com VIP, Akismet, VaultPress, VideoPress, and more.

• 170+ employees around the globe, providing 24/7 user and systems support.

• Our products reach over half a billion people every month

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Core Philosophy

Rapid iteration:

3 major releases every year + easy

upgrades

Extensible: customize via themes and

plugins

Robust APIs: easily integrate

with other services

Open: you own your data and

code

WordPress:simple and elegant,

but also powerful and flexible

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Most Popular CMS on the Web

22% of all new,active domains

100,000 new WordPresses

every day

+60 million WordPress websites

Huge communityof service providers,

web hosts, developers, designers, etc.+25k plugins,

+1500 themes

Powers 18+%of the web

= 1 in 6 websites

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WordPress: Enterprise CMS

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Blog Platform vs. CMS• Customize Data: you decide what your data looks like• Multi-Author: flexible roles and permissions• Multisite: run ‘N’ websites on a single codebase and user

system

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Integration• APIs: XML-RPC and REST• Plugins: Active Directory/LDAP, Salesforce, Adobe

SiteCatalyst, Brightcove, and thousands more• Social: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn, and more• VIP Featured Partner Program

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Scalability• Highly scalable in terms of traffic and volume• Built-in Caching, developer tools for further optimization• WordPress.com:• 4 billion page views/month• 500k posts every day• 400k comments every day• Single install of WordPress

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Security• Thousands of organizations with a vested interest in

making WordPress secure• Highly secure: full code reviews by core team, and

testing by US government, financial institutions, etc.• Upgrades make it easy to always be running the latest

and greatest WordPress• VaultPress: realtime back-ups and security monitoring

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Mobile• WordPress apps for all major mobile devices• Responsive Design• Mobile-optimized themes• Power your apps with WordPress

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WordPress.com VIP Services• Support and cloud hosting for enterprise WordPress sites• High availability: thousands of servers, 12 data centers• Full code reviews for optimization and security feedback• Unlimited 24/7 support for critical issues• Unlimited support for code review / best practices / advice on

plugins as part of VIP Developer Support• Unlimited traffic, unlimited bandwidth, and unlimited storage,

including our CDN

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Spotlight: Government

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Spotlight: Media

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Peter SlutskyTITLE: Director of Platform Services

EMAIL: ps@automattic.comPHONE: 215-913-0403TWITTER: @pslutsky

WEBSITE: www.vip.wordpress.com

Thanks!

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