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Working with Technology Seminar
Technology Platforms
& Decision Criteria (overview)
VINOGRADOVO, October 9-10 2013
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• Technology and Digital Asset Management• Content Delivery/Distribution Network• About a particular platform and its features
Agenda: This session is not about
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1.Purpose of a Platform
2.Planning Process and Decision Criteria
3.Open Source vs Proprietary Software Platforms
4.Major Open Source Platforms comparison
Agenda: What we will cover?
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What is a technology platform?
General definition:
Technology platform is a term for technology that enables the creation of products and processes that support present or future development.
Source: Wikipedia®
Definition related to computing platforms:
Platform is an underlying computer system on which application programs can run.
Source: TechTarget
Definition related to digital publishing:
A set of tools that faciliates to create and provide a reliable, affordable and easy to use way to develop, maintain and grow your web presence.
Decision criteria – preliminary questions:
What is your current situation of your online operations?
How you're going to deploy the site?
Do you have competence to decide on technology, platform, framework, etc?
Do you have the right people?
Always consider how easy it’ll be to move to another platform (or another vendor) once you outgrow your first one.
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Decision criteria – selection process overview
Briefing with staff
Prioritized features list
Evaluation
Business considerations
Vendor considerations
Technical considerations
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Decision criteria: Technical considerations
Infrastructure
Scalability
Integration
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Decision criteria: Technical considerations
Infrastructure Scalability Integration System Requirements Security Support Ease of Use Management Interoperability Flexibility Built-in Apps/Plugins
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Decision criteria: Business considerations
What is included in a set-up/ implementation fee?
Project Management Functional Specification Information Architecture
(structure and hierachy) Sketches/Mock-ups/Wire-Frames Web Design HTML/CSS coding of design System set up Customization Testing Approval Training
What is included in a regular monthly fee?
Hosting/Connection (SLA) Upgrades/Maintenance Bug fixing Change requests New features development Support
• Upgrade & Update Services• Support Availability• Critical Software Non-
Conformance• Response/Resolution Time• System & Network Availability
What is excluded?
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Outsourced development and deployment
Decision criteria: Business considerations
Proprietary software- means the company that developed the software owns the software and no one may duplicate it or distribute it without that company's permission
Developed by closed group/ companySold to clients – many different ways of licensingMay not distribute, copy or modifyNo access to source code15 – 20% maintenance fee to access patches, support
Open source software- is free to use and provides the original source code used to create it, so anyone can modify according to needs.
Developed by group of geographically distributed developers, mostly for no payCan be copied, modified, redistributed, incorporated in other OSS apps freelySome vendors charge for distributing it (like Redhat Linux)Use of open standards allows broader interoperabilityNo vendor lock-in – can swap out OSS with greater easePlatform independence
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Which one better fits your needs?
Decision criteria: Open Source Pros & Cons?
PROS
A ready made communityCommunity driven = community servingNo licence costsNo vendor lock inInfinitely customizableInvestment is typically in training staff rather than a third party - staff development!
CONS
Fear of no-one to blame No vendor guarantees Project folding is more common than vendor foldingOpen source may be incompatible with other deployed softwareProprietary software is often more feature richDocumentation quality is variable
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Decision criteria: Product evalution
1.Does your company have a technology preference? (.NET, Java, PHP, Python, ...)
2.Do you care if the solution will be purchased via a commercial license or via an open source license model? (commercial, commercial/community open source)
3.Do you care if the solution will be installed on your enterprise servers or provided as a hosted service? (On-premise or SaaS delivery models)
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Decision criteria: The most popular features of a CMS platform
WYSIWYG editor
SEO
Media management
Templates
Plugins
Social media extensions
Statistics
Link management
Content syndication
Workflow/Different user levels
Versioning/Archiving
System updates
Content Scheduling
Discussion / Forum
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Open Source CMS Comparison
Source: OpenXcell Technolabs
Open Source CMS Comparison
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CMSs by their Popularity meter
Source: OpenXcell Technolabs
Comparison: Functionality & Easy of use
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Source: OpenXcell Technolabs
Commercial platforms popular in Russia & Ukraine
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1С-Битрикс - http://www.1c-bitrix.ru NetCat - http://netcat.ru/ UMI.CMS - http://www.umi-cms.ru Amiro.CMS - http://www.amiro.ru HostCMS - http://hostcms.ru ABO.CMS - http://abocms.ru Twinlight CMS - http://www.twl.ru Informica - http://www.webway.ru/services/informica/ (and many others ...)
Comparison online: http://www.cmslist.ru/find_cms/
Most popular CMS in Russia and Ukraine
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Useful Links in Russian and English
WordPress CMS на русском языкеhttp://ru.wordpress.org/ Joomla CMS на русском языкеhttp://joomla.ru Drupal CMS на русском языкеhttp://www.drupal.ru Бесплатные CMS системыhttp://bestfreecms.ru/stati/ Oбзор рынка систем управления
контентомhttp://www.cmslist.ru ПРЕИМУЩЕСТВА И НЕДОСТАТКИ CMS
1С БИТРИКС (BITRIX)http://seopure.ru/1s-bitriks/preimushhestva-i-nedostatki-cms-1s-bitriks-bitrix/ Системы класса Content Manager
Systemhttp://www.bestreferat.ru/referat-210409.html Плюсы и минусы использования CMS
(ЦМС)http://alsites.ru/2013/05/plyusyi-i-minusyi-
ispolzovaniya-cms/
• Try out open source products online with full admin access
http://www.opensourcecms.com• CMS Comparison: Drupal, Joomla and
Wordpress
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/cms-comparison-drupal-joomla-and-wordpress
• Choosing an open-source CMS
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236648/
• 2013 Best CMS Comparisons and Reviews
http://cms-software-review.toptenreviews.com/• Why The Washington Post
Uses WordPress (video)
http://wordpress.tv/2013/07/29/yuri-victor-why-the-washington-post-uses-wordpress/
• When Editors Design: Controlling Presentation In Structured Content
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/06/26/controlling-presentation-in-structured-content/
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