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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