DotNetNuke Co-Founder Shaun Walker shares "Effective Strategies for Evaluating and Eeploying Open Source Content Management Tools" at the Gilbane Conference 2010 in San Francisco

1. Gilbane San Francisco 2010 T8. Open Source Tools That are Changing the Content Technology Landscape

2. Presenter Shaun Walker CTO DotNetNuke Corporation - 18 years professional experience in architecting and implementing enterprise software solutions for private and public sector organizations. - Creator of DotNetNuke, a Web Content Management Platform for ASP.NET which is the largest and most successful Open Source community project native to the Microsoft platform.| - Served as a founding Director for CodePlex Foundation, a non-profit foundation created by Microsoft for enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities.

3. Agenda Effective strategies for evaluating and deploying Open Source Content Management Tools

5. Share many common characteristics but also differ in many fundamental ways

7. Simple acquisition

8. Large accessible user base

9. Flexible and customizable … do they deliver?

11. “Libre” vs “Gratis”

12. GPL

13. BSD

14. Dual Licensing

15. Open Core

17. Do you possess in-house resources which are skilled with the technology utilized by the CMS?

19. Pro: Evolves rapidly, embraces new trends, high level of user influence

20. Con: Not always predictable, roadmap not always clear or even available

21. Organic vs. Commercial open source

23. Utilizes modern client-side capabilities to create a rich interactive user experience

24. Most common tasks readily available, less common tasks reserved for power users

25. New users come up to speed quickly and require minimal training

27. Supports the most common web design tools

28. Has a variety of templates available which can be utilized or customized

29. Has adequate documentation describing the design process

31. Allows for deep integration with other systems

32. Professional software development tools are available and cost effective

33. Are there many resources available or is the skillset specialized?

35. Terminology: Extensions, Plug-Ins, Modules, Widgets

36. Free vs. Commercial Licensing

37. Does the deployment model require IT involvement?

38. Does a certification program exist?

39. Is the volume and quality of extensions increasing?

41. Provides the ability to scale-up or scale-out based on your needs

43. Allows for security groups or roles to be defined

44. Has a rich permissions model which provides granular administrative rights to users

45. Supports multiple authentication systems

46. Includes full auditing of all changes in the system

48. Has a central hub where community members can interact with one another

49. Offers community support services through discussion forums or wikis

51. Commercial support options are also available

52. Does the SLA match your business requirements?

54. Has a strong leadership team which has demonstrated strategic vision and has the confidence of the community