Ektron implementation partner, Consultix, discusses the services it offers for the Ektron platform, with examples and case studies

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CONSULTIX INTRO

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Well known International Brands served by Consultix

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CONSULTIX – COMPANY BACKGROUND
Established in 1994
Focussed on international digital projects
of large organizations
Cooperation with agency partners and customers
Departments:
- Data Center
- Digital: Web- / CRM- / Social Media
- Software Development
More than 50 well motivated employees
Experienced & certified developers and
data centre administrators

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Consultix Certificates, Memberships and Partners
Marketing
Data Protection

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Consultix Certificates, Memberships and Partners
Technology
Development and Hosting
Internet

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Hosting Websites
>90 countries
Regular deployments
Frequent content changes
Consultix global CDN Network

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Ektron Experience
Deep understanding of Ektron
Comprehensive understanding of CMS Systems and Web
Long history of C# and .NET Developments
Certified Ektron teams
Multilingual and integrated
Experienced Digital Marketing Project Managers
High availability data center and hosting
Support 24x7

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THE EKTRON PROJECT

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Marketing Website for B2B and B2C
Background
- Customer from financial sector is a market leader in online payments
- Keeps information private and protected
- Goal to create multilingual websites with personal data stored in the EU
- Integrated ProCampaign 360° CRM with Ektron
Goals
- Global websites
- Multilingual
- Dual language countries
- Responsive design
- Hosting of personal data in the EU (Germany)
- Compliance with EU privacy law
- “Need-to-know-principle” only authorized team members have access to personal data
- Hosting in ISO 27001 certified datacenter that supports highest security standards

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Marketing Website for B2B and B2C
Challenges
- High data protection requirements
- High security requirements
Results
- Daily penetration tests to ensure maximum security
- EuroPriSe certified CRM tool ProCampaign
- Successfully achieved all goals
Why Ektron CMS?
- .NET Development
- Flexible system
- Staging system
- Designed for Mission Critical Applications
- Deliver multichannel experiences
- Integration with CDN
- Integration with ProCampaign

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THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Why Data Protection & Security is so important

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Personal Data Breaches Hit Industry

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Recent Scandals – Snowden and more…
Privacy scandals
shock internet
community

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The Guardian
The Guardian

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CASE GERMANY
Data Protection Law

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Managers Personal Liability for Breaches
EU law rules data protection
EU countries have to adopt data protection law
Some countries have restrictive data protection law
Germany is very restrictive and has a clear framework
Management personally liable (even for Ltd’s)
Companies forced to inform consumers about breaches

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Personal Liability Of Management
CEOs, General Managers and key
personnel are personally liable for
breaches. There are no limitations /
Directors & Officers Insurance does
not cover liability.

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Data Protection Compliance Pre-audit Required
Source: Der IT Rechtsberater – Informationsdienst für die EDV-, Multimedia- und TK- rechtliche
Beratungspraxis, February 2012, p. 45
Not doing the pre-audit or not doing the
pre-audit successfully might result in a
penalty of up to 50,000 €.

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Obligation to Notify in Case of Unlawful Access to Data
In case of a breach informing the
consumers by public advertisements of at
least one-half page in at least two national
daily newspapers is required

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THE SOLUTION FOR
ADVANCED DATA
PROTECTION FOR
MARKETING WEBSITES

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Strict separation of personal data and CMS data
Hosting of personal data
Personal Data
CMS Data Personal Data
Data Exchange through API

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Atomic Shelter - Data Center Launch 2013
2 meter concrete walls and roof
Resistant against aeroplane crashes
Advanced fire resistance
Green cooling certification for launch

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Access control by iris-recognition
Video monitoring
Fire protection by Novek 1230 gas
Security & data protection audits
Services monitoring
Information security management system
High Availability Data Center
100 Gigabit/s fiber optic cabling
Cisco powered network incl. firewall,
virtualization and load balancers
Intrusion prevention system & firewall
Redundancy for core components
Dual power plus emergency power supply
via batteries and power generator

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New Tier4++ Atomic Shelter Data Center 2013
Tier4 standard with N+2 distribution paths
and additional safety
2 meter concrete walls and roof
Resistant against aeroplane crashes
Advanced fire resistance
Oxygen reduction inside server rooms
for prevention against fire
Fully redundant main distribution area
Cisco Nexus data center switches
>1000 10 Gigabit ports deployed
10 Gbit/s used for Ethernet and SAN
Energy efficiency with PUE under 1.1

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Data Center Floors (5 Available)

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Ektron Experience
Deep understanding of Ektron
Comprehensive understanding of CMS systems and Web
Long history of C# and .NET Developments
Certified Ektron teams
Experienced Digital Marketing Project Managers
Multilingual and integrated teams
Support 24x7 if required

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Premium IP Transit Global Reach

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Consultix Global CDN Content Delivery Network
Consultix CDN network main locations

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Well integrated with hosting
Content preloading / Push
Transparent caching / Pull
Honors origin server headers
Sets caching headers
Allow for GZIP, Custom CNAMEs,
HTTPS, Logs,
CDN Overview
Consultix is ISO27001 certified
Centrally managed by Consultix
Clean customers served
Clean IP addresses improve Google ranking
Cisco Global Site Selector & load balancers
Special setups for SiteCore, Ektron and other
leading CMS systems

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Certified Data Protection
Consultix has appointed datenschutz nord as the Data Protection Officer.
In addition Consultix teams up with datenschutz nord in these areas:
Best practices for data protection
Regular penetration tests weekly
Certification / validation of software
Security audits by accredited auditors
Data protection audits for ProCampaign CRM
Coordination with public data protection authorities
Certification by EuroPriSe, ULD, and TÜV in progress
And more…
Planned for new DC

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Ektron Hosting Variants
Content authoring servers
Content delivery servers
Database servers
Original Intel rack servers
8 Core to 32 Core (HT) Dedicated server
or cloud setup
6GB RAM to 256GB RAM
1 Gbit/s to 10Gbit/s network interfaces
High performance disk IO (>100.000 IOPS)
Managed operating system with
virus scanner, backup + traffic
Intrusion prevention system package
CDN network package

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Contact Persons Consultix
Andres Dickehut (General Manager)
Tel: +49 (421) 333 88-0
Andres.Dickehut@Consultix.net