drupal enterprise solutions reduce total cost of ownership (tco)
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● Tom's work experience & projects● What and why TCO?● TCO break-down● What is Drupal?● Who uses Drupal ● Why Drupal is trusted as appropriate
solution for Enterprise
Program
Consultant, Web Strategy at RICHLTD.com● 2.000 unique visitors in 2008 to over 15.000 in 2011● Drupal webmaster, Design, Content marketing, CRM
Export Consultant at Vinapackingfilms.com● Build Drupal based website and inbound marketing strategies● From 0 to 7 containers exported monthly in 2012
Marketing Director at JoomlArt.com● Content strategy, Company Blog serving 250k site members● Branding, Communication and Positioning as global player
● Drupal consulting and development agency● Dedicated specialized Drupal teams● Drupal based products and professional support
Today: Geekpolis
Up-front software costs only make up a small percentage of Total Cost of Ownership. Most costs are hidden.
- Gartner Group
Total Cost of Ownership (software)
Short Vision Leads to ...
Short sighted Boss?
... all of the obvious costs and all the hidden costs of ownership across the full life cycle
Total Cost of Ownership (software)
Typical Scenarios & Objectives
● Start with publishing expert content● Integration with social media● Build community around a brand● Add multiple domains with consistent brand
communication, go Multi-lingual● Scale with the growth of community size● Extend with e-commerce ● No dependency on vendor & technology● Adopting Agile to Business (react to
changing environments)
Full Costs Break Down during product life cycle
1. Selection2. Acquisition3. Operation4. Change Management5. Replacement
IF CIOs / CTOs cannot make proper comparisons between different technologies, strategies and solutions
Incompetence of Tech Advisors
What could happen if we make bad buying decisions?
● Lost of opportunity (cost)● Lost of quality (any guarantee offered?)● Lack of security (data lost)● Incompatibility with new emerging systems● Expensive reparation● Expensive replacement● ...
Cost for reparation
Drupal is designed to reduceEnterprise-TCO
What's so special about Drupal?
US Government loves Drupal
Who else uses Drupal?
Academics love Drupal
Benefits using Drupal for Enterprise
Drupal core:● Evolution since 2001● 1000+ core developers● Multi-site● Web Services● Flexible content modeling (fields)● Referencing system● Categorization● Roles & Permissions, Access Management● Semantic Web
Active Community
● 650k+ members on Drupal.org● 15k + developers● 1k core developers● 100k attendees yearly on Drupal events
Collaborative Innovation● 8000+ free modules● 1000s themes available● since 2001
Engineered Modular Architecture
Benefits for Enterprise
● Proven large scale deployments● Strong security, 35 dedicated developers● 2 big annual international conferences,
thousands of regional camps & meetups (Drupal Hanoi Meetup regular)
● Great SEO● Integration with other technologies, services
Summary
● As CIOs/CTOs make cost/benefit analysis with TCO and select right solutions
● Consider whole cost of software during complete product life cycle.
● Purchase of software is only about 10% of total (ICEBERG)
● Drupal is a trusted solution for Enterprise and Government to reduce TCO