CommonSpot Hosting at CIT

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CommonSpot Hosting at CIT IT Architecture
Forum December 5, 2006
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• Agenda
• What is CommonSpot and why do I need it?
• Ok, I need it, but how do I get it?
• CITs Hosted Solution - Features and Benefits-
  Support structure- Infrastructure specs
• CommonSpot Sites at Cornell
• Questions?

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• I What is CommonSpot?
• Lower to mid-market CMS
• Fully integrated web content manager
• Cross-platform
• Web-based user interface
• WYSIWYG editor
• Template inheritance
• Granular security
• Workflow management
• Extensibility with ColdFusion and Web services
• Integrates easily into CU Kerberos
• Campus-wide Site license paid by CIT
• Units can run their own installations

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• I and why do I need it?
• Ask yourself these questions
• Do I need a site redesign?
• Do I need a structured, consistent, and dynamic
  website?
• Does my College or Department already use
  CommonSpot?
• Do I have many distributed authors and many
  different skill sets?
• Do I have limited technical and programming
  resources?
• If you answered yes to most of these questions,
  then you would
• benefit from using CommonSpot.

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• II. Ok, I need it, but how do I get it?
• Host your own - Server OS (Windows, Solaris,
  Linux)- Web server (IIS, Apache, etc.)-
  ColdFusion (MX 6/7, Enterprise edition)-
  Database (Oracle, SQL Server, mySQL)- Download
  the software and request license keys
• Contract with CIT
• Use a third-party (site-license doesnt apply)

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• III. CITs Hosted Solution
• Why use centralized hosting?
• Lower cost than managing your own infrastructure
• Focus on application development versus
  infrastructure
• Consistency across applications and operating
  systems
• Standardized and monitored environments
• Clustered and backed up Test and Prod
  environments
• Collaborative User Groups
• What are the trade-offs?
• Loss of some granular control, such as the
  standard set of tools and software deployed by
  CIT
• Follow upgrade schedule
• Shared environment

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• III. CITs Hosted Solution (cont.)
• Support structure include support teams across
  all of CIT
• Network Comm. Services Network and bandwidth
• NOC 24/7 monitoring and support
• Systems Operations Unix servers, OS, SAN,
  backup
• DBA Oracle database servers
• Identity/Security Permits and Auth/Z
• Information Systems Application,
  Infrastructure, and Middleware operational
  support
• Actuate, Fedora, FirstLogic, Formscape, KFront,
  PeopleSoft, SALSA, uPortal, WebMethods, Workflow,
  etc
• CommonSpot, Static Web, ColdFusion, TomCat, Brio
• Integrated Web Services (IWS)
• Web site consulting, design, and testing
  services
• CommonSpot and ColdFusion expertise

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• III. CITs Hosted Solution (cont.)
• Support structure (cont.)
• Dedicated Product Manager from CIT
• CIT training and workshops for Content
  Contributors
• Onsite vendor training for Admins and Developers
• Website and mailing list
• www.commonspot.cornell.edu
• Commonspot-L_at_cornell.edu
• Special Interest Group coordinated by users
• Peer institutions
• Vendor sponsored Educational Forums
• Customer sponsored mailing list
• commonspot_at_chattyfig.figleaf.com

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• III. CITs Hosted Solution (cont.)
• Infrastructure Specifications
• What do we use to run CommonSpot?
• 4 Unix Servers (2 Prod, 2 Test)
• Solaris 9
• Apache 1.3.29
• ColdFusion MX 7
• Dedicated Oracle 10g server
• SAN and TSM

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• IV. CommonSpot Sites at Cornell (over 15)
• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
• College of Engineering
• College of Human Ecology
• College of Industrial and labor Relations
• CommonSpot _at_ Cornell
• Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise, and
  Commercialization
• Cornell Law School
• Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Institute for Community College Development
• IT Managers Council
• Mann Library
• Office of Government and Community Relations
• Public Services Administration for CUL
• School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• School of Operations Research and Industrial
  Engineering
• Transition to Fatherhood

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• IV. CommonSpot Sites at Cornell (coming soon)
• Academic Technology Center
• Academic Technology Services and User Support
• Cornell's Alumni-Student Mentoring Program
• Cornell Genomics Initiative
• Cornell Software Licensing Services
• Cornell Teaching and Learning Consortium
• Integrated Web Services
• Inter-Campus Affairs
• Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• Veterinary Library
• And others
• Your site?

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V. Questions? ? Contact Information Nathan
Reimer 255-9930 nr52_at_cornell.edu commonspot.cornel
l.edu