Is Plone still a serious knowledge- and communication process-management solution for professional enterprise applications? Since 2006 the author is using the system to collect, manage and archive enterprise related informations both for his own customer related business sectors and offering consulting for customer applications as well. Enterprise communication solutions have changed over time from pull medias like intranets and extranets doing enterprise grade security content-management (ECM) to current social communication solutions interacting with the generation facebook, twitter and beyond in various ways. There are bigger challenges than managing the content and the website representation. User interfaces for the next generation devices and migration of your services to the upcoming followup technologies are challenging the usability of your current systems for the next five to ten years. The talk will point out for decisionmakers why the Plone system architecture is: Good for the user and integrator – Good for the organisation – Good for the developer. See the recording of the talk on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/110647549

2. Plone takes your
content into the future!
Armin Stroß-Radschinski
Plone Conference 2014
Bristol

3. about me
Armin Stroß-Radschinski
industrial designer
information architect
dinosaur digital native
power user
part time developer
using Plone since 2002
Companies: acsr & evenios
Troisdorf, Germany near Cologne

4. about me
Armin Stroß-Radschinski
Case:
Using Plone to
collect, manage and archive
enterprise related informations.
Focus:
Customer project related
workflows for longtime & secure
publishing over networks.

5. about Plone
• Content Management System
• Webbrowser Frontend UI
• Enterprise Grade
• Workflow Aware from Ground up
• Object Oriented

6. Create and Present
• authoring of complex
content over a network
• create, store,
share and retrieve
• presentation logic & workflow is
setting Plone apart from simpler CMS

7. Content Lifecycle
Change over time needs workflow…
• migrate in / or create, aggregate
• develop & evolve
• hide and keep in archive
• migrate out
• delete
acsr, Armin Stroß-Radschinski – CC-BY-SA 3.0

8. Enterprise
Communication
• Telegraph
• Phone
• Telex
• Fax
• E-Mail
• Smartphones & Tablets
Solutions have
changed over
time
"Boswell Bay White Alice Communications System Site - Tropospheric
Antennas" by Rob Stapleton - Public domain

9. Enterprise
Communication
Predicted
in StarTrek
1966
Star-Trek – Fan Work – Fair use

10. Enterprise
Communication
• Enterprise Grade CMS
(ECM)
• Intranets & Extranets
are Pull Media
Talk with
your system…
Star-Trek – Fair use

11. Next Generation
• Interacting with generation
facebook, twitter and beyond
• Bigger challenges
• User interfaces for
Next Generation Devices
fair use

12. Next Generation
• Transformation of Services
• Followup Technologies
• UX – The Usability Challenge
acsr Armin Carl Stroß-Radschinski – CC-BY 3.0

13. Next Generation
• Can your system survive the
next five up to ten years?
Horizon 2020
NASA – Public domain

14. What Plone did
and still can do!
• Build on Solid Base Technologies
• Unique System-Architecture
• Extraordinary Useful
• Change and Adapt over Time
• Evolving in this Kind
NASA – Public domain

15. What makes Plone
standing out…
• Object Structure
• Finegrained Access Rules
• Impressing Security Record
• Flexible Workflows
• SEO Friendly
"RedDwarfNASA-hue-shifted" by NASA/Walt
FeimerDerivative, transformed by acsr – Public domain

16. The users side
of the game…
„Start with the Needs.“
„Build Digital Services not Websites.“
„Make the Users Want to Be Architects.“
Paul Downey – CC-BY 2.0

17. The users side
of the game…
• Customizing the System
• Just by Configuration
• Without Touching the Codebase
Paul Downey – CC-BY 2.0

18. The users side
of the game…
• Reproduceable Setups
• Similar Instances
inside of One Organisation
• Make Users
Know the System
Paul Downey – CC-BY 2.0

19. The Power of
Workflows
For Content Authors
by Integrators
• Properly Implemented
• Do the Hard Work to Make it Simple
Paul Downey – CC-BY 2.0

20. Organisations
need to…
• Offer Content
in Different Representations
• Multichannel Publication
acsr, Armin Stroß-Radschinski – CC-BY-SA 3.0

21. Adapt & Transform
• Adapt new Trends – in
Electronic Communication
• Adapt Existing Solutions
• Transform How They Act
• Transform How They
Use Media
Paul Downey – CC-BY 2.0

22. Plone has it…
• a Security Proven Core
• a Lot of Base Functionality
• in High Quality Modules
• High Level Quality
Add-On Packages
• Its Own "App" Culture
Anja Osenbergl – pixabay CC0 Public Domain

23. Developers Want a
Simple Solution!
•Easy to Develop…
•…but Not Too Simple
Emilian Robert Vicol – pixabay CC0 Public Domain

24. Plone Community
• Well Known for Expertise
• Knowing to Deal with Big Clusters
• Holding Tons of Data
• High Availability
• Long Term Support
Nanoscience High-Performance Computing Facility (Carbon)
Argonne National Laboratory, CC 2.0 by-nc-sa

25. Plone ecosystem
• Make this Happen
• Using Eeading Edge Agile Processes
• Technologies to Keep Quality
• Refactor Code at Top Level
"Steel construction" by Vhanepfu
Own work. CC-SA 4.0

26. Crucial for the
Success of Plone…
• Testing
• Continous integration
• Professional Deployment
• Adjusting the Roadmap
"James Webb Primary Mirror" by
NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham - Public domain

27. Crucial for the
Success of Plone…
• Drive New Approaches
• Start with Custom Design Concepts
„NASA Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle“ by NASA - Public domain

28. Crucial for the
Success of Plone…
• Using the Modular Code Structure
• Replace Technology Under the Hood
• Migrate to Mainstream Standards Later
"Tesla Motors Model S base" by Oleg Alexandrov - Praca własna. CC-BY-SA 3.0

29. Put Your Content Into Plone
• Adjusting Lifecycles
• Migrate as Needed
• Exit Strategies Included!
acsr, Armin Stroß-Radschinski – CC-BY-SA 3.0

30. Plone 5 is
the Future…
• New User Interface
Screenshot & infographic 2014 by Plone Foundation, Irene Capatti et al, CC-BY

31. Plone 5 is
the Future…
• New User Interface
Screenshots & Topics inspired by Maurizio Delmonte, abstract.it

32. Plone 5 is
the Future…
• New User Interface
• Enhanced
Content Management
Screenshots & Topics inspired by Maurizio Delmonte, abstract.it

33. Plone 5 is
the Future…
• New User Interface
• Enhanced
Content Management
• User Management
and Security
Screenshots & Topics inspired by Maurizio Delmonte, abstract.it

34. Plone 5 is
the Future…
• New User Interface
• Enhanced
Content Management
• User Management
and Security
• Plugin Development
Made Easy
• Excellent Documentation
& Training Available
Gerd Altmann – pixabay CC0 Public Domain

35. The Plone Intranet
Consortium is
Part of the Game…
• Build on Top of Plone
• Professionally Funded
• 100% Open Source
• Digital Workplace
Technology
• Foundation for
Professional Services
"Steel construction" by Vhanepfu
Own work. CC-SA 4.0

36. Plone Takes Your Content
Into the Future!
• You are Not Alone!
• Nobody Knows Where We Are Then.
• But We Are There and Under Way!

37. Thank You!