WordPress in the enterprise - can it work?
- 1. WordCamp Portsmouth UK presented
- 2. WordUp Edinburgh presents A slightly less spectacular Enterprise
- 4. Core Competencies Development Maintenance Support Security Governance What is Enterprise Our definition in WordPress world – Is when more than one person taking on responsibility for the core competencies
- 5. Challenges with WordPress in the Enterprise Integration (Authentication) Skills gaps (servers, PHP, Apache, WordPress) Multiple separate teams (Governance multi-level, time constraints) Trust in Open Source (Windows generation) Security (Hacking) Managing expectations (Quick results bring increased demand) Supporting it (when you separate dev from support) Quality Control (Themes, Plugins)
- 6. Enablers Simple single sign-on (SSSO) Small agile core teams Slower upgrade cycles External support Third party products (Woothemes, WPMU Dev) Training Room to play Quick results
- 7. Ongoing issues Cost shifts from platform to building core competencies Great benefits come from the flexibility of WordPress but enterprise demand control
- 8. Challenging times Smaller more agile delivery teams Blue Sky Labs Commitment to Open Source Pick your fights Credit: Conservative Party
- 9. Flexibility Control
- 10. How do we bridge the gap? Enterprise Support Separate security patches from functional upgrades Trusted repositories (Themes &Plug-in) Support legacy releases (Ubuntu Model?)
- 11. Ubuntu Approach
- 12. Does WordPress want the Enterprise ?
Editor's Notes
- #2: Most people use WordPress to provide them or their organisation with a web presence. This session takes a look at some examples of how people use WordPress within their organisations, where the intended audience is internal people. Estimated timings: Intro: 5 mins Theme 1: use case examples – 20 mins Theme 2: challenges – 15 mins Theme 3: where next? – 10 mins