In addition to providing you with a powerful CMS platform, Ektron also has also built a complete services infrastructure that will ensure your project’s success. Each services engagement that Ektron takes on is different and will be tailored to meet the specific needs of the client. That said, Ektron’s comprehensive Web Project Methodology and RAMP strategy (Risk mitigation, Adoptability, Maintainability, Performance) guide every project, assuring predictable results.
From helping you with weighing design choices against risk to making sure that your Web site performs the way you want it to, the resources available to you at Ektron will guarantee that your site scales for the number of users, assets and content that will grow with it.
Building a Web site that gains user adoption quickly and is still maintainable is achievable with the right resources and strategy. By combining CMS400.NET, the services that Ektron can provide with it, RAMP and Ektron's proven methodology, you will have the right tools to make sure that your Web site is a success throughout its entire lifecycle.
Ektron Services
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 Best Practice Services
Ektron’s Best Practice Services (BPS) gives you access to Ektron solution engineers. These dedicated resources are intimately familiar with your Web project goals and have the expertise to make them a reality using Ektron CMS400.NET.
The objective for any BPS team is to ensure your success by becoming your on-call project expert. They understand your project goals and then aligning those aspirations with CMS400.NET capabilities and configuration options. BPS solution engineers can position a project for success by advising on best practice design and architecture decisions made during the Discovery phase of the Ektron Methodology.
After the Discovery phase is complete, Ektron BPS solution engineers can be contracted throughout the Implementation and Deployment phases of your project. When your project is deployed, solution engineers can also provide transitional help and security as completed projects go live and evolve towards maintenance and support considerations.
By ensuring that scalability and performance considerations are accounted for throughout the entire lifecycle of your Web project, Ektron’s BPS solution engineers can:
- Align your vision with the Ektron solution
- Mitigate risk in your project
- Develop a predictable and solid project plan
- Provide architectural guidance and template/code samples
- Assure your project is deployed on-time and on-budget
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 Implementation
By engaging Ektron to implement your whole project or just part of your Web site, expert application engineers will follow our proven Ektron Methodology to ensure the success of the project.
Application engineers are CMS400.NET expert developers and can be engaged to carry out your whole project from start to finish, executing our proven methodology to ensure a successful Web project. From the Discovery phase through the Web site going live, the Ektron Methodology that they follow, guided by the Ektron RAMP principles, ensures a project that will be successful over its entire lifecycle. The application engineers will:
- Help align your Web site’s needs with the CMS400.NET functionality that will be implemented (and build custom functionality as needed).
- Validate the Web project design.
- Integrate CMS400.NET seamlessly into your overall IT infrastructure.
- Completely build your site assuring its maintainability, scalability, performance and adoptability.
- Demo and test the Web site.
Application engineers can also be engaged to augment your development team on a temporary basis, supplementing your resources with CMS400.NET experts for critical stages of your implementation. Available on a time and materials basis, they can help in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:
- Assisting in deploying CMS400.NET, including importing existing data and assets.
- Integrating CMS400.NET into your overall IT infrastructure.
- Customizing CMS400.NET with the software development kit.
- Helping prototype and build custom applications.
Find out more about the Ektron methodology.
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Ektron offers a complete line of Web site hosting packages to suit the needs of every deployment, from enterprise-level to SMBs. Ektron Hosting’s secure facility will give you the peace-of-mind you get when your business critical applications are online and secure. The state-of-the-art data center includes:
- Top of the line brand name rack-mounted servers.
- Ektron Certified Developers and System Administrators.
- Flexible bandwidth options allow you to ramp up when needed.
- Live, U.S. based technical support.
- 24/7/365 network monitoring.
- Climate-controlled and secure data center.
- Redundant high-speed Internet backbone connections.
- Power backup contingencies.
Find out more about Ektron hosting.
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 Training
Ektron’s training offerings ensure your Web project’s success by making sure that your team receives the right level of training at the right stage of your Web project’s lifecycle. By attending classes at one of our training centers or taking advantage of an on-site session, you will assure successful deployment and end user adoption. Our commitment to giving you the necessary tools includes:
- Ektron Certified Developer training, a four day class that teaches how to extend CMS400.NET and best practices for your implementation.
- Ektron Certified System Administrator training, a two day session to give administrators a deep familiarity with all of the functions and features for running a CMS400.NET Web site.
- End User Training, an on-site session to help you overcome the last obstacle to a successful Web project: “End user adoption".
Find out more about Ektron training.
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