In this package, we bring the best of what GoogleApps offer in terms of
Corporate/Enterprise email/messaging solution (using GMail, GTalk [Video/Audio/Text chat], and Google Calendar) and collaboration technology (using Google Docs, Google Video and Google Sites)
and what Drupal, the top Open Source Content Management System (CMS), offers in terms of
Corporate Portals complete with Blogs, Wikis, Forums, OpenID integration, RSS Syndication, Knowledge Management tools, and a platform for time, resource, and project management. Its your complete Document and Knowledge Management platform as well as an Intranet and Internet Corporate portal.
Why the combination?
Both the platforms bring powerful tools and integration APIs that can integrate with other applications that you may have in areas of CRM, Business Intelligence, Hiring and Employee Management platforms.
We can integrate the power of both these applications to provide your company with a solution that is robust, powerful, flexible and scalable for your growing needs.
PACKAGES
Hosted Solution
- Install, configure and custom theme* your Drupal Solution and provide the services under the "Drupal" section
- Configure your GoogleApps and provide the list of services listed under "Google Apps" section
- We will host your Drupal solution on dedicated servers (2 GB/250 GB w- bandwidth 1500GB on Centos 64 Bit lInux OS) and handle the maintenance
- Unlimited Technical Support through Email, Helpdesk, and Chat
USD 500 per month (minimum 1 year contract) + Set up fee USD 250
On your Servers
- Install, configure and custom theme* your Drupal Solution and provide the services under the "Drupal" section
- Configure your GoogleApps and provide the list of services listed under "Google Apps" section
- 20 hours of Free Technical Support every month through Email, Helpdesk, and Chat
Total Theme, Configuration and Installation Fee: $2199
Any customization for Drupal - coding or theming will cost $30/hr
We offer:
- Dual Email Server Configuration, Complete Email Migration
- Setting up of Postini Anti-Spam and Email routing rules for email security
- Configuring your Google Chat to work with rules / access rights
- Migrating Calendar information and documents
- SSL enforcement for secure HTTPS access
- Single sign-on API. User provisioning API
Features of GoogleApps Solution
Small Businesses can use the Standard Edition of GoogleApps. Standard Edition offers:
- Free Google Business Email (over 7 GB of storage of storage per account, mail search tools and integrated instant messaging, voice chat, and video chat) for upto 50 users
- Google Talk brings together best of breed Instant messaging with Audio and Video capabilities for real time interaction between globally distributed teams.
- Google Calendar to coordinate meetings and events with shareable calendars and integration with other calendaring options via iCal format.
- Google Docs to share and collaborate on documents without having to email them as attachments. Your employees save on time and space. Now, you can also insert drawings on to your Documents. The teams can manage proposals and RFP creation online faster and easily.
- Google Sites can help the various teams create instant environment for managing specific projects, proposals and events.
Premier Edition is for the Enterprises that require more space and more users. The features are:
- 50 $USD / account / year
- 25 GB space for e-mail
- Integrated Postini "security, compliance, policy management, and message recovery services"
- Conference room/resource scheduling
- 99.9% e-mail uptime guarantee
- APIs for Single Sign On, etc.
(We can set up your system for Premium Version itself with migration from your existing platform to Google Apps with minimal downtime. If you are on MS Exchange or Lotus Notes, our team will require remote connectivity to do the migration. Charges for migration from MS Server or Lotus Notes is $1000)
We offer:
- One Custom theme: We will offer two Premium themes and customize it for you*. ($800 value for free).
- Installation, and Configuration of the Application: We will install the complete robust solution for you with the appropriate modules and functionality.
- Training Documentation: We will provide your Super Users with the required training documentation uploaded into your Drupal-based knowledge management system, so they can come upto speed with the new system.
Features of Drupal Solution
Single and multi-user blogs
One of the fastest ways to encourage user participation on your site is to give registered users the ability to create and publish their own blogs. Blogs consist of individual posts that are time stamped and are typically presented by date, similar to a diary. You can add a blog navigation link to the main menu or add a recent posts block to any page to see recent entries from all users on a site, as well as track posts with an RSS 2.0 feed for each blog.
Wikis
Quickly build wikis with the Drupal book module and markdown so teams can jointly author and collaborate content with wikis. Attach files, track wiki page revisions and manage contributions by role to facilitate rapid-cycle group collaboration. Site administrators can control wiki input formats - offering HTML, rich text editing and markdown syntax options.
Markdown
Give your content contributors options when creating content on your site. Whether authoring a wiki or creating a static HTML page, users can use markdown syntax to quickly create formatted content without having to write HTML.
Forums
Facilitate topic-based discussions across groups with discussion forums. Topics are presented as threaded discussion boards and are comprised of an initial post and replies. Each forum can have its own URL and forums can be placed within other forums to facilitate subset discussion topics. You can control who can create, edit and administer forum posts with access controls and all content is searchable.
Comments
Encourage your community to get involved by enabling users to post discussion comments to any node. Permissions are governed by user roles and administrators can configure how comments are displayed on a site. Additionally, automated spam blocking can be turned on for comments and other user generated content to protect your site.
Fivestar ratings
Your users are looking for ways to express themselves - voting and ratings is one of the simplest ways to get them started. The Fivestar voting module adds a simple, configurable widget to content nodes, enabling visitors to quickly rate content or enter a vote on almost any context. Used together with Views, you can create pages of results and use ratings to sort content on your site.
RSS syndication and aggregation
Drupal offer native syndication and aggregation capabilities to enable you to publish content to readers via RSS feeds as well as gather syndicated content from third party sites for display directly within your site. Syndicate RSS feeds for content throughout your site, including the front page, views, content types, and taxonomy terms. Aggregator allows you to configure, filter and tag incoming feed content for display.
Configurable, role-based user permissions
Fine tune the use, security and administration of your Acquia Drupal website with roles. User permissions, including the ability to create and view content, as well as other capabilities, are granted and managed based on roles. Administrators can create as many roles, each with its own configurable, granular permission set, to meet their site needs.
Publishing workflow
Create moderation and approval workflows for content submission, both by site contributors and visitors, to ensure content review prior to publishing. Configure publishing workflows based on roles, quality of prior submissions, or other criteria.
Administration menu
Simplify administrative actions with this theme-independent administration interface. Access all menu items within one or two clicks. Re-organize and configure existing administration menu items or create new ones.
OpenID support
Allows visitors to your site to authenticate with their OpenID credentials.
Content translation
Automates translation of site content and interfaces into multiple enabled languages. Posts can be created and edited in multiple languages, with the ability to flag and update translations, as necessary. Administrators can filter content by language and translation status.
Search
Content is indexed and scored for keyword and user search purposes. Additionally, Drupal administrators are given a number of scoring factors to adjust and improve search results, including keyword relevance, recency, and number of comments. Search results are returned to users based on appropriate roles and permissions.
Taxonomies, tagging, and tag clouds
Categorize content according to vocabularies defined by user defined tagging (folksonomies) and/or administrator defined terms (taxonomies). Vocabulary terms associated with a node or content type, can allow hierarchies of terms, and can be used to organize and filter content for display across the site. Create tag clouds organized by popularity or weight for rapid content discovery. RSS feeds can also be created per vocabulary term.
Google analytics
Adds the Google Analytics web statistics tracking system to your Drupal website to monitor site usage, visitor behavior, traffic sources and content consumption.
Search engine optimization
Optimize your site for discovery by search engines and track how visitors are spending their time on your site. Generate clean human friendly URLs automatically for indexing by search engines. Create meta keywords and descriptions for content node indexing. Automate the addition of Google Analytics javascript tracking code to all of your site's pages.
* We provide 30 hours of free customization of Drupal in our package. Beyond that, our charges are $35/hour.
