The Enterprise Guide to Drupal

Michael Walsh

Managing Director

Public Sector

michael.walsh@acquia.com

Market Size [500,000 sites]

Innovation [7000+ modules]

Community [800,000

members] “… is as much a Social Software platform as it is a web content management system.”

CMS Watch, The Web CMS Report 2009

But first... what is Drupal?

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Open source, social publishing phenomenon. Drupal powers >1% of the top 1 Million websites.

Because Drupal is...

•Open source GPL technology•Modular, open architecture•Content management system•Community enabled•Enterprise scalable

... there is a lot of [obvious] goodness! •Reduce [costs]

•Rapid [innovation]•Scalable [deployments]•Repeatable [infrastructure]

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The Path is Not Always Clear

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Definitive Guide to all things:

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Positive Experiences Start with the Right People

Acquia’s got street cred.

Co-Founded by Dries Buytaert, the original creator and project lead of the Drupal project

Co-Founded by Jay Batson, the previous founder and CEO of Pingtel

Acquia employs top Drupal Community contributors to search, security, performance, and functionality

Acquia is Your Enterprise Drupal Guide

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Acquia helps ensure customer success with Drupal

Acquia’s Growing Partner

Community

Acquia’s Market Momentum

Acquia in Action with

Training and Education +Pro Services “Jump Start” +

Global Partner Community +Hosting & “Gardens” +

Expert Drupal Support +Cloud-based services +

A Drupal Sure Thing

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