UK Space Agency – launching for superior results How the UK Space Agency has saved money and improved their web presence by moving to a shared content management platform.

Neil Williams – BISClair Passelle – UK Space Agency

Robin Salter - Eduserv

What?

bis.gov.uk is a shared website platform which

provides participating organisations with a flexible, features-rich enterprise Content Management System and

robust, resilient hosting and support at a

fraction of the costs of going it alone.

Approx 2000 government websites

in 2006

Approx 700 today

Why?

• Save money immediately• Save more money later• Simplify user experience• Maintain organisational identities• Join the modern world

Who?

Well?

• Save money immediately £2.5m• Save more money later• Simplify user experience• Maintain organisational identities• Join the modern world

Well?

• Save money immediately £2.5m• Save more money later c. £2m• Simplify user experience• Maintain organisational identities• Join the modern world

Well?

• Save money immediately £2.5m• Save more money later c. £2m• Simplify user experience• Maintain organisational identities• Join the modern world

Well?

• Save money immediately • Save more money later • Simplify user experience• Maintain organisational identities• Join the modern world

Delivering the solution

Robin Salter, Eduserv Web Consultant

Eduserv

• Develop and deliver technology solutions that demonstrate savings for…

• Public sector, especially Government, Health and Education

• Also for commercial organisations and the charitable sector

Eduserv

• Commercial ethic but not-for-profit registered charity• Managed Hosting

• 10 years experience • State of the art data centre facilities

• Web Development• Specialise in content managed solutions, with

customisation • Leading Sitecore partner in UK

The Requirement

• From a sophisticated customer who knew what they wanted

• Content managed solution• All normal benefits• Ability to extend to meet particular requirements

• Controlled flexibility for partners• Allowing partners to manage own sites within a

single multi-site solution

Why Sitecore?

• Our specialism• World leading enterprise CMS • Comprehensive ‘out-of-the-box’ functionality• Designed to be extended

• API• Configuration

• Support and community • Roadmap

Multi-site support?• Out of the box, via configuration• www.bis.gov.uk• www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency• www.bis.gov.uk/cst

• www.ecgd.gov.uk• Security – partner’s given access to maintain their

own web site data

Going a bit further – some examples

• Social media• Managing the content

• Keeping content up to date• Approving content changes

• Other site features• Related publishing• Cascading panels

Keeping Content Current

• Content owners list• Each item:

• Content owner – drop-down• Review date

• Review e-mails• Review reporting• All partner-specific

Managing content change

• Out-of-the-box• Easy set-up of workflow – Submit / Review / Accept or

Reject• Based on type of content

Managing content change – Going Further • Apply more complex custom rules to workflow

• Certain roles must submit certain document types for review

• E-mails to the content editors and central teams• URL of page, who submitted change and any comment

added. Partner-specific and optional• Apply workflow dynamically via configuration to allow

partners to have completely different workflow for same content types

Simplifying publishing

UK Space AgencyLaunching for superior results

Internet World 2011

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The UK Space Agency is:• at the heart of UK efforts to explore and benefit from space.

The UK's space sector:• contributes £7.5bn a year to the UK economy;• directly employs 24,900 and; • supports a further 60,000 jobs across a variety of industries.

The UK space sector has been growing at some 9% per annum and has a 7% share of the global market.

Launching for superior results

UK space provides superior resultsAlready everyday we are:• using space for TV, voice and data communications;• relying on space for weather forecasting and to support relief efforts in the aftermath of natural disasters;• exploring the furthest reaches of the Universe;• understanding our changing planet from the unique vantage point of space;• building a high technology industry that benefits everyday life

The UK Space Agency is at the heart of these results

Sharing Coming

Export Credits Guarantee DepartmentQueen’s Award for EnterpriseNational Measurement OfficeForesightCouncil for Science and TechnologyGo-ScienceBritish Hallmarking CouncilRestriction of Hazardous Substances

Insolvency Service Competition CommissionUK Commission for Employment and SkillsCIC Regulator

Assimilated Interested

UK Recognised DegreesShareholder ExecutivePublic Sector Innovation

Office of Fair TradingBritish Foreign & Commonwealth OfficeResearch CouncilsIndustry Training BoardsCapital for Enterprise

Summary• Customer with many ideas: BIS • Capable and extensible tool: Sitecore

Result• A flexible, maintainable site that meets the brief• Satisfied partners• Big savings

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