Consulting

At Ektron, a successful Web project is the result of proper planning and a complete understanding of the project requirements by both the development team and the project stake holders. Ektron’s professional consulting team can advise you on this process and make sure that you have all of the resources in place to accomplish each and every one of your Web site’s goals.

Ektron’s Professional Services Group (PSG) can advise you during the early planning and throughout the Discovery/Design phase of the Ektron Methodology. They will:

• Help determine project needs with a functional specification whitepaper.
• Create an implementation guide that defines how CMS400.NET will be utilized to meet the requirements outlined in the functional whitepaper.
• Consult with you on each feature (and sub feature) of the project.
• Develop an overall project plan, including timelines and milestones.

The Best Practices Services team is composed of top level engineers who can consult with you at any stage of a Web project (even after the project goes live) and are a dedicated resource who know your Web project inside and out. By clearly understanding your goals, these Solution Engineers can provide detailed advice on system architecture to best suit your needs, installation, implementation and even give you code samples that you can model custom code after.

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Implementation

By engaging Ektron to implement your whole project or just part of your Web site, expert engineers in our Professional Services Group (PSG) will follow our proven Ektron Methodology to ensure the success of the project.

PSG 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, ensures a project that will be successful over its entire lifecycle. The PSG 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.

PSG 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 and giving you an understanding of features and functions available.
• Helping you master best practice tips, tricks and techniques.
• Customizing CMS400.NET with the software development kit.
• Helping prototype and build custom applications.

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Hosting

Ektron offers a complete line of Web site hosting packages to suit the needs of every deployment, from enterprise-level to SBMs. 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 

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Training

Ektron’s training offerings ensure your Web projects success, 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 on-site session, you will position your Web project for success. 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."