Whitepapers from Acquia

When Government Goes Digital with Drupal

kfogarty — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:57:11 +0000

In the current era of open government, any agency must focus on doing the public’s business as transparently and as cost-effectively as possible. Whether an agency is working at the Federal, state, or local level, serving constituents and stakeholders is its first order of business. Citizens, communities, and businesses need to:

Find relevant information about immediate topics of interest
Share insights about important issues
Communicate with agency staff members

Drupal and the Semantic Web

kfogarty — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:34:31 +0000

This white paper describes how Drupal easily manages linked data term sets to build smart web applications for the enterprise and thus add value to web-based solutions.

Total cost of ownership of open source software

kfogarty — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:02:17 +0000

Governments across the world want to save money, indeed they need to save money. At the same time they seek to achieve urgent transformation and reform in their organisational structures - a process that often requires new information systems and data infrastructures.

Assembling Mobile Experiences with Drupal

kfogarty — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:20:16 +0000

In this white paper you will learn how Drupal is used to develop mobile applications for the enterprise. Between mobile web apps and native mobile apps, Drupal is already a capable platform for assembling mobile experiences.

The Payoffs of PaaS

kfogarty — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:49:16 +0000

This paper explains what Platform as a Service (PaaS) is and the benefits of moving to the cloud.

Evaluating Social Business Software: Five Key Considerations

kfogarty — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:20:46 +0000

5 compelling reasons why Commons [and Drupal] is a better solution than proprietary – extensibility, cost, innovation, freedom, usability.

White paper: Resource Guide: Developing for Mobile on Drupal

kfogarty — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:23:33 +0000

This resource guide directs you toward best practices for ensuring that your Drupal content looks just as good no matter where it ends up.Since there are two distinct areas of mobile development, each substantially different on the back-end, this guide distinguishes between mobile web sites and native apps.

White paper: Drupal and the Assembled Web

kfogarty — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:25:51 +0000

With Drupal, it is easy to produce engaging, content rich websites, incorporate both structured and unstructured data sources, and blend published information with user-generated content.

White paper: Enterprise-Grade Web Publishing with Drupal

kfogarty — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:11:57 +0000

Long accustomed to print-driven publishing cycles, professional publishers now have to adapt to the digital revolution just to stay in business. Certainly many magazine readers are still hooked on hard copy formats; print publications are not going away anytime soon.

Cloud deployment options make a difference in Acquia's Drupal business

kfogarty — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:51:37 +0000

The 451 Group provides information about market development. Acquia, which offers support and services for the popular open source Drupal content management project, recently did some expansion and rebranding of its cloud-based deployment options.