7. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Science’s Signal Transduction
Knowledge Environment
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8. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Science of Aging
Knowledge Environment
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9. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Goals and Objectives of Online Publishing
l Stay competitive in the STM marketplace
l New user services
l New revenue sources
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10. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Business Model: AAAS
l Some content free to all
l Member access as part dues
l Site licenses
l Pay per view
l Staff does regular production work
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11. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Business Models: Vendors
l Fee for services
l Joint venture on STKE
l Staff does new development
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12. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Critical Factors AAAS wanted
supported
l Volume of work
l Tight schedules
l Customer service
l Features and functionalities of sites
l Costs (ongoing and transition)
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13. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Decision Making Process
l RFP winnows initial vendor list
l Q&A
l Evaluate proposals from vendors
l Q&A
l Negotiations
l Decisions
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Gotchas
l If it’s important put it in the Request for Proposal
l If you want Content Management System
functionalities for your sites, don’t assume your
vendor provides them
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15. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
Gotchas
l If it’s important put it in the RFP
l If you want good, solid disaster-recovery plans for
your sites, don’t assume your vendor provides them
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16. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
The End
l Don Hemenway
dhemenway@aaas.org
AAAS
1200 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
202/326-7094
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17. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
New user services
l Alerts
l Full-text searching
l Quicker access to content
l Forums for discussions
l Databases
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18. Critical Success Factors in Choosing an Online Hosting Platform
New revenue sources
l Pay-per-view
l Banner ads
l Site licenses
l Data sales
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Features
l Links for CrossRef, ISI, Medline
l Alerts (subjects, TOCs, jobs, etc.)
l E-commerce
l Ad-serving software
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Vendor Proposal Evaluations
l Quality of overall proposal
l Ability to meet your requirements
l How technically sound they appear
l Price competitiveness
l Quality of references
l Similar customers
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