Kevin Hastings of the National Governors Association walks us through his experiences dealing with a hosted and managed UXP solution: Fully managed by Jahia. Kevin covers his challenges in convincing his organization to move to the cloud five years ago, and then the immediate benefits they felt. Jahia has helped NGA manage turnover more easily, reduce on-boarding time, reduce administrative tasks, and above all else: let the team concentrate on content.

1. NGA, the Jahia Cloud,
and Stress Free UXP
Kevin Hastings | Web Manager
National Governors Association
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2. About NGA
 Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association
(NGA) is the collective voice of the U.S. governors and
one of Washington, D.C.'s most respected public policy
organizations. Its members are the governors of the 55
states, territories and commonwealths.
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4. 2009
 Old site
moved off
local server
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NGA & Jahia Timeline
2010
 Jahia
Selection &
Redesign
2012
 Upgrade to
Jahia 6.6
2015 & on
 Upgrade to
Jahia 7
 Mobile

5. Questions
Will our data be secure?
Will we have the uptime that we need?
How will we handle disaster recovery?
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6. Transition
New CMS + Cloud Implementation
Server Administration Out
Content Management In
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7. One Bill
License and hosting with one partner
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8. Performance
5 years of running UXP in hosted
environment
Rare issues with uptime
One re-boot this year
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9. Results
Stability + platform have led to traffic gains
Jahia CMS structure has improved SEO
Site is now well indexed by Google
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11. Google Traffic Gains
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12. Governors
Database
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13. Governors Area Gains
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14. LMGTFY
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15. Results
Less downtime, less tech admin = more
time for content management and site
improvements
SEO projects
Look toward future
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16. Maintenance
Staffing redistribution
Network administration
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17. Turnover
Developers come and go
Minimal training time for new users
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18. Moving Forward
Server Upgrade
Jahia 7
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19. Mobile (finally)
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20. Mobile Necessity
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21. Questions?
Kevin Hastings
khastings@nga.org
 Thanks to our Jahia team: Piyush Patel,
Dharmesh Patel and Sajid Momin!
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