STX Next is a Python software house in Poznan, Poland that has been developing Plone since 2004. They specialize in outsourcing, subcontracting, and staffing Python and web development projects for other companies worldwide. When deploying Plone in enterprise environments, challenges include scalability, security, backup/recovery, log access, offline builds, scheduled content publication, QA processes, relational databases, and relative URLs. When working for corporations, it is important to focus on confidentiality, providing accurate estimations that account for build processes, documenting all changes, and being aware of internal politics.

1. Plone as CMS
in enterprise environments
Maciej Dziergwa
www.stxnext.pl
http://linkedin.com/in/maciejdziergwa

2. Agenda
• About STX Next Python Experts
• Challenges of enterprise deployments
• Architecture of enterprise environments
• Solutions
• What to focus on when working for
corporations
• Questions, comments, suggestions

3. About STX Next
• Python Software House located in Poznan, Poland
• Over 30 python developers in one place
• Plone development started in 2004 in Netherlands (Edition1, the
Hauge)
• 14 134 worked days (since 2005)
• 142 102 worked hours

4. What do we expertise in?
• Delivering Python and web (html 5, css, js)
development services to other Python companies
worldwide (outsourcing, subcontracting, stuffing)
• Creating system for biggest banks in Poland
(together with our parent company, since 2008)
• Evangelize Python and Plone in Poland

5. Challenges of enterprise deployments
• scalability
• security
• backup and recovery management
• logs (lack of access to PR instances)
• offline builds
• publication of content at given time (usually at
night)
• QA process for code and content
• Relational databases
• relative urls

7. Solution

8. stxnext.staticdeployment

9. What to focus on when working for
corporations
• Confidentiality, do not put anything publicly
available (test versions, screenshots etc.)
• Estimations, should assume build process
• Do have paper for any change
• Look out for internal politics

10. Questions, comments, suggestions?
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http://linkedin.com/in/maciejdziergwa