The document discusses the business case for using Drupal in Vietnam. It notes the increasing demand from overseas clients for Drupal developers and the limited supply of Drupal skills in Vietnam. Using Drupal can help outsourcing companies attract more customers by addressing common concerns about security, scalability and future support. For in-house developers, Drupal allows building more feature-rich websites faster compared to alternatives like Joomla. The document provides an overview of benefits like the large Drupal community and modules available. It recommends Drupal over building a custom CMS due to lack of support and updates for a custom system.
4. Target Audience
A. Outsourcing houses - demand
How to attract customers
Addressing customers’ main concerns
B. In-house development, independent devs
Choosing your web technology stack
Website quality
Supply + Technical reasons
C. Others: Single brochure site, one-offs
Available resources vs. core competency
5. A. Overseas client concerns
Security, Maturity, Scalability – Built into Drupal
Be vendor agnostic
Be there in the future, be ready for the future
Drupal is a brand name
Professional, enterprise services are available
Acquia partners – trusted Drupal brand
Murky source vs open source
*All Drupal modules are freely licensed, no worries
about pirated modules
6. A. Outsource: Selling to clients
Speak a language your customers understand
and want – Drupal
Never ever roll your own CMS (t.b.c.)
Clients refer clients – or not
Appear more competent to clients
Drupal much more in-demand overseas
Don’t just think Vietnam’s market!
Stand out from the crowd
Drupal projects are priced higher
Move up value chain
More money for your company
8. B. For in-house development
Developer-friendly
Free, open source, licensing
Time-efficient
Can build more sites, more quickly
Easy to find LAMP developers
More possibilities than WordPress
Advantages over Joomla
9. Drupal Training
Any developer can learn Drupal
Drupal takes advantage of WAMP knowledge
Well-documented code that makes sense
Free online training material
Books, blogs, forums, drupal.org
Drupal training finally available in Vietnam!
DrupalVietnam.org
On Facebook:goo.gl/Fsrdw
10. Why a PHP framework?
Nobody knows RoR
Python is also hard to find
Everyone knows .Net and/or PHP
PHP runs on developer’s Windows laptop and
Linux server
Books in Vietnamese
All 3 major CMSs are PHP
11. Why use a CMS (or CMF)?
Why use a framework?
Joomla knowledge is widespread
More features, faster
Re-inventing the wheel
Community lacks enough knowledge to
implement new technology alone: mobile,
HTML5, REST, single sign-on
12. Why choose Drupal?
Localization: Drupal is translated into
Vietnamese already
Local community – DrupalVietnam.org
Tons of modules means features
Tested for you
Performance is well understood*
Any good developer can learn Drupal
Developers become more valuable
13. Never roll your own CMS
No community
No support
No “free” updates and bug fixes
Nearly no documentation
Dependence on a few developers
Developer turnover too high
It’s crazy. Just don’t do it.
14. C. Drupal means business
Web development is your core business
If not, outsource to a web shop
*Efficiency of your web developers is important
Not (necessarily) for companies without a
dedicated web developer
If WordPress can build your site, use it
WordPress community in Vietnam?
15. Conclusion
Helps you get more overseas customers
Meet demand for Drupal
Addresses common client concerns
Get better, bigger projects
Helps you build more sites, more features,
faster
Get more out of developer time
Existing developers easily trained
Focus on your strengths
16. Thanks!
I am Tomo Huynh
CTO at VEO Media (Alehap.vn)
Twitter: @tomosaigon
Blog: http://www.saigonist.com
Editor's Notes
Notes: Many Indian companies stay competitive w/ drupal
3 groups who should be convinced to use drupal. A: Vietnamese companies who get overseas customers. B: Anyone in Vietnam needing to develop websites. C=Small, simple websites without content that changes often
Addressing some common concerns. Open source doesn’t mean your custom code must be open source. Less IP is developed to be stolen
Jumping right in… More about ‘never roll your own’ later. Vietnamese must become cognizant of word of mouth, future. Competent means professional.
I am an example.The time for Drupal is now!
Ruby on Rails. If .Net use ASP.Net MVC not WebForms
I see too many people not using a framework. Form handling, validation, URLs. Details.
Will WP address your future needs? Lack of WP community here