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CommonsThe Open Alternative for Social Business Software

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Drupal Powers Thousands of Communities

Drupal Powers Thousands of Communities

Drupal Powers Thousands of Communities

Drupal Powers Thousands of Communities

Features Are Common Across Community Sites“Core features are now table stakes.”Melissa Parrish, Forrester.

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Commons

Site-building work can focus on your unique needs -not on the basics

Packaged Drupal Solutions

• Pre-configured, ready to use

• Designed for specific use cases

• Embedded best practices

• Open, fully customizable

• One-click install on Acquia Cloud platforms

What is Commons?Commons is the open alternative to social

businesssoftware, enabling organizations to quickly build

content-rich community web experiences

CustomerEngagement

EmployeeEnablement

Channel & Private

External Communities

Vertical Use Cases

Benefits:1) Faster Innovation 2) Greater Flexibility

3)Lower TCO

Customer Engagemen

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Employee Collaboratio

n

Channel & External

Communities

Vertical Use Cases

What Makes Commons Unique?•Built by a global community, for communities

•Administrators - better manage users and groups

•Content Contributors - efficiently manage content and collaboration

•Members - create unique personalized experiences

•Community Managers - easily make changes and produce analytics

•Developers - innovate new social business processes

Administrators Can Create Custom Roles

Administrator AnonymousUsers

Authenticated Users

Roles Groups of like users

Create Page Edit Page

authors editors

Permissions Operations allowed by role

Views Determined by permissions

My Posts All Posts

Unlimited custom roles, permissions & views

Contributors Get Flexibility of Drupal CMS• No need for separate

CMS & integration

• Preset, and configurable content types

• Self-organizing or managed groups

• Pre-defined content views

• Free tagging and pre-defined vocabularies

Members Can Create Personalized Experiences

•Personal & group dashboards

•Social bookmarking

•Curated content

•Subscriptions to content & discussions

Users work the way they want with dashboards

Community Managers Track & Analyze Results• Participation &

engagement metrics

• New Users

• Content

• Comments

• Group joins

• Variable date ranges

• Complements Google Analytics

Developers Have Freedom to Innovate• Extend Commons with 9k+ modules

• Open standards support:

• Document management

• Application integration

• User access & authentication

Operate & Extend Sites with Acquia Network

• Faceted search

• Content recommendations

• Automated spam protection

• Mobile interface design

• Performance monitoring

Develop A Winning Community Strategy

• Community assistance beyond technology

• Ensure success of community manager

• Develop content strategy and user adoption plans

Commons Purchase Options

Social-as-a-Service

•Commons distribution - free•Acquia Managed Cloud•24x7 Support & maintenance•Server administration•Advisory / Strategy services

Run your own Community

•Commons distribution - free•Acquia or third party hosting

environment•Acquia Network subscription•Advisory / Strategy services

A la carte services•Community strategy•Commons Jumpstart services•Architecture workshops•Developer and end user training

Commons Open Alternative for Social Business Software•Deploy pre-

configured, community sites quickly

•Foster self-organizing collaboration across diverse groups

•Create branded experiences that meet your business needs