CNM Cloud

The CNM Cloud (hereinafter, the Cloud) is the information and technology cloud that is designed to support, enhance, and further develop services of the Career Network Ministry. The Cloud is brought to the general public by Friends Of CNM.

Purposes

Support for workforce

The Cloud is designed to support people who:

1. Haven't identified their vocations and/or profession yet. For these people, the Cloud can be helpful as a tool for organizing review seminars, practices and studies for them;
2. Have identified their vocation and profession, but lack of employable credentials. For these people, the Cloud can be helpful as a tool for training, on-the-job training or certification of skills;
3. Have identified their vocation and profession, as well as possessed all employable credentials, and are looking for a specific job. For these people, the Cloud can be helpful as a tool for job search skills building, market information, contacts, and marketing channels.

Secondary objectives

In addition, the Cloud can be useful:

• Those graduates who decide to organize or promote their own enterprises,
• Those enterprises that source, selects, hires, onboards, and/or develops their workforce using the Cloud.

Platform

Main wikipage: CNM Platform

CNM Platform is a combinationthe cloud service model of the Cloud that offers services of CNM middleware, which is enterprise-wide utility software that empowers applications for end users, regardless of location of end-user applications. The Cloud exploits three utility software tools:

• Opplet is user management software that manages authorization of users and their access to end-user applications;
• Eventtune is event management software that discovers and analyzes event information, as well as designs and implements reports and calendar updates;
• CNM Calendar is calendaring software that manages calendars of events.

This platform enables operations of CNM apps.

Cloud domain	CNM software	Description	Product	Base(s)
Platform	Infrastructure	Ecosystem of servers and cloud OS to support both CNM Middleware and CNM apps	Dev Cloud	OpenStack
			Production Cloud
			Control Cloud
			Talk Server	(possibly) BigBlueButton
			Storage Server	Undecided
	Middleware	Enterprise-wide utility software that supports CNM apps, which are end-user applications of the Cloud, regardless of their location of in the Cloud	Opplet	Written specifically for the Cloud using YII framework
			Eventtune
			Calendar
Apps	Productware	Studio for CNM vendors to document their developments and store developed files	Fixett	Redmine, SVN, containers
	Courseware	Learning management software to accommodate learning processes	Campus	Moodle
	Enterpriseware	A combination of enterprise resource planning software, customer relationship management software, and help-desk software to enable enterprise operations, empower customer relationship management and business intelligence	Portal	Odoo
	Videoshareware	Video-sharing software to manage videos	Video	(possibly) Clipbucket
	Wikiware	Knowledge management software to develop corporate knowledge collaboratively and access the results	Wiki	MediaWiki
	Mailware	Email software to manage emails	Mail	(possibly) Roundcube
	Talkware	Webconferencing software to organize digital meetings	Talk	(possibly), Jitsi, BigBlueButton, and/or OpenMeetings
	Usernetware	User interface to allow end-users to interact with CNM Middleware	Opplet.net	Written specifically for the Cloud using YII framework
	Websiteware	Content management software to empower CNM websites	FriendsOfCNM.org	WordPress

End-user software

Main wikipage: CNM app

CNM app	Description	Software
Development apps	Supports developers	Redmine
Knowledge-related apps	Supports knowledge management, backup, recovery, quality assurance	ClipBucket, Moodle, MediaWiki, Odoo
Operational apps	Supports operations	RoundCube, BigBlueButton, WordPress, Bootstrap- and HTML5-based websites

Cloud domain	CNM software	Description	Product	Base(s)
Platform	Infrastructure	Ecosystem of servers and cloud OS to support both CNM Middleware and CNM apps	Dev Cloud	OpenStack
			Production Cloud
			Control Cloud
			Talk Server	(possibly) BigBlueButton
			Storage Server	Undecided
	Middleware	Enterprise-wide utility software that supports CNM apps, which are end-user applications of the Cloud, regardless of their location of in the Cloud	Opplet	Written specifically for the Cloud using YII framework
			Eventtune
			Calendar
Apps	Productware	Studio for CNM vendors to document their developments and store developed files	Fixett	Redmine, SVN, containers
	Courseware	Learning management software to accommodate learning processes	Campus	Moodle
	Enterpriseware	A combination of enterprise resource planning software, customer relationship management software, and help-desk software to enable enterprise operations, empower customer relationship management and business intelligence	Portal	Odoo
	Videoshareware	Video-sharing software to manage videos	Video	(possibly) Clipbucket
	Wikiware	Knowledge management software to develop corporate knowledge collaboratively and access the results	Wiki	MediaWiki
	Mailware	Email software to manage emails	Mail	(possibly) Roundcube
	Talkware	Webconferencing software to organize digital meetings	Talk	(possibly), Jitsi, BigBlueButton, and/or OpenMeetings
	Usernetware	User interface to allow end-users to interact with CNM Middleware	Opplet.net	Written specifically for the Cloud using YII framework
	Websiteware	Content management software to empower CNM websites	FriendsOfCNM.org	WordPress

Development

Progress

Main wikipage: CNM Cloud Project

The Cloud development occurs under the CNM Cloud Project. Although this development is independent, the cloud itself is conceived as an addition to other commercial enterprises and public initiatives for which this Cloud can be useful.

Requirements

Main wikipage: CNM Cloud requirements