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.

Service models

The Cloud includes three cloud service models:

Model	Description	Purpose	Software
Infrastructure	Ecosystem of servers and cloud OS	Supports CNM middleware	OpenStack
Platform	CNM middleware (enterprise-wide utility software); CNM IaaS supports that software	Supports applications for end users, regardless of location of end-user applications in the Cloud	Opplet, Eventtune
End-user software	Applications for end users; PaaS supports these applications	Supports operations, development, knowledge management, and quality assurance	RoundCube, BigBlueButton, ClipBucket, Moodle, MediaWiki, Redmine, Odoo, WordPress, Bootstrap- and HTML5-based websites

Infrastructure

Main wikipage: CNM IaaS

CNM IaaS is the cloud service model of the Cloud that offers services of its ecosystem of servers and cloud OS, which is OpenStack. This infrastructure enables operations of CNM middleware.

Platform

Main wikipage: CNM PaaS

CNM PaaS is the 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 the CNM SaaS.

End-user software

Main wikipage: CNM SaaS

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

Development

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.