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 enables operations of CNM apps and is a combination of:

1. CNM Infrastructure, which is the cloud infrastructure or, in other words, ecosystem of servers and cloud OS to support both CNM Middleware and CNM apps of the Cloud; and
2. CNM Middleware, which is enterprise-wide utility software that supports CNM apps, which are end-user applications of the Cloud, regardless of location of those applications for end users in the Cloud.

CNM software		Careerprise service	Description	Base(s)
Platform	Infrastructure	Dev Cloud	Cloud to support development	OpenStack
		Production Cloud	Cloud to run business operations
		Control Cloud	Cloud to backup Production Cloud
		Talk Server	(if decided) Server to support webconferencing	(possibly) BigBlueButton, Jitsi, and/or OpenMeetings
		Storage Server	(if decided) Server to store source codes, backups, images, and files	Undecided
	Middleware	Opplet	User management software that manages authorization of users and their access to CNM apps	Written specifically for the Cloud using YII framework
		Eventtune	Event management software that discovers and analyzes event information, as well as designs and implements reports and calendar updates
		Calendar	Calendaring software that manages calendars of events

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)
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