CNM Cloud

CNM Digital

The CNM Cloud (hereinafter, the Cloud) is the information technology that supports CNM Digital. The Cloud is brought to the general public by the 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.

Services (CNM Digital) and apps

The Cloud currently hosts services, which are collectively known as CNM Digital, every of which is supported by one CNM app.

Ready-to-be-used services

CNM Cloud (in use as of October of 2019)

#	CNM app	Description	Base	Purpose	Service	Link
1	Netware	Social network software]], middleware	Hosting of CNM Digital, enabling social network and identity and access management	HumHub, Opplet.net	Nets	net.
2	Wikiware	Wiki engine	Using a collaborative knowledge system to enable open-to-the-public development	Wikis	wiki.
3	Pageware	CMS (multiple)	Using multiple content management systems to present Friends Of CNM in the World Wide Web (WWW) through websites	Pages	page.
4	Certware	LMS, exam engine	Using both learning management system and question bank system to enable personal certifications	Certs	cert.
5	Labware	Collaborative development engine	Combining a project management system, version control system, and file storage to enable private development	Labs	lab.
6	Mailware	Email engine	Enabling emails	Mails	mail.
7	Videoware	Video-sharing software	Sharing videos	Videos	video.
8	Linkupware	Customer relationship management software	Customer relationship management	Linkups	linkup.
9	Ventureware	Enterprise resource planning software	Enterprise resource planning	Ventures	venture.

Projected services

CNM Cloud (projected as of March of 2019)

#	Software	Core	Purpose	Service	Status
10	Talkware	Webconferencing software	Webconferencing system	Talks	Projected

CNM software		Description	Service	Base(s)
Apps	Labware	Studio for Careerprise vendors to document their developments and store developed files	Labs	Redmine, Apache Subversion (SVN), containers
	Certware	Learning management software to accommodate learning processes	Certs	Moodle
	Linkupware	Customer relationship management software to empower customer relationship management	Linkups	SuiteCRM
	Videoware	Video-sharing software to provide its users with access to videos of Friends Of CNM	Videos	YouPHPTube
	Wikiware	Knowledge management software to develop corporate knowledge collaboratively and access the results	Wikis	MediaWiki
	Mailware	Email software to manage emails	Mails	(currently) Roundcube
	Pageware	Content management software to empower CNM Pages	Pages	WordPress
	Ventureware	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	Ventures	Odoo

Finally, the user interface of Opplet is also CNM app since it allows end-users to interact with Opplet.

CNM software		Description	Service	Base(s)
Apps	Talkware	Webconferencing software to organize digital meetings	Talks	(possibly), Jitsi and/or BigBlueButton

Platform

Target platform

The target platform shall enable operations of CNM apps and be a combination of:

1. CNM Servers, which is the cloud infrastructure or, in other words, ecosystem of servers and cloud OS to support both Opplet and CNM apps of the Cloud; and
2. Opplet, 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		Description	Service	Base(s)
Platform	Servers	Laboratory cloud to support development for Production Cloud	Dev Cloud	OpenStack
		Primary cloud to run business operations	Production Cloud
		Additional cloud to backup Production Cloud	Control Cloud
		(if decided) Server to support webconferencing	Talk Server	(possibly) BigBlueButton and/or Jitsi
		(if decided) Server to store source codes, backups, images, and files	Storage Server	Undecided
	Opplet	User management software that manages authorization of users and their access to CNM apps	Opplet.net	Written specifically for the Cloud using the Yii framework
		Event management software that discovers and analyzes event information, as well as designs and implements reports and calendar updates	Eventtune
		Calendaring software that manages calendars of events	Calendar

Existing servers

Main wikipage: CNM Servers

Development

Progress

Main wikipage: CNM Cloud Project

CNM Cloud

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

Related lectures

• Introduction to CNM Cloud.