GovCMS hosting plans range from US$8097 to US$108,003, with larger packages available on request.
Australia has made a web site hosting platform, govCMS, available to all agencies, John Sheridan, Government Chief Technology Officer announced.
“The release of the govCMS website today marks the availability of govCMS to all government entities to create and manage cost effective websites, based on best practice, that are compliant with Australian Government standards,” Sheridan wrote in a blog post.
GovCMS is Australia’s whole-of-government cloud-based content management system and web site hosting service.
Agencies can create and manage unclassified web sites on the platform. The service includes support, monitoring and security patching of web sites as well. It is built on open source platform Drupal.
Department of Finance has released yearly price plans for migrating web sites to the CMS. The most basic plan includes up to 15,000 page views per month and costs AU$10,500 (US$8097) per year. On the other end, the large plan allows up to 2 million views per month for AU$140,000 (US$108,003). Agencies can request for quotes for packages larger than this.
Agencies have already begun migrating to the platform. The Finance Department’s australia.gov.au and financia.gov.au were the first to move to the platform. Others including Department of Communications, Department of Social Services, and Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority have began using it through an early adopter programme, Sheridan said.
Migrating to GovCMS is optional for agencies, but Sheridan believes that the benefits of cost savings and efficiency are clear.
For instance, the use of a shared CMS will allow agencies to save development costs by sharing code, modules and applications. The use of a common and scalable cloud-based system will deliver savings for web hosting.
“By developing our departmental website in govCMS we are gaining the benefits of a cloud hosting solution and we will be able to share new modules designed to enhance policy consultation and engagement, with other members of the govCMS community”, Sheridan quoted Drew Clarke, Secretary of Department of Communications, as saying.
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Quelle/Source: futureGov, 09.03.2015
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