810 likes | 991 Views
Ex Libris Alma CCEU, Shanghai, December 12 2013. Jørgen Madsen, Solutions Architect, Asia Pacific. Agenda. Why Alma? Status in a few numbers A look at the system itself Customer experiences. Architecture. Duplicate Data. The Current Resource Silos Challenges. Duplicate Workflows.
E N D
Ex Libris Alma CCEU, Shanghai, December 12 2013 Jørgen Madsen, Solutions Architect, Asia Pacific
Agenda • Why Alma? • Status in a few numbers • A look at the system itself • Customer experiences
Architecture • Duplicate • Data The Current Resource Silos Challenges • Duplicate Workflows Print Materials Electronic Materials Digital Materials Silo 1 Silo 2 Silo 3
Architecture Efficiency: Unified Resource Management • Unified • Data • Unified Workflows Fulfillment • Unified Management Metadata Management Acquisitions Selection
Multi-Tenancy – Why Should You Care? OneVersion PainlessUpgrades Disasterrecovery Vendor-managed updates (they are “automatic”) Simple matter of economies of scale No customer is left behind when the software is updated Security by Design LimitlessScalability StrongerCollaboration Ample excess capacity available to whoever needs it Share resources, data, reports, templates etc. Stronger security thanon-premise AggregatedAnalytics FasterInnovation Vendor isResponsible New features inweeks not years Customizations & Integrations must work in the new version Easily benchmarks against peers
Relentless on Security – a Multi-Dimensional Approach • Physical 24/7 security, biometric authentication, video surveillance, authorized personnel Hardening, change management procedures , patch management, password policy • Infrastructure Vulnerability scans, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), TSL/SSL encrypted communication • Network Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), Penetration tests, OWASP Top10 • Application Data isolation (Oracle VPD), encryption, mediasanitization (DoD 5220.22-M) • Data SSO, S/LDAP, SAML/Shibboleth, Role-Based AccessControl (RBAC) • Identity & Access Control High availability, database cluster, storage redundancy, frequent snapshots, offsite backups, 24x7 HUB • Business Continuity 24x7 monitoring, Chief Security Officer (CSO),security breach notification • Monitoring & Incident Mgmt Security awareness training, confidentiality agreements, adherence to regulations • Human Resources ISO 27001, SSAE-16 , EU Safe Harbor, Data processing agreements, independent audit • Compliance & Audit
Alma is One Year Old ! Alma is live at 36 institutions worldwide and an additional 56 institutions are in implementation phase • 300 institutions (including 5 consortia) • From very small to very large libraries • 12 countries worldwide • 100+ institutions switching from non-Ex Libris ILS
Now let’s do an end-to-end workflow • to see the true power of the system...