Everyone has heard about using Content Management Systems to keep their website easily updated and changed...but choosing one can be difficult!

How do you decide among the choices out there - and what is the criteria that you use to make that choice?

In this 2-hour workshop, we four popular CMS and compare and contrast - Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress and Plone. We discuss the criteria for choosing, including ease of use, learning curve, implementing simple and complex sites, and the functionalities built into each framework. We also talk about support, maintenance and security. We take a "score card" approach and you will walk out with the information (and the criteria) you need to make a solid, thoughtful decision on which of these CMS might be right for you and your organization!

Chana Schulman is a software architect, instructional designer and writer with over 20 years of IT experience. She has acted as Lead Architect for Accenture and KLM on some of the largest software projects in the world. She has trained developers all over the world, including employees of Accenture, Price Waterhouse, EDS, Freescale and ATOS on advanced technology issues. She regularly speaks at conferences throughout the world on issues dealing with open source software development. She currently focuses her work on educating small and medium size businesses to the advantages of open source software for leveling the business "playing field". She teaches open source technology content management systems and architectural and development strategies for small to medium businesses and sharing her love of technology. Chana is the director of AustinCMS, a company dedicated to providing the best training and mentoring on CMS.