Drupal Architecture and Enterprise Infrastructure

Drupal is an extremely powerful tool for building websites and applications, and it's proving to be scalable, flexible, and secure enough for large-scale deployments by organizations ranging from the federal government to major media companies. Drupal is modular and flexible, but in enterprising settings it frequently must integrate with a range of existing applications and support legacy workflows and practices. As a result, determining the appropriate Drupal architecture is critical.

For this reason, we begin all of our engagements with a face-to-face session spanning two to five days, with intensive discovery and research dedicated to generating a solid infrastructure and architecture plan.

At the close of the discovery phase, we are able to:

  • determine hardware and platform requirements,
  • map out the appropriate Drupal customization, including workflow, data structure, and installation,
  • develop a plan for integrating Drupal into the existing environment,
  • determine long-term migration requirements, and
  • identify critical points of risk along the way.

We consider other constraints and resources—budget, timeline, existing development team—and end discovery by ensuring that both teams understand and document all key functional requirements and project goals.

Our experience deploying Drupal in complicated settings is what allows us to generate Drupal architecture designs and project plans that are suitable for the enterprise. Whether it's integrating Drupal with 3rd-party tools (including applications for single sign on, SFA, data mining, ERP), or making Drupal scale and perform (with custom modules, cloud computing, Solr search, caching, and other tools), Achieve Internet can make Drupal effective in the most demanding environments.

Contact us today to initiate your discovery phase.