Try/Buy

Application Demos
Free
Demo Sandbox
Free
Production Edition
$550 / month *
 

Application Demos Site

Click on the image at left to visit the Demonstration Server for CoSolvent Community Server. This site contains a number of folders that are organized to illustrate different applications and use cases:

  • Trading information with vendors
  • Reporting from construction jobsites
  • Sharing info between franchisor and franchisee
  • Fast online review of creative media
  • Sharing best practice among remote sites
  • Demonstrating software to remote clients
  • Many, many other uses

Note that administrative features are inaccessible in the demo for security reasons. For a complete operational experience, try the Live Demonstration Sandbox below.

Live Demonstration Sandbox

iPOV has assigned this instance of CoSolvent Community Server as an open demo site. You can sign on with full administrator permissions and explore all aspects of the site.

When the countdown timer reaches zero, the entire site will be erased and pristine new site is launched from Amazon Web Services. If you have uploaded any media or content to this site, it will disappear after the site is refreshed.

As a byproduct, this demo illustrates the power and flexibility of the Amazon Web Services virtualization environment. We can discard a server image and effortlessly replace it. In fact, users can have several server images in storage and launch them whenever they are needed.

Sign in to Sandbox Site
(coming soon)
Site Admin    Username: siteadmin
  Password: siteadmin
 
Admin    Username: admin
  Password: admin
 
Registered User    Username: registered
  Password: registered
 
Guests do not have to log in

Community Edition

The Community Edition of CoSolvent Community Server is an open-source project that is hosted at the Google Code Project website. The source code is free under the GPLv2 open source license.

You can check out the latest version of the source code, but you must install and configure it manually. iPOV does not offer support for the Community Edition, but you are welcome to view and/or contribute to the the project's development process.
Project Code Repository Site

Development and Bug-tracking Site

Buy through Amazon Web Services

iPOV maintains a release schedule of fully integrated CCS server systems that are pre-packaged for deployment in Amazon's EC2 'elastic compute cloud'.

iPOV has created integrated system snapshots to help buyers deploy correctly integrated systems. CCS is not just one software application. It is actually a cooperating collection of web software, from different sources, written in several languages and operating as a cohesive unit. Since the various components are being developed by different teams according to different schedules, it is very easy to encounter situations where an upgrade to one part will break functionality in another. iPOV can prevent these conflicts by picking the most stable development versions and releasing them as totally integrated, self-contained Amazon Machine Instances (AMIs) that are ready-to-run when launched.

Production

 

The Production edition of CoSolvent Community Server is a fully integrated, server application that iPOV configures and maintains to exploit the extended support features of Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud. This provides greater reliability, stronger security and more options in the event of problems.

The monthly fee also includes a bundle of iPOV services to ensure that the site is up-to-date and implements all iPOV new feature releases. iPOV continually monitors the site and offers direct email support to a designated administrator. iPOV typically performs the initial site setup and customization, then iPOV requires ongoing access to the Amazon account for monitoring, maintenance and technical support.

Features:
  • All Basic system features
  • Data cached on fast-access EBS virtual drive
  • Use of iPOV proprietary features
  • EBS content is encrypted on-the-fly
  • Frequent, automatic EBS backup to S3
  • Automated system health monitoring
Limitations:
  • Limited to 32bit AMI instances
iPOV Maintenance Services
  • Maintenance of HTTPS and certificates
  • Customized banner and css colors
  • Security and OS updates
  • System and feature updates
  • Safe data migration for all updates
  • Private support forum topic
  • Email support to designated administrator
  • 10% discount on iPOV media processing fees*
Price:
  • $550/month for CCS
  • Plus Amazon standard hosting fees
  • Expect to spend approx. $700/mo for a typical site
Suggested Applications:
  • Support for a long-term stakeholder community
  • Applications where ongoing reliability and security are critical
 
June 30, 2010
* cannot be combined with other iPOV price discounts
exact price depends on usage, iPOV passes on Amazon Web Service fees which are based on the number of Gigabytes transfered and the size of the EBS storage required by the client.