paul.nowak wrote: Matt, thanks for the comments. I made an error on the version of Plone. It's 2.5 Plone running on Zope 2.9x.
In regards to the additional products, we have a skin installed and we have a product that we had custom developed for us that connects to a PostgreSQL database. We've looked at slow PostgreSQL queries causing problems and have not been able to find an issue. We've also tested for the case where the PostgreSQL server is down and have not been able to create an issue. We therefor...
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Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter:
The Internet publishing and broadcasting and search portal industry
includes about 2,600 companies with combined annual revenue of about $35
billion. Major companies include Google, IAC/Interactive, and Yahoo!.
The publishing and broadcasting segment of the industry is concentrated:
the top 50 companies account for more than 60 percent of revenue. The
search portal segment of the industry is highly concentrated: the top 50
companies account for more than 90 percent of revenue.
Companies that specialize in providing Internet access are covered in
the Internet Service Providers profile.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Demand is driven by consumer and business needs for information and
entertainment. The profitability of individual companies depends on
their ability to deliver relevant information to consumers and to offer
advertisers desirable target markets. Large companies enjoy economies of
scale in marketing and in their ability to develop and maintain multiple
websites. Smaller companies can compete by focusing on niche markets.
The industry is capital-intensive: average annual revenue per employee
is about $450,000.
Companies in the Internet publishing and broadcasting and search portal
industry compete with other publishers and broadcasters and with the
Internet-related businesses of leading technology and entertainment
companies.
PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Major products are search portals and websites devoted to news, sports,
entertainment, gaming, networking, and other topics. Advertising is the
primary source of revenue.