Drupal is a lightweight and flexible open source content management system that is in use powering thousands of websites of all shapes and sizes.
Like many of the products we choose to use, Drupal enjoys a large and active developer base, which means that people are overcoming technical challenges every day, and sharing them back with the community. This means that the Drupal system is constantly being improved and enhanced.
Developed using PHP, Drupal has seen increasing adoption in the enterprise, as its value as a lightweight and flexible development platform have driven its growth. As illustration of this, Drupal’s third-party module library contains many examples of packages developed specifically to achieve integration with common enterprise applications, such as directory server and convenient load balancing support.
At Portland Webworks we’ve adopted Drupal just for this reason. When you need a lightweight content management system that plays nice with enterprise systems, Drupal fits the bill. Read an example of how we’ve put it to work.