The Open Source Alternative for Enterprise Content Management
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Alfresco Is...
The Open Source Alternative for Enterprise Content Management Goes beyond Web Content Management 15-years experience in Content Management Founded by John Newton, founder of Documentum Allow to Rollout ECM Enterprise-wide Unlike Competitors Built on legacy 1990’s technology the Open Source Alternative for ECM:
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5 Times Cheaper, 5 Times Faster and as Easy to Use as a Shared Drive
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Product Release History
10/2005 – Release 1.0 – Document Management 12/2005 – Release 1.1 – Enterprise Security 02/2006 – Release 1.2 – Developer – 06/2006 – Release 1.3 – Platform for ECM Apps – Scripting & Scalability 09/2006 – Release 1.4 – Business Process – jBPM & Records Mgmt 1/2007 – Release 1.5 – WCM and Forms Mgmt
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Industry Leaders Choose Alfresco
Financial Services Government
UK MOD
Publishing
Other
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Moving Content from Contributors to Users
Before After !!!
Portal Access
Shared Drive Interface
Shared Drive
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Alfresco
Rules Automation
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Compliance Applications
ECM
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The Four Big Areas of Enterprise Content Management
Image Management Document Management
Records Management
Common Repository
Web Content Management
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Web-services
extranet Intranet
Browser Browser
Alfresco server
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Alfresco’s Structure
Alresco’spaces
= Windows’repository
+ functions
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Functions
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Space Organization Access trough Explorer Team Collaboration (versions, check out, forum) Transformation Engine Confidentiality (restricted spaces) Integrated Workflow Advanced Search (through index or categorisation) Automatic email Synchronisation
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Alfresco System
Web Applications Knowledge Portals
App Server Portal Server Business Process Engine
Web Services
CRM
Virtual File System
FTP
Content Repository
High Availability
CIFS WebDAV
Full-text Indexes & Categories
Storage
Metadata DBMS
Hot Standby
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Le Client Web
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