by Todd Barr on February 2, 2012
by Jeff Potts on February 1, 2012
If you’ve been working with Alfresco for a while you know that there are actually two repository implementations in the product. The original repository implementation is usually called “the repository” or sometimes “the DM repository”. The other repository implementation is called “AVM” which stands for Alternative Versioning Model. It was created to support a Web Content Management solution that included features such as web author sandboxes, a virtualization server, XForms, XSLT transformations, and a repository-to-file system deployment service.
Unfortunately, the “two repositories” issue caused confusion and frustration amongst customers, implementers, and engineers. [click to continue…]
by Paul Hampton on January 31, 2012
I have been working in the ECM industry for over twenty years and during this time I have seen many different methods used by companies trying to to justify their investment in deploying an ECM solution. These approaches have taken various forms and I think can be classified as having a high, medium or low impact when it comes to improving a companies bottom-line or profitability. Three examples for justifying ECM spending include:
- Worker Productivity – The theory goes that ECM can make knowledge workers more productive by providing better search and collaboration tools. [click to continue…]
by Todd Barr on January 24, 2012
Over the weekend, TechCrunch’s Leena Rao posted an article about how Box’s CEO Aaron Levie sees a big opportunity in cloud storage for the federal government. Well, I’m happy to report back from the front lines that, yes, indeed there is a big opportunity. But the opportunity is for much more than simple cloud storage. It’s for content-rich apps built on open platforms, spanning bothpublic and private clouds, that help government agencies better serve their constituents. And for the second year in a row, Alfresco is hosting hundreds of government customers, [click to continue…]
by Todd Barr on January 12, 2012
Today, Alfresco has announced that Alfresco Mobile 1.2 (for iPhone and iPad) is available immediately in the app store. Feel free to read the press release and go ahead and download the new apps. But let me sum this news up for your: Alfresco Mobile is the FIRST mobile enterprise content app with the ability to edit office documents on the fly and “save back” your changes to the repository as a new version. All with a few simple clicks. Documentum doesn’t have this. OpenText doesn’t have this. Box.net doesn’t have this. In fact, nobody else has it.
In order to get this done, we worked closely with our partner Quickoffice, [click to continue…]
by Cláudia Saleh on December 2, 2011
We had an incredible Day 1 at Alfresco DevCon London that ended with a reception at Vinopolis. On Day 2 the attendees were up early and ready for the sessions and sponsors hit the ground running with demos of creative solutions in the exhibit hall.
In thinking back about DevCon in both San Diego and London, it was clear that a lot of the value attendees derived was from interactions with Alfresco Engineers, partners, and each other. A lot of spontaneous discussions between members of the community, clients, partners and Alfresco engineers developed during breakfast and continued throughout the day. That kind of interaction is precisely what DevCon is for, and, just like in San Diego, London was the place to be to discuss technical issues around the platform with key stakeholders. Key topics for Day 2 included CMIS, Mobile, Best Practices, and Integrations. [click to continue…]
by Cláudia Saleh on November 23, 2011
Alfresco DevCon 2011 kicked off in San Diego at the end of October. If you missed that event, you can read the recap here: Day one and Day two. The next stop was in United Kingdom, where Alfresco is headquartered. London was the city chosen so Alfresco engineers, partners, community members, current and future clients from all over the world could Level Up their game, learning more about Alfresco and hearing the latest developments in the platform. [click to continue…]
by Jeff Potts on November 16, 2011
We had a wonderful event in London last week. Everyone that attended both agrees: The two cities and venues were very different, but the Alfresco vibe of openness, collaboration, and innovation was going strong at both DevCon events.
If you missed a session in either location, we now have the DevCon presentations uploaded to SlideShare, so check them out.
by Dustin Valencia on November 14, 2011
Our case study series continues with a spotlight on Fatminds. An enterprise customer for over seven months, Fatminds has developed an interesting solution using Alfresco that seeks to serve the continuing education industry.
Adult students looking to continue their education are often shocked when the search process turns out to be frustrating and time-consuming. Alternatively, educators often come across challenges trying to make their content and courses available to these students. [click to continue…]
by Jerome Agnola on November 8, 2011
Our annual developer conference took place in late October in San Diego. The event was a huge success. To paraphrase how Martin Musierowicz, our VP of Americas, described it…”it was hip, fun, and highly professional”. The Hard Rock Hotel’s loungy style and pool bar terrace helped to make this technical deep dive a fun and engaging event. [click to continue…]
Today is a big day at Alfresco, as we have officially launched Alfresco Enterprise 4. Here is some of the early coverage:
