Alfresco – An Open Source Content Management System - Bindu Nayar, Bhavana Mohanraj
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Our Focus for Today…
1. What is Alfresco?
2. Editions
3. Key Features
4. Highlights
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Why Use a CMS?
Three major points…
• Operational efficiency• Collaboration • Increased security
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But…
• Cost• Complexity• Training
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Alfresco…What?
• Open source enterprise content management system• Runs on any platform that supports Java Standard
Edition• Easy to download, install, deploy
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Alfresco - Editions
Four broad categories
Cloud – 50-500 users, 10 GB – 1 TB
Mobile – Requires Alfresco on Cloud account
Enterprise – Unlimited users, support
Community – Completely free, community support
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Tell Me More...
• 30-day free trial for the Enterprise Edition• Do a pilot project before deploying• Based on the freemium model• Includes open source modules
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Open Source Components in Alfresco
Installing Alfresco
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Installation Types
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Manager Tool
Web server
Database
Using Alfresco
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Logging In
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Alfresco Share - Dashboard
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Features You Can Try
1. Dashlets2. Workflow 3. Integration with Google Docs4. XML, HTML Editing5. Social Channel Publishing6. Drag and Drop
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1. Dashlets
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2. Workflow
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3. Integration With Google Docs
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4. Markup Language Editing
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5. Social Channel
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6. Drag and Drop
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Highlights
• Community version is totally free!!!• Community version is almost == Enterprise version• Blogs, Documentation, Forums, Videos• Issue Tracking through Jira• Customizable to suit your needs• Supports 7 languages
Some Questions You May Have…
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• Does Alfresco support integration with Framemaker?• If i make some customizations to Alfresco, should the
code be released to the community?• How often are community versions released?• If i find any issue with the community version, can i file a
bug?• Can i replace an open source component with a
proprietary solution?
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