Introduction to Alfresco 3.0

Dr. Ian Howells

CMO Alfresco

September 2008

Alfresco Labs 3 Briefing

See the recorded webinar here:

http://tinyurl.com/alfresco3




AgendaAgenda

● Market Dynamics and Drivers behind 3

● Release History

● Alfresco Labs 3 Microsoft SharePoint TM Protocol Support

Alfresco Share

CMIS

Surf

Repository

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Content Management MarketDramatic Change Getting into 21st Century

Content Management MarketDramatic Change Getting into 21st Century

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SocialNetworking

CMIS

OpenSourceTraditional

ECM

WCM

SharePoint






CMISApplications and Repositories

The New World of Content ManagementThe New World of Content Management

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SharePointMixed

Environment

No SharePoint

SharePoint100% Microsoft






Rapid InnovationIn Open Source Time

Rapid InnovationIn Open Source Time

06/2005 Preview Release – Repository and Web Client

10/2005 Release 1.0 – Document Management & CIFS

12/2005 Release 1.1 – Enterprise Security

02/2006 Release 1.2 – Developer - JSR-170, Templating & PHP

06/2006 Release 1.3 – Platform for ECM Apps – Scripting & Scalability

09/2006 Release 1.4 – Business Process – jBPM & Records Mgmt, Kofax Integration

01/2007 Release 2.0 – GPL, OpenSearch, WCM

07/2007 Release 2.1 – Web Scripts and Office Integration

02/2008 Release 2.2 – Web Farm Management, Email Integration, JMX

07/2008 Release 3.0 – SharePoint Protocol Support, Collaboration Social Computing, CMIS






Alfresco Labs 3 Alfresco Labs 3

● First Microsoft Office SharePoint protocol support

No Additional Client Installation

● Alfresco Share

New Collaborative Social Computing Dynamic Web 2.0 Application

● First CMIS Support

New Content Management Standard supported by Alfresco, EMC, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, OpenText, Oracle

● Alfresco Surf WCM platform

Build dynamic, REST/CMIS-oriented Webapps and Collaborative Web Sites

● Scalability

Multi-tier Lightweight CMIS/REST Architecture

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QuestionsQuestions

● What do you Mean by SharePoint?

● What requirements does SharePoint place on my Enterprise software infrastructure?

● What is the SharePoint Protocol?

● What is SharePoint Protocol Support?

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Collaborative Document

Management

Windows SharePoint Services Content Repository

SharePoint at a Top LevelContent Management Perspective

SharePoint at a Top LevelContent Management Perspective

Office SharePoint Server 2007ECM Suite

User Interfaces

Office SharePoint Server 2007

Core ECM Services

Microsoft OfficeClient Applications

Microsoft SharePoint Portal

Web Services

Records Management Web Content Management

eForms Management

Workflow

Metadata

Library Services

Policy Management

Search

Security

Excel Services

Slide Library

Information Rights Management

Content CollaborationContent Collaboration

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CIFS/WebDAVShared Drive

Office Outlook






Alfresco Content CollaborationAlfresco Content Collaboration

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ECM EnableCIFS/WebDAV

Repo

ECM EnableOffice

ECM EnableEmail






SharePoint ProtocolEnd User ExperienceSharePoint Protocol

End User Experience

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SharePointSite

OfficeCheck In/Out

Version

NewWorkspace

PaneSee the recorded webinar here:





What is the SharePoint Protocol

What is the SharePoint Protocol

● Microsoft is extending Office

● By Embedding into Office a New Proprietary Protocol

● To Offer Content Management Functionality

● That Only Runs against a SharePoint Repository

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Implications of the SharePoint Platform

Implications of the SharePoint Platform

● Forces Users to use a Microsoft Stack Windows, SQL Server, IIS, .NET, C♯, IE+, MS Office,

SharePoint Portal

● No Oracle, DB2, MySQL

J2EE JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere

PHP, Java, Adobe

Portal

Firefox-

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Which SharePointWhich SharePoint

● WSS

● MOSS Standard

Social Computing

ECM – Workflow

WCM

Portal – MySites

Enterprise Search

Management

● MOSS Enterprise

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The Good NewsThe Good News

● The EC broke the Monopoly

● Forced the protocol to be Published

● Alfresco is the the First ECM Vendor to Support the Office SharePoint Protocol

● Break the Monopoly and return Choice and Control to Users

● Escape CALS

● Lower TCO

● Reuse Existing Skills

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Alfresco SharePoint CompatibilityAlfresco SharePoint Compatibility

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Office thinks it’s SharePointOffice thinks

it’s SharePoint

Check-InOutCheck-InOut

Version ControlVersion Control

DemonstrationDemonstration

● Access from Microsoft OfficeTM

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Alfresco ShareAlfresco Share

● Sites

● Dashboards

Site, Personal

● Site Components Document Library

Blog, Wiki

Search

People

Activities

Calendar, Discussions

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ActivitiesActivities

PeoplePeople



Document LibraryDocument Library

● Bulk Upload

● Thumbnails

● Flash Document Viewer

● Meta-Data, Tags

● Multi-Select

● RSS

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ThumbnailsThumbnails

Web 2.0 ControlsWeb 2.0 Controls

BulkUploadBulk

Upload



Flash Document ViewerExtendable DAM

Flash Document ViewerExtendable DAM

● Automatic Generation of Flash Renditions including:

Word, PowerPoint, Excel

OpenOffice

● Pluggable Rendition Engine

Flash Video/Audio

● Reduced Bandwidth

● High Performance Viewing

● Remove Client Application Dependencies

Office 2003, Office 2007

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Simple Administration and ConfigurationSimple Administration and Configuration

● Simple Administration

Quick Install

Delegated Site Admin

● Simple Configuration

Drag Drop Layout

● Open Gadget Framework

Open Web Script Components

AJAX YUI

Friendly urls

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DemonstrationDemonstration

● Marketing Launch

● Dashboard

● Marketing Site

● Product Marketing

Wiki Product Information

● Marketing Communications

Presentations and Documents

Discuss

● Invite Team

● Review Material

● Schedule Calendar Event

● Blog

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CMISFirst Draft CMIS Implementation

CMISFirst Draft CMIS Implementation

● SQL for the Content Management Industry

● Content Management Interoperability Services

● Alfresco, EMC, IBM, Microsoft, OpenText, Oracle and SAP

● Usage

Write-Once, Run Anywhere Application

Integrate Multiple Repositories

Business Process Across Repositories

Learn One UI for ALL Repositories

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http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/CMISSee the recorded webinar here:


REST APIREST API

● Site

● Person

● Invite

● Activities

● Rendition

● Thumbnail

● Tagging

● Preferences

● Discussion

● Blogging

● Comment

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Alfresco SurfWeb Application Presentation Framework

Alfresco SurfWeb Application Presentation Framework

● Page Model

● UI Content Component Model

YUI, Adobe Flash – Dynamic Upload, Preview

● Lightweight Web Scripting and Templating

● Open

Portal - Web Part in Microsoft SharePoint Portal

Wiki, Blog

XML, Freemarker, JSP, HTML, Java



Alfresco Surf ApplicationsAlfresco Surf Applications

● Alfresco Share

● Alfresco Enterprise Network

● Alfresco Web Studio

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Alfresco RepositoryAlfresco Repository

Alfresco SurfAlfresco Surf

Alfresco ShareAlfresco Share

New Products and ProtocolsNew Products and Protocols

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Sites People YUICollaboration Components

Components Pages Templates

MS Office SharePoint ProtocolCMIS

REST & Web Services API

CIFS, WebDAV, FTP & NFS

Java

JavaServer JavaServer Faces (JSF)Faces (JSF)

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Alfresco Alfresco Document Document

ManagementManagementviavia

Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office

AlfrescoAlfrescoWeb Content Web Content ManagementManagement

Alfresco SurfAlfresco Surf

Alfresco RepositoryAlfresco Repository

Surf-based AppsSurf-based Apps

Surf ScalabilityMulti-Tier Web 2.0

Architecture

Surf ScalabilityMulti-Tier Web 2.0

Architecture

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Non-Alfresco Non-Alfresco RepositoryRepository

AlfrescoWeb Studio

Alfresco NetworkAlfresco Share Ajax Flex

REST API

Alfresco Enterprise NetworkCompletion of Phase One

Alfresco Enterprise NetworkCompletion of Phase One

● Alfresco Knowledge Base

● Alfresco Call Tracking (ACT)

● Alfresco News

● Documentation and Downloads

● Support Handbook

● User Management and Single Sign On

● Check-In Feed Dashlet

● Alfresco Share Dashlet

● Add-ons Library

17/07/08

3.0 Repository Enhancements3.0 Repository Enhancements

• Performance & Scalability– Version Store Refactor

• Significant reduction in storage

• 2x faster to create, 10x faster to version

– Audit Properties Refactor• Reduced DB storage

requirements Multi-valued Properties Refactor

• Unlimited group sizes

– Permission evaluation performance

– Remote OpenOffice Transformation Service

• Integrity– Remove Lucene Dependency for

Person Service• Clustering resilience

• Multi-Tenancy for DM

• Updated Installers– Windows

– Linux



Alfresco’s Road MapAlfresco’s Road Map

● Continue to Invest in Document Management, WCM and Repository

● Enterprise Social Computing

● Rich Internet Applications Interfaces

● Enterprise Performance and Scalability

● New APIs and Interfaces



Alfresco Labs Next StepsAlfresco Labs Next Steps

● www.alfresco.com

● Download

● Alfresco Labs

● Installing Labs 3

● Join Content Community

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http://www.alfresco.com/

CMIS Next StepsCMIS Next Steps

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DC and Munich EventsDC and Munich Events

● Meet the Experts

● In Depth Presentation and Training on Alfresco 3

SharePoint Protocol Support

Share

Surf

CMIS





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