1174176000Content WireadminAlfresco,best practices,GPL,marketing,open source,relationship,source codeAlfresco to Move to GPLThe company software is provided under a number of flexible licenses, designed to meet the particular requirements of different types of customers. Those wishing to use the software for free under the GPL will be able to download the resources from the company's website, and the re-licensing will not affect community users' rights in code they have accepted under the modified MPL prior to February 2007. Users who download an update after February, the update will be covered by the GPL plus FLOSS exception which enables software provided under existing OSI-approved open source licenses to incorporate software without having to license the entire software package under the terms of the GPL. www.alfresco.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/alfresco-move-gpl1159398000Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Alfresco,application developers,collaborative content,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management platform,content management services,content management software,content repository,content technology,document management,email,enterprise applications,enterprise content,enterprise content management,Enterprise Web,flexibility,initially,management application,management applications,management market,management platform,management technology,management vendors,moving away,new generation,new release,new technology,next generation,open source,open standards,pioneer,records management,Records Management,repository,scalable,server market,single source,software applications,software developers,software platform,software vendors,Standards,target market,Technology,technology platform,time to market,web applications,web based,web content,web content management,web managers,web pages,web server,workflow,XML,XML content managementAnother Enterprise Class Open Source Web Content ManagementAlfresco announced that the availability of the Alfresco Web Content Management Preview release, which they say offers enterprise class open source Web Content Management (WCM) for today's next generation web sites. This is a milestone for Alfresco which now offers a full Enterprise Content Management (ECM) suite of collaborative document management, records management, email archiving, image management and Web Content Management. The Alfresco Web Content Management Preview release is an advanced WCM platform that includes features such as: -- Virtualization Server -- Multi-Site Transactional Publishing -- Web Content Compliance Server -- 100% Standards Based -- High-Availability, Highly Scalable Platform End user features include: -- Standards-Based Forms to Create Pages - Chiba XForms -- Simple Multi-Channel XML Publishing -- Email-Based Production Workflow -- In-Context Review -- Integrated Support for Content Managers, Contributors, Reviewers, Web Designers and Application Developers in one repository -- Parallel Branching and Merging -- Dependency Management -- Pre-Built Templates and Website Components "The speed with which we have been able to deliver our Web Content Management component validates our open source and single repository strategy," said John Newton, chief technology officer, Alfresco Software Inc. "Modern web content management is architected using Spring, Hibernate, Lucene and JSF, and built on Web Services or REST. This makes Alfresco ideal for next generation web applications." The new server aims to have a dramatic impact on the time and cost required to deliver websites. "Our goal was always to deliver a full ECM suite," said John Powell, CEO, Alfresco Software Inc. "We are now positioned as the only open source alternative in a $3.9 Billion ECM market that is moving away from high-priced legacy vendors."http://www.content-wire.com/another-enterprise-class-open-source-web-content-management1138579200Content WireadminAlfresco,assets,content management system,JBoss,open source,word processing Open Source ECM Stack InstallAlfresco has partnered with BitRock to enable Alfresco to be installed in minutes as part of an integrated open source stack, to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) for installation, upgrades and management. The joint offering provides an installer and configuration wizard for Alfresco and the surrounding open source ECM stack. It also provides a management and delivery tool for Alfresco to provide updates to its software, and to other stack components such as MySQL and JBoss. The stack supports a variety of Linux distributions and Windows versions. The new Alfresco installer will perform all required configuration tasks, so users will have a complete, ready-to-run ECM system as soon as installation is complete. www.alfrescosoftware.com, www.bitrock.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/open-source-ecm-stack-install1137715200Content WireadminAlfresco,architecture,CMS,complexity,Development,development environment,development tools,new technology,open architecture,open source,senior vice president,software applications,software developers,source code,Technology,web applications,Web CMS,web pagesPHP development for Open Source CMSAlfresco Software has integrated the open source programming language, PHP, into its development environment. This enables PHP developers to create new content-centric applications and dynamic web pages that access the technology. PHP is an open source programming language. It is a simple scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded in HTML. This makes PHP an especially complementary language for the environment. The software adopts connectivity tools that use Web Services and a Service Oriented Architecture to hide much of the complexity for the PHP developer. This enables the full range capabilities to be made available to PHP developers. www.alfrescosoftware.com <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/php-development-open-source-cms1137715200Content WireadminAlfresco,architecture,CMS,complexity,content creation,Development,development environment,development tools,middleware,new technology,open architecture,open source,software applications,software developers,Technology,web applications,Web CMS,web pages PHP development for Open Source CMSAlfresco Software has integrated the open source programming language, PHP, into its development environment. This enables PHP developers to create new content-centric applications and dynamic web pages that access the technology. PHP is an open source programming language. It is a simple scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded in HTML. This makes PHP an especially complementary language for the environment. The software adopts connectivity tools that use Web Services and a Service Oriented Architecture to hide much of the complexity for the PHP developer. This enables the full range capabilities to be made available to PHP developers. www.alfrescosoftware.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/php-development-open-source-cms-01130976000Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Alfresco,application developers,architecture,Business,business applications,business content,business user,business users,Companies,complexity,consulting firm,consumers,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management services,content management solution,content management system,content management systems,content repository,Content Technologies,content technology,critical business,current content,current market,developer community,easy access,enterprise applications,enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise systems,Enterprise Web,flexibility,functionality,global content,global network,global technology,help companies,large enterprises,management application,management applications,management functionality,management market,management product,management requirements,management solutions,management technology,Microsoft,new business,new product,new technology,open architecture,open source,Open Source Content Management Systems,open standards,product strategy,project management,repository,single solution,single source,Standards,Technology,technology allows,technology companies,user interface,user interfaces,vice president,web applications,web content,web content management,web content management system,web usersZero Footprint Content ManagementTraditional Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems were designed a decade ago, leaving them with cumbersome interfaces and legacy technology. Alfresco is built on modern, service oriented technologies and standards from this decade, such as Spring, Hibernate, Lucene and Web Services, JSR-168, JSR-170 and MyFaces. These help to dramatically bring down the cost and complexity of both implementation and use of these systems. The company is lead by a team of content management veterans including the co-founder of Documentum.The Alfresco ECM solution is designed for small to mid-sized enterprises and departments in Global 1000 organizations that want a system that is easy for end-users to use while also being simple-to-install and flexible for developers to create new and customized content applications. "Informa has over 7000 employees in 159 offices in 40 countries. We were looking for a flexible, cost-effective system that could meet the diverse requirements of our business," said Bob Hecht, VP - Content Strategy for Informa. "The success of the current project will hinge on ease-of-use and configurability. We determined that the Alfresco approach is an excellent fit for our user requirements and it's cutting edge technical architecture will provide us the flexibility and power to out-perform the traditional ECM market.""Thanks to the increasing corporate regulation as well as the exponential growth of electronic documents, content management has emerged as a 'must have' application," said Alfresco CEO John Powell. "The problem is, those companies that have installed complex content management systems in the past, today find that they are underutilized thanks to complex interfaces and large feature-sets that do not meet the needs of today's enterprise. We built Alfresco to fix those problems."Alfresco uses the Microsoft CIFS interface, which enables users to treat content just as they would a Microsoft Windows shared file drive. Unlike other interfaces, CIFS enables users to take work offline and synchronize it when reconnecting. It also allows applications that will only work with mounted drives or non-networked file systems to work natively with the Alfresco repository. These can include a user's native editing tool or a corporate application.Alfresco announced the availability of both a free open source "Community Network" and a series of fee-based support networks. Alfresco has designed several levels of network support to meet the specific needs of the organization and enterprise using the product. These include: -- Community Network: Free open source downloadable Enterprise Content Management system supported by a large and active community of open source developers; -- Developer Network: Enables developers to gain access to the latest technology and develop against a certified, supported version of the product; -- Professional Network: Designed for small enterprises or departments in Global 1000 organizations and layers in additional security functionality and support; -- Enterprise Network: Designed for the Global 1000 offering support and functionality that includes advanced security features such as single sign-on and mission critical features such as clustering, failover and advanced caching. This is priced to allow for unlimited seats. www.alfresco.com <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/zero-footprint-content-management1130194800Content WireadminAlfresco,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management platform,content management services,enterprise content,enterprise content management,management application,management platform,marketing programs,open source,subsidiaryOpen Source CM with UtilityAlfresco is partnering with Siennax to offer a trusted, hosted service for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Siennax offers a utility computing platform with services for application management, learning management, billing and payment and sourcing. In this hosted model Siennax applies a "pay-as-you-go" model whereby clients pay only for the services they actually use. Siennax has a Trust Services Certification. This is an auditing standard established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). Alfresco also announced the release of a Dutch Language Pack. www.alfresco.orghttp://www.content-wire.com/open-source-cm-utility1129158000Content WireadminAlfresco,application developers,content delivery,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management services,content management systems,content technology,data management,Data Management,data services,database management,delivery network,enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise portal,enterprise systems,JBoss,maintain control,management application,management technology,models,relational database,schema,Technology,technology allows,telecommunicationsEnterprise Network Release Candidate AnnouncedContent models are more complex than traditional relational database tables. The release integrates closely to the JBoss Cache, JBoss Application Server and Hibernate utilizing the underlying scalability and high-availability features, say the developers. The technology uses JBoss Cache's ability to distribute and maintain data caches, making it possible to build large-scale systems which allows delivery f cached data at in memory speeds. Clustering, failover and load balancing facilities of the JBoss Application Server are also adopted to increase scalability. Alfresco uses Hibernate to control the content management schema, and it complements these products with content replication and use of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) to integrate to different, configurable authentication systems. Features are single sign-on through Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) across the JBoss Portal and portlets,fail-safe content services, a massively parallel content grid, and distributed high availability within the data centre and between disparate data centres. www.alfresco.orghttp://www.content-wire.com/enterprise-network-release-candidate-announced1129158000Content WireadminAlfresco,application developers,content delivery,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management services,content management systems,content technology,data management,Data Management,data services,database management,de facto,delivery network,enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise portal,enterprise systems,globalization,JBoss,maintain control,management application,management technology,models,relational database,schema,Technology,technology allows,web portalEnterprise Network ReleaseContent models are more complex than traditional relational database tables. The release integrates closely to the JBoss Cache, JBoss Application Server and Hibernate utilizing the underlying scalability and high-availability features, say the developers. The technology uses JBoss Cache's ability to distribute and maintain data caches, making it possible to build large-scale systems which allows delivery f cached data at in memory speeds. Clustering, failover and load balancing facilities of the JBoss Application Server are also adopted to increase scalability. Alfresco uses Hibernate to control the content management schema, and it complements these products with content replication and use of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) to integrate to different, configurable authentication systems. Features are single sign-on through Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) across the JBoss Portal and portlets,fail-safe content services, a massively parallel content grid, and distributed high availability within the data centre and between disparate data centres. www.alfresco.orghttp://www.content-wire.com/enterprise-network-release