Content Management for the OEM and Software Vendor

OEM Benefits

Advantages of partnering with Alfresco as an OEM:

  • Add content management features and capabilities to your solution
  • Safely embed Alfresco under a commercial license that fits your needs
  • Receive support and training from the Alfresco experts
  • Ability to re-sell Alfresco support and services
  • Leverage joint marketing opportunities  and the open source momentum

Embedding Alfresco software is a natural extension of the OEM and ISV business model. OEMs and ISVs often integrate content management capabilities with their solutions and the previous alternatives where either to build a content management system themselves or license software from an expensive, proprietary vendor. Choosing Alfresco is a logical choice because it is 100% Java, based on open standards, full-featured and lightweight.

In response to growing demand, Alfresco has introduced its OEM partner program specifically designed to support those interested in embedding Enterprise Content Management into their applications. The program is intended to let OEMs and ISVs concentrate on their core competencies, product development and support of their product, and not on building and maintaining content management technologies. Partners receive the Alfresco source code under a commercial license and have the ability to leverage core Alfresco developers to help them optimize their solutions. All with the peace of mind that Alfresco engineers are supporting their end customer deployments that embed Alfresco enterprise content management.

Licensing Benefits

Alfresco is primary originator and controller of the alfresco application. This level of control ensures your investment is proof against issues surrounding copyright ownership.. Most of the development is done by our core engineers and any accepted contribution copyright is assigned back to Alfresco. This allows Alfresco to provide our OEMs with a commercial-like license that is specifically designed to make embedding and distributing Alfresco safe for our partners.

  • Utilize Alfresco Enterprise Edition source code
  • Ability to modify Alfresco code and retain your unique IP
  • Rebrand Alfresco software as your own
  • Redistribute Alfresco code through a direct or channel model

OEM Enablement Benefits

Alfresco development support expedites your time to market. Alfresco will help you optimize your software or hardware solutions with Alfresco content management to ensure that it is taking full advantage of Alfresco APIs and features. Leverage the expertise of core Alfresco developers while your staff concentrates on your application and not on content management. We will work with your development staff to assist you to seamlessly integrate Alfresco with your product.

  • Increase your time to market
  • Free your staff to concentrate on your product, not on content management
  • Leverage the expertise of core Alfresco developers
  • Ability to certify your product with Alfresco

Technical Benefits

Alfresco is 100% Java and written to take advantage of open standards such as JSR-170 and WebDav. The embeddable version is the same code as the Alfresco Enterprise product, and is fully customizable with a footprint of less than 40MB. Alfresco also provides lean, yet secure access to data and content streaming directly to the repository.

  • 100% Java and based on open standards
  • Modular and customizable with less than 40MB footprint
  • Most scalable standards-based JSR-170 repository
  • Can share the same JVM as the embedding application

Training Benefits

Our courses, delivered directly by the people behind the technology, will give you the knowledge you need to make the most out of Alfresco. For OEMs and ISVs looking to embed our enterprise content management technology, our in-depth, hands-on training will take you through the Alfresco architecture and teach you how to optimize Alfresco for your needs.

  • Certify your staff on Alfresco
  • Establish a knowledge transfer between your staff and Alfresco developers
  • Courses range from User/Admin to Advanced Alfresco Development
  • Convenient locations, or Private, on-site courses available

Production Support Benefits

Joining the Alfresco partner program allows you to embed and bundle Alfresco support. Since most partners already sell support for their software, it only makes sense that they extend trust to end-users and offer quick resolution to any Alfresco issues. Alfresco will typically provide level III support, letting the partner concentrate on Levels I and II.

  • Provide your customer with Alfresco 24x7 Worldwide technical support
  • Offer quick resolution to any Alfresco issue
  • Receive immediate patches and bug fixes
  • Extend indemnification to your end-user customers

Marketing Benefits

Alfresco would like to invite you to be our marketing partner. Alfresco is recognized as a leader in the open source content management market, and our brand name is associated with quality and innovation. We have received many industry accolades, and we strive to be the market, as well as mind share leader. Alfresco would like to extend our marketing efforts to include partners the embed Alfresco products in their best of breed solutions.

  • Alfresco logo usage
  • Include your company information and logo on the Alfresco website
  • Support for Press Releases
  • Participation in Alfresco events

To learn more see our main partner information or contact us directly at sales@alfresco.com.