You may not have heard about Alfresco. As an open-source enterprise content management platform, the company is not exactly in the sexiest space. Not only that, but although it found some early buzz among open-source advocates, Alfresco has intentionally avoided a lot of press, choosing to fly...
You may not have heard about Alfresco. As an open-source enterprise content management platform, the company is not exactly in the sexiest space. Not only that, but although it found some early buzz among open-source advocates, Alfresco has intentionally avoided a lot of press, choosing to fly...
Speaking at the government ICT conference in London Ian Levy, technical director at the Communication Electronics Security Group (CESG), said local authorities need to realise the organisation supports the deployment of non-proprietary software for security purposes.
There are plenty of changes afoot on this year's list, as well as at the magazine. As you read through these pages, you'll notice a change in the EContent 100 categories--and a subsequent change in the companies we're honoring this year. As we focused less on enterprise content companies and more...
In any business organization, the need to effectively communicate and collaborate in a timely manner is very important. Contending with mobile workers and shifting schedules, many businesses look toward enterprise content management (ECM) systems such as Microsoft's SharePoint. Their purpose is to...
Before looking at them, though, let's take a quick look at the methodology Forrester used to pick the 12 vendors it assessed; that way no one can be accused of bias in relation to one product over another and preserve us all from heated discussions on the matter.
Within the last 12 months, Alfresco has added 13 new customers, appointed three new partners, secured significant projects with its existing customer base in A/NZ, expanded to a team of five and moved to new premises in North Ryde.
In a meeting with some entrepreneurs, I jotted down a statement one of them made: "The large enterprise software companies are making up problems as they go along. Even worse, these companies are ungovernable. Their internal information is unmanageable."
That’s the view of VARs working with software such as Alfresco, Liferay and Plone. Executives at those firms say the open source options appeal to customers in the government and education sectors, in particular. The channel is becoming a conduit for open source offerings, providing customers a...
Yes, the tech titans among us have figured out that employees use their own personal devices to get work done. And yes, enterprises need to keep their data locked down a bit more than the average person’s iPhone. But while we’ve been posturing about security and control, and wondering if “...
