The line between content management and social networking software is getting very blurry. Alfresco debuted a new release of its open-source and commercial content management software Wednesday with added social networking, workflow and collaboration capabilities. Alfresco Enterprise 3.4 provides a...
Todd Barr, Alfreco’s CMO, says 31% of enterprises are using social media tools, which is, in part, why his company is bringing social tools to today’s 3.4 release of its open source ECM solution. “This is Alfresco’s reflection on what’s happening in the industry,” he says of this latest release,...
Alfresco released Alfresco Enterprise 3.4 this week with a decidedly social focus. While Alfresco CTO John Newton says the company still handles more traditional content management tasks, there is a new focus on social content from partners such as Jive and Liferay. This makes it easier for...
Since I was writing my own 2011 predictions this week, I thought it might be fun to ask some industry experts what they expect for the coming year. Here's what they had to say:Corporate websites grow upMany organizations have been trying to fix their corporate web presence for the last couple of...
Redmond has no shortage of rivals that want a piece of its business. While there are certainly more than 10, these competitors are keeping Microsoft's top execs up at night. VMware Inc.: The virtualization market leader might be losing a bit of momentum to Microsoft, but it has the product line,...
Many government entities — whether local, state, or federal — consist of several disparate departments or agencies. Oftentimes, these divisions work independently of one another, have their own goals and objectives, and even initiate their own isolated IT projects. This siloed manner of...
More and more is being written about governance and license compliance and open source. The FUD of lawsuits continues unabated. Simon Phipps has an excellent post on trying to break out of the conversational frame that some use around compliance and governance.One of the difficult problems is...
John Newton, co-founder of Alfresco, will keynote this week's event and also invite Brian Behlendorf, director of CollabNet -- and Luke Kowalski, vice president in Oracle's corporate architecture group to share his stage.
The event is described by the company as a deep technical dive into both...
ECM vendor Alfresco is best known for its Document and Records Management functionality. However the company has also supported Web Content Management (WCM) use cases, albeit with variable enthusiasm over the years. Some new energy has returned since Alfresco recently released Community version 3.4...
The word is out that Sharepoint 2010 is not getting the adoption that Microsoft had expected. The slow gain reflects the business cycles of license renewal but also means a turning point in the market and a multi-billion market opportunity for companies like Alfresco Software.Alfresco Software is...
