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Content Management for the OEM and Software Vendors

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
 
 

Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for Enterprise Content Management and the first embeddable Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system. It is used by leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs). Alfresco offers a low cost, easy-to-use, robust Enterprise Content Management suite built by former Documentum® and Interwoven® employees.

The development of the Alfresco Embeddable Enterprise Content Management system was driven by the belief that hundreds of applications needed ECM. However existing systems were:

  • Too expensive
  • Too hard to Use
  • Too hard to rollout
  • Too hard to develop content centric applications on
  • Too Proprietary restricting deployment options

Alfresco OEM Products

Alfresco was designed from the ground up to be an embedded repository to support applications that require:

  • Document Management
  • Web Content Management
  • Records Management
  • Image Management
  • Collaboration

Alfresco also has a unique Java implementation of the CIFS protocol that allows content, system administration information and rows in a database to be presented as a shared drive. This technology has been deployed by over 40 companies in their products for many years. This product is named:

  • Alfresco JLAN

Why Alfresco - Business Reasons

The Alfresco Enterprise Content Management system enables OEM/ISV/VARs to:

  • Focus core engineering resources on their product rather than building and maintaining a proprietary ECM system
  • Win competitive comparisons using an ECM system that is recognized as the most scalable JSR-170 repository in the industry
  • Keep a larger share of the customers budget by eliminating the need for customers to purchase a costly ECM system
  • Accelerate time to deployment with a robust enterprise ECM that is simple to use, simple to rollout and simple to scaleout enterprise-wide
  • Accelerate development time with modern lightweight scripting
  • Work with an OEM friendly business model and license

Why Alfresco - Technical Reasons

Alfresco was designed from the ground up to be embedded in modern architectures for the new world of enterprise software. It offers:

  • A 100% Java war file that can be simply run in an application sever
  • A system that can share the same JVM as the embedding application or be accessed remotely
  • An embeddable repository whose download is less than 40MB in size
  • The most scalable standards-based  JSR-170 repository
  • The same functionality in the embedded Enterprise  and Community versions
  • A system that is simple to install and rollout
  • An environment for rapid development with API sets for REST, Web Services, Java, JSR-170

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

How Can I Try Alfresco

The latest embedded version can be downloaded at:

http://www.alfresco.com/products/ecm/enttrial/

For more information or to sign up, please contact info@alfresco.com

Useful Links for Embedding Alfresco

The Alfresco Content Community contains valuable information such as:

  • Documentation
  • Webinar recording on developing with WebScripts
  • Technical tips
  • Product Functionality Matrix

The Content Community can be accessed by registering at:

http://www.alfresco.com/community/register

The Wiki has specific sections designed for customers who want to embed Alfresco. The developer Wiki can be accessed from:

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Main_Page

Specific sections are dedicated to embedded API development. These include:

The SDK can be downloaded from:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143373&package_id=189441

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