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Alfresco 4: Floating on the cloud?

Paul Hampton Director of Product Marketing

Maidenhead, UK Global Headquarters Atlanta, US Headquarters

Alfresco is now the largest open source content management company in the world.

Founded in 2005, with offices in London & Atlanta Over 3.5 million community downloads 250+ global channel partners 2,500 customers in 55 countries, including…

The Alfresco Platform

Document Management Records Management Web Content Services Enterprise Collaboration Open Source Platform

Alfresco is now the largest open source content management company in the world.

•  10 month average payback period •  $1.3 million in IT & training cost savings •  53% ROI in three years •  Flexibility and Open Standards praised

SO, WHAT IS THE CLOUD?

It’s Amazon

It’s an outsourced data center

It’s PaaS

It’s IaaS

It’s a VMWare Image

This is a Cloud

Network Network Network Network Network

Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage

Server Server Server Server Server

VM VM VM VM VM

App App App App App

Data Data Data Data Data

PaaS, IaaS, SaaS? Dedicated

IT Hosting Provider

Public IaaS

Public SaaS

Public PaaS

Cloud Adoption

•  Gartner: “Cloud is highest CIO priority” – 64% would consider using a private cloud for

ECM – 30% said public cloud is possible in future – 6% currently using internal corporate cloud

•  Set to double, but outsourced corporate set to treble (particularly smaller orgs.)

AIIM Survey conducted February 2011

Benefits of Cloud

•  Save on hardware costs •  Save on software costs •  Save on IT management costs

– No need to manage your own infrastructure – No need to worry about updates

•  Elastic scalability •  Disaster recovery

COLLABORATION IN BUSINESS

Collaboration in Business Head Office

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Remote Office Fi

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Partner

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Solution?

Tools

•  FTP •  Email •  Personal tools •  File sharing sites

Issues

•  Complex •  Lack of security •  Mistakes •  File size limits •  Lack of control •  No version history •  No process

Desktop

Mobile Social Media Channels

Web Services Public Alfresco Cloud

Corporate Systems

Open Web APIs

CMIS JSR-168

Connectors

WebDAV CMIS CIFS

SharePoint Protocol

Open Web APIs CMIS

CMIS-based Alfresco Sync

CMIS WebDAV

Overview

•  Alfresco 4 hosted in the cloud •  Software as a Service (SaaS) solution

– Hosted on AWS •  Three different options

– Free Network – Alfresco Team Network – Alfresco Enterprise Network

•  New features being added all the time

Network Network Network Network Network

Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage

Server Server Server Server Server

VM VM VM VM VM

App App App App App

Data Data Data Data Data

Alfresco in the Cloud Dedicated

IT Hosting Provider

Public IaaS

Public SaaS

Public PaaS

Alfresco ECM

•  Collaboration sites •  Drag and drop upload •  Access control •  Version control •  Workflow •  Commenting •  Preview •  Document properties

•  Tagging •  Search •  Social features

–  Sharing, like, favorite

All the features you would expect in a enterprise class ECM!

Sign up for free http://cloud.alfresco.com/

Networks

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Networks


Networks

Video Project

Inviting Users to Your Network •  Create a site •  Invite users

–  From your network –  By email address

•  Can be both business and public email

•  Receive email invitation

•  Can only see files in this site

…And It Works With Alfresco Mobile

•  Find content –  Browse sites and folders –  Search

•  View content –  View file information

•  Download to device –  Open in app

•  Favorites •  Send content to others •  Comment •  Save back

Premium Networks Free

Network Team

Network Enterprise Network

Storage 10 GB 25 GB 1 TB

Additional Storage Yes Yes

File Size Limit 50 MB 2 GB 2 GB

Administration Included Included

Branding Included Included

Support 12 x 5 Online

24 x 7 Online and phone

Users Unlimited $ per user $ per user

LDAP/AD Support Optional extra Included

Try Premium Networks for free during the beta period

Hybrid Cloud Solution Head Office

Remote Office

Partner

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Synchronization

Content ‘Osmosis’

Summary

•  The cloud is changing the way companies do business

•  Collaboration is more important than ever

•  Alfresco in the cloud is a scalable, robust ECM hosted in the cloud

QUESTIONS? What to do next… Sign up for free –

http://cloud.alfresco.com Download the mobile app –

http://bit.ly/alf-ipad Watch the videos –

http://bit.ly/Cloud-Start

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