Document management - ECM Alfresco

Alfresco is involved in the implementation and sale of a document management system called Alfresco. Based on its best practice in the development and implementation of Documentum, Alfresco has developed an enterprise content management system (ECM) called Alfresco.

Alfresco is a unique open-source alternative for ECM combining open-source innovations with the stability of a genuine corporate platform. With the open-source model, Alfresco can use the best technology available to achieve excellent software quality and high speed at low cost.

The system is used to store and manage documents, such as by workflows, and secure the entire document life cycle. Every business needs an efficient, uniform structure for its documents. And that is exactly what Alfresco offers. It is a standard Java Content Repository (JCR) compliant with JSR170, the global standard for JCR, in which documents are stored in spaces.

Benefits:

• Zero licence fees for using the Alfresco system
• Easy maintenance and back-ups of the entire IT infrastructure
• User-friendly interface of the Alfresco system with integrated business process management and Service Oriented Auditing
• A single repository for all content
• Low total costs of integration and high availability of the ECM platform
• With its extended options such as content and document management outside the web (for internal regulations and other documents) and internal process management, Alfresco ECM can also be used in other development stages.
• Alfresco is based on JCR, JSR-170, JSR-168, Web Services and REST global standards.
• By supporting the CIFS protocol, the solution can also be used without a thin (web) client, just like a logical disc. This makes it much easier for the users to work with the system, requiring less time for training.
• CIFS protocol supports authentication via Kerberos using the Active Directory. As a result, content can be processed by means of the file structure.