What's New In Alfresco 2.2? - Open Source ECM

Alfresco 2.2 Update

Dr. Ian Howells, AlfrescoCMO AlfrescoMike Farman

Director ECM Products, ECMwww.alfresco.com

See the recorded webinar here:http://tinyurl.com/alfresco2-2

http://tinyurl.com/alfresco2-2



Agenda

● Alfresco Focus on Real Users

● Architecture

● Release History

● Market Drivers

● New in Alfresco 2.2





Fit Within the User’s EnvironmentInnovate Through Simplicity

SharedDrive

InterfaceEmail

Interface

Multi-Channel

WebAccess

Virtualization

WebForm

Interface

RulesAutomation





Fit Within the User’s EnvironmentInnovate Through Architecture

Virtualization

WebForm

Interface

RulesAutomation

Massive Web 2.0Replication Scalability

High-AvailabilityCluster

Repo Repo

Cluster

DBMS DBMS

ChangeSets Staging

DeployReplicate

WebSite

WebSite

SearchVersion

AuditWorkflow

SharedDrive

InterfaceEmail

Interface





Rapid InnovationIn Open Source Time

01/2005 Former Documentum Team Start from Scratch

06/2005 Preview Release – Repository and Web Client

10/2005 Release 1.0 – Document Management & CIFS

12/2005 Release 1.1 – Enterprise Security

02/2006 Release 1.2 – Developer - JSR-170, Templating & PHP

Former Interwoven Team Start WCM from Scratch

06/2006 Release 1.3 – Platform for ECM Apps – Scripting & Scalability

09/2006 Release 1.4 – Business Process – jBPM & Records Mgmt, Kofax Integration

01/2007 Release 2.0 – GPL, OpenSearch, WCM

07/2007 Release 2.1 – Web Scripts and Next-Gen Office Integration





REST Driven Web 2.0 Integration

Users rate services, and view aggregate ratings from other users. Ajax interface means no need to refresh entire page

Users rate services, and view aggregate ratings from other users. Ajax interface means no need to refresh entire page

Site communicates the availability of new services to existing

Swisscom Mobile users

Site communicates the availability of new services to existing

Swisscom Mobile users

Downloads are made available directly within the site for users to

evaluate.

Downloads are made available directly within the site for users to

evaluate.

WCM Market Requirements

● Very High, Low Cost, Commoditized Scalability

● Rich Media Support

● User Generated Content

● Integration of Web 2.0 Components and Frameworks

● Consistent Branding

● Rapid Content Update Cycle





ECM Market Requirements

● Email Integration and Storage

● Email Collaboration

● Systems Management and Server Administration





New in 2.2

Alfresco 2.1

● Completion of Core Services

● Deployment

● Lifecycle Management

● - Launch/Expiration

● Links Management

● Site Regeneration

● JavaScript API Support

● REST Support

WCM 2.2

● Web Farm Deployment

● Web Application Preview and Test

● Site Templating and Branching

● Asset Reuse

ECM 2.2

● Email Archival

● Email Collaboration

● JMX Support





Web Farm Deployment3 Tier Partitioning and Replication

● To File-Servers and Repositories

● Transactional Change Set Publishing

● Single to 3-tier Architecture● Static Rich Media assets to remote web servers

● Code assets to dedicated app servers

● Content and metadata to remote repos

● To single or multiple servers

● Across multiple data centres● Via defined pools of remote test servers

Separate User Generated Content

StagingSandbox

Deployment

● Separate User Generated Content

● Hybrid

● Replication and Clustering

UGCCorporate

User Generated Content Hybrid Architecture





Web Application Preview and Test

● Integrated Site virtualization

● Any Site version

● Any Site Type

● Pools of Remote Test Servers● PHP● Ruby● .Net● Groovy● JSF/Lucene● Tiles● Struts


Site Templating and BranchingSimple Website Creation

● Rapid Site Update● Site Creation via Branching● Full New site Virtualization

● Rapid Site Creation● Templates Managed as Web

projects● Pre-Defined Site and Projects

Templates


Asset Reuse● Cross-Repository Asset

Reuse● Virtual Files and Folders● Transparent Reuse across Micro-

Sites

● Cross-repository synchronization

● Transactional, incremental, parallel

● Support for rollback, reporting, history

AuthoringSandbox

WorkflowSandbox

StagingSandbox

Deployment

ChangeSets

ChangeSets


Web Project Search

● Web Client Search

● Sandbox – Staging and User

● Full Set of Actions

Because only content checked-in and snapshotted in Staging is indexed for searching, search within a user sandbox returns just those items currently available in Staging, filtering out any items a user may have deleted within their sandbox


Inbound Email Server

● Embedded SMTP Email Server● Can run in Process (Same JVM) or● Remote (via RMI)

● Email In● Space - Content● Document - Discussion● Forum – New Topic● Topic - Post

● Email Archival● Email● Attached Files● Metadata Extraction – Sender,

Subject, To, CC


Alfresco JMX Support Overview

● JSR-160 Support

● Change log4j levels ● e.g. turn debug on/off

● Manage FTP/CIFS/NFS● Enable/Disable

● Read-only mode

● Single-user mode

● Server max user limit● Inc. disable further logins

● User sessions● Ticket Count● Ticket Invalidation


JMX Integration Benefits

● High Availability● Avoid server restarts

● Application Development and Troubleshooting● No server restart – e.g. changing log levels● Assist support in debugging running system

● Remote Administration● Don’t need a console session on remote server

● Application Usage Monitoring● Facilities are JMX Console Specific

● Control Resource Usage Based on Available Hardware● Max Users


Road Map

● Continue to Invest in Document Management, WCM and Repository

● Enterprise Social Computing

● Rich Internet Applications Interfaces

● Enterprise Performance and Scalability

● New APIs and Interfaces


Call To Action

● Prepare for 3.0 Community release● Stay abreast of project documentation and timelines via our Wiki● Stay tuned for project updates at key milestones via Support newsletter● Get upgraded to latest 2.x enterprise offering● Get well-versed in Web Scripts

● Get familiar with our future mash-up capabilities● Get well-versed in Alfresco WCM● Get familiar in Alfresco's new Dynamic Website Community add-on

● Current Community offering to be updated based on 3.0 framework

● Get familiar with pending 3.0 capabilities● Review JIRA issues filed against Project Slingshot (3.0)● Comment as needed on criticality, usefulness for key capabilities


Alfresco Moves ECM Forward

● Open Source model evolves faster

● Extend open source components into ECM

● Scalable systems from open development

● Social Computing requires new models

● Merge inside and outside data models

● Lightweight programming speeds development

● Mashable architecture uses the best of both worlds

● Enterprise fit for purpose

● Scalable, Multi-tenant and Robust

● Fits enterprise standards of OS, DBMS, and Development

What you can do today

● Why You Should Upgrade Today to 2.2 or 2.1.1

● 2.2 is Foundation for Collaboration

● Web Scripts, Enterprise, AVM permissions, Deployment enhancements, E-mail integration, Admin

● Move off 1.4 or earlier

● Architects should experiment with 2.9 for potential application and collaboration soon

● Prepare for Alfresco 3.0 knowledge worker infrastructure in production in the Enterprise in mid-year

● 2008 is the Year of the Knowledge WorkerSee the recorded webinar here:


● Learn

● Developer Webinar Series

● “Built in 60 Minutes”

● Try

● New Content Community Code Samples

● Develop

● Developer Guide and Resources

● Contribute

● Over 50 Contributed

● Win

● iPod Touch

Get Started Now with Web Scripts


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