Get Ready forAlfresco 4.0

Paul Hampton

• Features that make Alfresco easier to use

• Features that provide Social Content Management support

• Features that make Alfresco easier to deploy and manage

Usability

Question?

• How do you make it easier to…add contentfind content and use content?

Uploading Content

• Support drag and drop uploado Drag from desktopo Drop on to folders

• Improved parallel upload• Support drag and drop

moveo Drag files to the folder

tree, folders or the breadcrumb

• HTML5 enabled browsers

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Finding Content

• Sort folder viewo By name, type,

rating…

• Inline edit of propertieso Nameo Tags

Screen ShotFolder sorting and

inline edit

Viewing Content

• Redesigned UIo More room for

previewo Toggle actions,

properties, tags, etc.

• Support more formatso Preview Video and

Audioo Support for Apple

iWorks files

Site Administration

• Drag and drop setup of components

• Rename components• Brand sites• Improved help

o Default texto Help bubbles

Other Enhancements

• Improved calendar• Create from template• TinyMCE link to page• Geotag linked to

Google maps • Google Docs

Social Content Management

Social Features – Followers

• Follow influential people

• Use search to find people to follow

• Activities – what are they doing

• Private following list• Find out who is

following you

Social Features – Ratings and Commenting

• Ability to ‘like’ content

• Sort content by ratings

• Find highly rated content

• Comment counts• Rewind version tree

Social Features – Notifications

• Proactive notificationso Uses HTML templates

(localized)o Can be customized (in

repo)o Activity feed, following

and WF tasks

• Personal preferenceso Op-in/out

• New activity dashleto Multiple optionso New filers

Social Features – Publishing

• Support two typeso Contento Status updates

• Support for o Facebook, Twitter,

YouTube, and Flickro Can be extended

• Define ‘Channels’o Multiple channels for

each service

Publish

Social Publishing

• Administrationo Define the channelso Define credentials

• Java API to build automation

• Usero Select contento New action ‘Publish’o Select channel(s)o View publishing

history

Administration

Web Administration

• License warnings

• Admin consoleo Tag and category

managerso Channels and Workflow

management

Enterprise

Community

New Index Server – SOLR

• Replace Lucene• More scalable

solution• Separate SOLR index

servero Remove load from

Alfresco servers

• SOLR index used for search

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SOLR Support

• Customer can choose either Lucene or SOLR

• Typical upgrade processo Install Alfresco 4.0o Configure SOLRo Run SOLR indexo Switch off Lucene

• Fine grain control over what gets indexed

• ‘Eventually Consistent’

• Client supporto Alfresco Explorero Alfresco Shareo WebDAVo FTPo MS SharePointo CIFS

• RM will follow 4.0

Activiti Workflow

• Designed by Tom Baeyens (founder of the open source BPM engine jBPM)

• Option to use Activiti, jBPM or both

• Apache licensed with support for BPMN 2.0 standard

• Designer for Enterprise

Activiti Admin

• Deploy

Processes

WCM

• Web Quick Starto Publish to file systemo Also DM to file system

• Multilingual web site supporto Mark an asset / section as

translatableo Edit the locales available

on a particular websiteo See the translations of a

given asset / sectiono Create a new translation

of a translatable asset / section

o Edit a translation of a translatable asset / section

Something for the Developers

• Forms Service o Action forms – Configuration only forms

• Extensibilityo Config to switch on and off features / menuso Drop in custom extensions to the UI (admin UI)o OpenCMIS with Surf/Shareo Allows for simple upgrades in the future

• Model Managemento Configuration based display of properties in list viewo Multilingual label support (constraints)o Encrypting properties

Example: RM now and extension

Availability

• End September 2011o Alfresco Community 4.0

• Mid December 2011o Alfresco Enterprise 4.0o Alfresco Team 4.0

• Q1 2012o Alfresco Records Management 4.0

Alfresco 4.0

• Easier to Use

• Supports Social Content Management

• Easier to manage and deploy

Mobile

Mobile Features

• Find contento Browse sites and folderso Search

• View contento View file information

• Download to deviceo Open in app

• Favorites• Send content to others• Comment• Upload content

(WebDAV)

Questions?

Paul HamptonPaul.Hampton@Alfresco.Com

The open platform forsocial content management.