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Final Version of Alfresco Labs 3.0 Released

January 21, 2009
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LONDON-January 21, 2009 - Alfresco Software Inc., today announced the general availability of Alfresco Labs 3 Stable.  This is a milestone release for Alfresco Labs and is immediately available for download under the open source GPL license at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Labs_3

"In the current economic environment organizations seek more cost effective and productive methods of managing increased volumes of content and greater levels of compliance. Alfresco delivers an innovative solution for ECM, while dramatically reducing the associated costs," said John Newton, CTO of Alfresco Software.  "This release is designed to be the open source content services platform for all Alfresco and non-Alfresco content applications from document management and web content management to wikis. Alfresco has already utilized the emerging CMIS standard to integrate content services to other open source systems like Joomla, as well as offering integrations to MediaWiki, Open Office and WordPress. We strongly recommend that our open source community download this release."

Alfresco Labs 3 Stable Enhancements:

Content Application Platform

·         Web Content Management

o        Alfresco Web Studio - Drag-and-drop visual editor for end user site development.  Built on Alfresco SURF

o        Alfresco SURF - AJAX enabled Web UI component framework.  Built on REST WCM API

o        REST based WCM Services API

o        Content Deployment - Replicated, transactional deployment from staging area to live site

  • Collaboration - Alfresco Share
    • Native SharePoint protocol support - Seamless document editing via SharePoint ® protocol
    • Flex Document Previewer - Zoom, snap points and full-screen
    • AJAXCalendar - Drag-and-drop event support
    • Links Directory Manager - Share internal and external links
  • Document Management
    • Enhanced SharePoint protocol site and workspace support
  • Email Management
    • Email-In Smart Folders - Email storage with attachment support

Standards

·         CMIS

o        REST and Web Services binding Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) support

  • SharePoint Protocol Support
    • Native SharePoint Protocol support from Microsoft® Office and Alfresco Share

Performance and Multi-Tenant

·         Performance

o        Multi-threaded CIFS support

o        Version information optimization to significantly reduce database storage

o        REST and Web Services CMIS support

  • Multi-Tenant
    • Partitioned content, users, metadata, workflows and configurations

 

Open Source Content Services Platform Integration

·         Joomla!® - CMIS integration offering document library support for Joomla! sites

  • MediaWiki - Quercus integration offering content services for MediaWiki content
  • Open Office - Native Open Office access to Alfresco content services - contributed by Westernacher

Alfresco has seen major adoption of its open source ECM system throughout the world. There have been over 1.5 million downloads of Alfresco Labs. Alfresco Labs is designed to be the research vehicle for new features, enabling developers to access a nightly build with the latest functionality. The Alfresco Labs 3 build is a stable build with basic QA against an open source stack. Alfresco Enterprise is the supported Alfresco build and is used by more than 700 enterprise customers, including the NYSE,Los Angeles Times, Boise Cascade, Sony Pictures, Activision, Kaplan, FedEx and KLM.

Alfresco Labs 3 Stable can be downloaded under the open source GPL license at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Labs_3

About Alfresco Software, Inc.

Alfresco Software, Inc. is the leader in the open source enterprise content management market. The company couples the innovation of open source with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform at a tenth of the cost. The Alfresco content platform uses a flexible architecture to provide document management, web content management and collaboration software to over 700 enterprise customers worldwide. Founded in 2005 by a team of content management veterans that includes the co-founder of Documentum, John Newton, and former COO of Business Objects, John Powell, Alfresco is based in London. For more information, go to www.alfresco.com.

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