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Alfresco 3 Enterprise Content Management Implementation

Alfresco 3 Enterprise Content Management Implementation

By : Munwar Shariff, Vinita Choudhary, Amita Bhandari, Pallika Majumdar
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Alfresco 3 Enterprise Content Management Implementation

Alfresco 3 Enterprise Content Management Implementation

4.5 (2)
By: Munwar Shariff, Vinita Choudhary, Amita Bhandari, Pallika Majumdar
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Overview of this book

Alfresco 3.0 has generated a lot of curiosity with its new content management features. Users have been waiting for a book that covers these concepts along with the security, dashboards, and configuration features of Alfresco 3. Alfresco 3 includes Alfresco Surf, a new N-Tier Architecture, which delivers scalability and accommodates more users on existing hardware resources. This new release also includes a draft implementation of the CMIS specification, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Protocol support. The new multi-tenancy features enable Alfresco ECM to be configured as a single-instance multi-tenant environment. This well-crafted and easy-to-use book is a complete guide to implementing enterprise content management in your business using Alfresco 3. It covers the enhanced document management, a new web-based collaborative application called Alfresco Share, and various integration options with external applications. Alfresco 3 offers true Enterprise Content Management (ECM) by providing an open source alternative to Microsoft SharePoint, Documentum, and Interwoven. It is the most popular Java-based CMS with over 1.5 million downloads, 50,000 live sites, 74,000 community members, and with more than 150 application extensions in forge. This book guides you through creating smart, collaborative content repositories and shows how to use Alfresco 3 to create more elegant document sharing, better collaborative working, and reliable automated workflow processes. The book also explains how administrators can set up Alfresco 3 for multiple business units as a single-instance multi-tenant environment. Business users can leverage Alfresco Share, a new built-in web-based collaborative content management application bundled with Alfresco repository. It simplifies capturing, sharing, and retrieval of information across virtual teams. This book shows you how to unleash the power of Alfresco 3 to create collaborative working systems in your enterprise
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Introduction to Alfresco
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1. Introduction to Alfresco
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An overview of Alfresco
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Alfresco Enterprise 3.0—An overview
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How you can benefit from Alfresco
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How does the future look like with Alfresco?
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Implementing an example solution using Alfresco
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Where do you get more information?
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Summary
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2. Installing Alfresco
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2. Installing Alfresco
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Installing Alfresco
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3. Getting Started with Alfresco
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3. Getting Started with Alfresco
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Introduction to Alfresco Explorer
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Getting started with content creation
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My Alfresco dashboards
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Start with basic configuration
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Creating a blue print for your application
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4. Implementing Membership and Security
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4. Implementing Membership and Security
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The Alfresco membership and security model
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Manage system users
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Individual user access
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Manage user groups
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Extend security permissions and roles
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Secure your spaces
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Secure your content
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Choosing the correct security model for you
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Migrate existing users to Alfresco
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5. Implementing Document Management
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5. Implementing Document Management
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Managing spaces
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Managing content
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Library services
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Categorizing content
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Managing multilingual content
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Using network drives to manage content
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Microsoft Office 2003 add-ins
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Recovering deleted content
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The Data Dictionary and space templates
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Discussions on spaces and documents
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RSS syndication
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Migrating existing content into Alfresco
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6. Implementing Business Rules
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6. Implementing Business Rules
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Using business rules on spaces
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Built-in business rules
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Applying actions to individual content
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Handling content transformations
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Executing JavaScript as business rules
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Scheduled actions
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7. Extending the Alfresco Content Model
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7. Extending the Alfresco Content Model
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Custom configuration
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Custom aspect
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Constraints
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Advanced property sheet configuration
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Custom content type
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Custom associations
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Dynamic models
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8. Implementing Workflow
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8. Implementing Workflow
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Introduction to the Alfresco workflow process
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Simple Workflow
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Advanced workflows
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9. Integrating External Applications with Alfresco
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9. Integrating External Applications with Alfresco
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The Alfresco content platform
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Web Scripts
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Various application integration examples
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CMIS
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10. Advanced Collaboration Using Alfresco Share
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10. Advanced Collaboration Using Alfresco Share
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Alfresco Share
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SharePoint protocol support with Alfresco Enterprise 3.0
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11. Customizing the User Interface
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11. Customizing the User Interface
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Configuring Alfresco Explorer
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Various user interface options
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12. Search
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12. Search
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Overview
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Search using Alfresco Explorer
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OpenSearch
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Configuring the Alfresco search engine
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13. Implementing Imaging and Forms Processing
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13. Implementing Imaging and Forms Processing
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Electronic imaging and the paperless office
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Forms processing
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Sample imaging solution with workflow
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OCR integration
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Integration with Kofax Ascent Capture
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Integration with an eCopy-enabled scanner
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14. Administering and Maintaining the System
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14. Administering and Maintaining the System
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Exporting and importing content
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Data backup
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Upgrading to newer versions of Alfresco
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General maintenance tips
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User quota system
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Multi-Tenancy
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Full auditing
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Preface

For the past ten years, we have been implementing various Content Management Systems. We talk to customers who have made multi-million dollar implementations of proprietary software, and faced all kinds of challenges, including vendor lock-in, a rigid code base, and expensive upgrades. At CIGNEX, our focus has been provide value to our customers by using open source alternatives to commercial CMS products.

Alfresco 3 offers true Enterprise Content Management (ECM) by providing an open source alternative to Microsoft SharePoint, Documentum, and Interwoven. It is the most popular Java-based CMS, with over 1.5 million downloads, 50,000 live sites, 74,000 community members, and more than 150 application extensions in Forge.

Unlike most other open source CMSes, which offered only web content management, Alfresco provided a wide range of solutions to Enterprise customers, with an impressive roadmap. Most importantly, it is created using entirely open standards. This excited us a lot, and we started implementing Alfresco in many enterprises. We became the Platinum System Integration partner of Alfresco. As part of an implementation, we also train our customers so that they are equipped with all of the information required to manage their systems. We have trained many users, administrators, and developers in Alfresco. This book distils the hands-on approach of my training courses into a concise, practical book.

This book focuses on business needs rather than technical syntax. We start by showing the reader how to do something—a step by step example. We explain how that process worked. Then, we explain what other options are available, and how they fit into the overall picture. We hope this helps the reader to 'generalize' from such examples. We hope that you take advantage of this book by setting up a flexible enterprise Content Management System for your company and customers.

Your feedback is very valuable to us. You can contribute by reporting any errors that you find in this book, making suggestions for new content that you'd like to see in future updates, and commenting and blogging about this book

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