This document provides a summary of an Alfresco webinar on integrations in education. The webinar covered Alfresco and its integrations with Moodle and Liferay in education. It included introductions from Alfresco and CIGNEX Datamatics, information about Alfresco, CIGNEX's Alfresco practice, use cases of Alfresco in education, and a question and answer section. Two case studies were presented: implementing Alfresco, Moodle and Liferay for a global university, and using Alfresco for a California university's website. The webinar highlighted cost savings and benefits of using open source Alfres
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1. Alfresco Integrations
in Education
Alfresco + Moodle + Liferay
February 28, 2012
Presented By
Joe Tong, Partner Marketing Manager, Alfresco
Jeff Rishi, VP of Sales, CIGNEX Datamatics
Adit Patel, Sr. Consultant/Alfresco Architect, CIGNEX Datamatics
2. Agenda
• Introductions
– Alfresco, Open Source ECM
– CIGNEX Datamatics, Alfresco Global Platinum Partner
• About Alfresco
• Alfresco Practice @ CIGNEX Datamatics
• Alfresco ECM in Education
• Cases
• Book Drawing | Q & A | Free Assessment Offer
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3. Alfresco is now the largest open source
content management company in the world
Founded in 2005, with offices in London & Atlanta
Over 3 million community downloads
250+ global channel partners
2,500 customers in 55 countries, including…
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4. Document Management
The
Capture, share & retain corporate content, including
documents, video, images & graphics files
Alfresco Records Management
Platform
Ensure governance, compliance and retention of
company or government records
Web Content Services
Author, collaborate & publish to
Drupal, Liferay, JBoss Portal or your custom web app
Enterprise Collaboration
Create, share, collaborate, iterate & discuss content.
Then publish to social channels.
Open Source Platform
Build content-rich apps and websites using RESTful
APIs or Java & open standards like CMIS & JSR 168
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5. Alfresco 4: Cloud Connected Content
• User friendly UI
• Accessible from any device: On site,
Mobile or Cloud
• Integrated & synchronized
– Google Docs, Dropbox, DocuSign
• Published anywhere
– YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr &
SlideShare
• Collaborated on inside OR outside
the firewall
– Enforcing policies and workflow
• AND, still controlled and
administered by the Enterprise
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6. The Alfresco 4 Business Case
Forrester Study, December 2011: Alfresco Enterprise pays for itself in 10
months. But Alfresco Enterprise 4 goes even further, with…
• Increased User Adoption = Increased Enterprise Value
– The more employees that use ECM, the more ROI
• Decreased Need for Other Tools = Fewer Vendors, Lower Costs
– Built-in social publishing, free mobile apps save you money
• Performance, Scalability & Admin Improvements = Lower Operating
Costs
– Less downtime, more users and content per instance, easier administration
saves time & money
• B2B Collaboration Outside the Firewall = Higher Productivity
– With Alfresco in the cloud sync (due Summer 2012), employees can more easily
collaborate with outside partners and suppliers, meaning higher overall
productivity
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7. TCO Comparative Study
For Full Configuration: 1000 users
Time EMC/ Documentum OpenText SharePoint Alfresco
Year 1 $ 863,938 $ 637,304 $ 318,738 $ 33,500
Year 2 $ 116,955 $ 117,901 $ 55,570 $33,500
Year 3 $ 116,955 $ 117,901 $ 55,570 $33,500
1000 User Enterprise Configuration
1000 User Enterprise Configuration
Comparative Year 1 Costs
Alfresco Year 1 Savings
800,000
86%
600,000 84%
400,000 82%
80%
200,000 78%
76%
0
Source: Alfresco Whitepaper
- TCO and Ownership for
Enterprise Content
Management
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9. What Does CIGNEX Datamatics Do?
In the last 11 years, CIGNEX Datamatics
has helped its clients
save in excess of $500M
by leveraging commercial Open Source
software
Time
Saving
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10. Where We Can Help You
web content management portals
document management intranets
records management e-commerce
digital asset management social collaboration
big data integration & ESB
business intelligence mobile apps
business process SAP/ ERP apps
enterprise search big analytics...more
Open Source Center of Excellence (CoE)
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11. Alfresco Practice @ CIGNEX Datamatics
• Since 2005
– Global Platinum Partner
– Over 50 Implementations
– Team of 70 Alfresco consultants
– Created IP and Use Accelerators
• Toolkit: Migration from
Documentum 2010 Alfresco APAC 2010 Alfresco North America
• Contract Lifecycle Management Partner of the Year Partner of the Year
• Achievements
– Alfresco “Recognized Developer”
– Authored 4 Alfresco Books
– 2010 Alfresco Partner of the Year
– 2008 Best North American
implementation of the Year
– 2007 WCM Implementation of the
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12. Integrated Business Ecosystem
Stake Holders
BI
• Employees
CRM E-commerce
• Clients
Business
Portals • Partners
Learning Legacy
Management Applications
• Suppliers
ERP
Portals • Government
• Bank
Building a Technology Platform to Compete in the Connected Economy
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13. Alfresco Implementations by CIGNEX Datamatics
Industry
Healthcare High Tech Telecom, Media, BFSI Education Government Travel &
Entertainment Hospitality
Solutions
Portals & Social Collaboration, Research & Collaboration Portal,
Learning Management Portal, Media/Entertainment Portals
Integrations
Applications
Document Record Web Content Enterprise Content Integration
Management Management Management Collaboration And Services
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16. Enterprise Content Management in Higher Ed
Collaboration Rich User Social Search Version Mobile Scanning &
Experience Features Control Imaging
Students
Stakeholders in Education
Faculties/
College Staff
Management
College Partner
Network
Alumni
External
Organizations/
Industry Experts
Parents/
Guardians
Portals* Apache Ephesoft*
* Solr*
* External applications
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17. Alfresco Components in Education
Infrastructure Course Management
Flexibility &
Authoring
Scalability
Compliance to Workflow
Standards
Security Publishing to multiple
Alfresco ECM delivery channel (epub,
Administration XHTML, PDF)
Integration Versioning
Support
Search across
Multi-tenancy Course Content
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18. Case
New Age Learning Management
System for a Global University
Alfresco ECM + Moodle LMS + Liferay Portal
Achieving a Universal Content Model
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19. Alfresco ECM for a Global University
Client Overview
• US based Global University
specializing in various
educational degrees and
certifications through online
and classroom based
programs
• Client acquired various small
and large universities/schools
Reference Image
across the world
• Subdivisions include higher
education
Client Information
institutes, professional
• Over 500 locations in more than 30 courses and schools
countries
• More than one million students each
year
• 30,000+ employees worldwide
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20. Business & Technical Challenges
• Business Challenge
– Disparate content platforms, 19 learning management systems
across business units
• Lost opportunity of content reusability
• High maintenance cost due to proprietary and home grown systems
• Technical Challenge
– A Universal Content Model that would
• Convert disparate formats to the PDF, Doc etc.
• Available to clients publishing unit in a printable format
• Integrate with the standard LMS, Portal applications
• Able to store high quality images and videos
– Interoperability
• Rich user interface
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21. Technology Platform Components
Tags & Document Message Google Image
Calendar
Categories Library Boards Apps Gallery
Asset
Blogs Search Chat
(Portal) Workflow Alerts
Publisher
Lead Enrollment,
Student E-portfolio, social
Management networking
(Salesforce) Information
(Mahara)
(OpenSIS)
(Learning Management System)
E-learning, student collaboration
User Specific (Moodle)Student
E-learning Grading & Quizzes
Course Information Collaboration
Video, Images
(Artesia) (Content Management)
DITA
Business
LDAP Assembly Permission
Rules
Based Client
content
(Shibboleth) Publishing Unit
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23. Student Interface
Education
Portal
Enterprise Service Bus
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24. Solution Features
Liferay Moodle
Alfresco
Learning Management
Document Management Portal
System
• Specialized content • Role based security • Student collaboration
and content framework
transformation • Assignment
• Content & page
workflow submission
management
• Folder based rules and • Live page editing & • Grading
actions scheduling
• Online quiz
• SEO
• Automatic version • Multi-tier search • Communication &
control discussion tools
• One-click page
• Inline preview creation
• Online news and
• Rich text editor announcement
• Synchronized web
publishing
• Multi-language
support
• Wiki
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25. Benefits
• Client Benefits
– Integrated content management portal with
• SaaS based architecture
• Scalable LMS across all business units
• Supports 1000+ concurrent users
• Enables easily to add new website or community
– Standardized universal content model using Alfresco across all
client’s departments
– Seamless integration with proprietary and Open Source
applications
– Cost reduction
• Saved 50% on license, maintenance and support by going Open Source
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26. Case 2
Alfresco WCM for California based
University
Collaborative WCM Solution
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27. Alfresco WCM for Leading US based University
Leading University founded in 1981 in California
offering undergraduate & graduate programs for
working adults
• Challenges Faced
– Existing website lacked collaborative
features and student experience
• Blogging, Interactive discussions,
comments, RSS subscriptions etc.
– Complex content publication workflow
– High maintenance cost
• Solution
– Migration to Alfresco WCM 3.1
• Advanced Workflow for Content Staging
and Publication
– Images and dynamic content published by
Apache Tomcat server using File System
Receiver (FSR) in Alfresco
• Key Benefits
– Web Content Management Solution with
interactive features enhancing collaboration
– Over 70% savings in Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) by adoption of Alfresco
based solution
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28. Free Consulting Offer
FREE 1-Day Assessment Workshop
This workshop enables companies to maximize existing IT assets and
build a roadmap of the VETTED Open Source technology options that
• Reduce software costs in excess of 70%
• Help generate opportunities for growth and service
The FREE 1-day Assessment Workshop Includes:
• Situation Analysis
• Gap Analysis For more:
• Recommendations/Roadmap www.cignex.com/alfresco-freeassessment
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29. Questions? - - - Book Drawing!!!
CIGNEX Datamatics makes
Open Source work
Joe Tong
joe.tong@alfresco.com
Jeff Rishi Win a copy of the latest Alfresco
jeff.rishi@cignex.com book
Adit Patel
adit.patel@cignex.com
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Founded in 2000; Offices globallyPure Play Open Source SISolutions co-exist with proprietaryThought leaders: 8 Books on Open Source with 400+ expertsReduces Cost / TCO throughLicense (eliminating vendor lock-in and associated licensing cost)Infrastructure (Open Source has minimal infrastructure requirements compared to Proprietary technologies) AMC (reduction in Annual maintenance cost)Manpower (team size reduction with Open Source adoption)UBMi, Renesas, Sesame, Activision in excess of 10 millions/yearAverage saving $2.5 million x 250 Saving of Million average/year – One example - 5 Millions in AMC (Documentum CMS to OS)For example, 200+ implementations and saving of at least $500,000 yields $100000000 (100 million), we have an example of Activision saving over 5 million and multiply with 3 years = 15 million but I am counting minimum of $500,000)