The document discusses Alfresco's vision and roadmap. It outlines Alfresco's current platform capabilities like document management, collaboration, cloud sync, records management, and case management. It then discusses the roadmap priorities of reporting and analytics, improved search, office integration, kickstart and end-user modeling, accessibility, and a mobile server add-on to enhance the mobile experience. The next major release of Alfresco One will be announced at the 2014 Summit and will focus on these roadmap areas.

1. Alfresco
Vision and Roadmap
Bas
Peters
Solu-ons
Architect
bas.peters@alfresco.com

2. CPU based
subscription
model
24/7, 365 day
"follow-the-sun"
support
Open
Source
1300+
active customers in
180
countries
95%
4 billion
documents
300
recurring
subscriptions
employees
Founded in
7 million
users
2005
San Mateo
Atlanta
London
Maidenhead
Sydney
Japan

3. Alfresco in
information
intensive industries
Government &
Intelligence
Banking &
Insurance
Manufacturing
Media &
Publishing
High Tech

4. Alfresco
Customers

5.
From the 2013 Gartner ECM Magic Quadrant

6. Alfresco Vision
Simple + Smart

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10. Hybrid ECM
Control the lifecycle of content from
behind the firewall to the cloud

11. Press Agency
Advertising Agency
Media Agency
Firewall
ECM

12. http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/connected-enterprise-survey-results/

13. Content Chaos

14. Advertising Agency
Media Agency
Alfresco
Sync
Press Agency
Alfresco
Firewall

15. Alfresco Roadmap
Simple + Smart

16. Alfresco
Platform
Document
Management
Full
access
to
all
the
features
needed
to
manage
your
documents
including
version
control,
access
control
and
workflow.
Collabora-on
Use
Alfresco
to
create
department,
project
or
team
sites.
Invite
other
users
and
collaborate.
Cloud
Sync
Allows
employees
to
select
documents
and
folders
from
Alfresco
on-­‐
premise
and
sync
them
to
Alfresco
in
the
cloud.
Alfresco
is
the
only
Hybrid
ECM
plaKorm
in
the
world
with
a
seamless
cloud
sync.
Records
Management
Need
an
extra
level
of
compliance?
Install
the
addi-onal
Records
Management
module
to
manage
your
records.
Case
Management
Get
a
holis-c
view
of
the
lifecycle
of
a
case,
with
relevant
content
in-­‐
context,
based
on
business
roles.
Efficient
content
crea-on,
process
management,
deadline
monitoring,
repor-ng
and
archiving
for
cases
of
any
kind.
Mobile
Access
Download
the
free
Alfresco
Mobile
app
for
iOS
or
Android
to
access
all
of
your
content
on
the
go.

17. Alfresco 4.2
• New Collaboration Options
• Simplified User Interface
• Workflow Enhancements
• Ease of Administration
• Simple Records Management

18. Disclaimer
The roadmap themes that follow are
areas that we will be working towards
but no commitments yet

19. Desktop Sync!
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•
•
•
Simple sync and share
Easy collaboration
Hybrid
Easy application integration

20. Roadmap and delivery
• The next major release of Alfresco One will be
announced at Summit 2014
• The following are the prioritized themes:
+ Reporting and Analytics
+ Improved Search
+ Office Integration
+ Kickstart and End-user modeling
+ Accessibility
• Additional Continuous Improvement Items will also
be delivered, currently being prioritized

21. Reporting and Analytics
• Market Problem
+ Customers have no information on the type or volume of content, how
it is being used and how user adoption is progressing
• Requirements
+ Provides graphical and tabular views on how the ECM system is being
used
• Features
+ Number and types of each type of content stored
+ Repository growth
+ Uploads, downloads, shares
+ Most viewed documents
+ User metrics - numbers, activity levels, top 10 users
+ Custom reports
+ Reports can be selected for different date ranges to give trend
information

22. Office Integration
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•
•
Market Problem
+ MS Office and SharePoint is ubiquitous, end-users use both to perform their jobs
and there is resistance to changing they way they work
Requirements
+ Allow Alfresco to masquerade as SharePoint from the perspective of an end user
using MS Office applications
+ Allow end-users to interact with content held in Alfresco from within MS Office
applications without leaving their normal working environment
Features
+ Check in and out documents
+ Add metadata
+ Launch Activiti workflows
+ Act on Activiti workflows e.g. approve documents, provide feedback
+ Treat Alfresco as any other shared drive from within Windows with enhanced
WebDAV capabilities
+ Take advantage of document management functionality from within Adobe
Acrobat and Reader

23. SharePoint Integration
• Market Problem
+ SharePoint is ubiquitous with users trained and processes
established to manage content. Alfresco needs to co-exist
with SharePoint as a content repository
• Requirements
+ Allow end users to access content stored in Alfresco from
within a SharePoint portal.
• Features
+ Users can search Alfresco, navigate libraries and perform
all the standard file operations normally available from
within SharePoint

24. Content Application Tools
• Market Problem
+ Enterprises have business specific requirements around Content and
Process Management that require customization of ECM systems.
This customization currently requires engineering resource (coding)
• Requirement
+ Produce Content Application Tools to give Business Analysts/LOB
Managers who do not have the development skills or resources
required, the ability to customize their ECM to match their business
needs through configuration.
• Features"
The two features proposed in this category are:
+ Share Workflow Tool: Kickstart
+ End User Modeling

25. Share Workflow Tool (Kickstart)
• Market Problem
+ Customers build custom process solutions, this is typically done
with IT or consultants
+ Line of business managers (AP, Purchasing,..) would like to create ad
hoc workflows without IT resources
• Requirements
+ An extension to Alfresco Share that enables line of business
managers to create their own simple content based workflows
• Features Include:
+ Drag and drop interface with simple steps
+ Single use or re-use (template) workflows
+ Share with group

26. End User Modeling
• Market Problem
+ Content Models define the business context for content
+ We have exceptionally strong modelling capabilities under the
covers however….
+ Today they require technical knowledge
• Requirements
+ A user interface for content modelling enables the Business Analyst/
LOB manager to define and manage the business context for their
content
• Features Include:
+ Configure Aspects (property groups), Modify basic display layout,
define/modify forms including Search, Data Entry, View/
Edit Forms

27. Improved Search
• Market Problem
+ Search is Not Intuitive
• Why can’t it just be like Google (or Amazon or eBay…)
+ Rich metadata (a key strength and differentiator) is not matched
by the search capabilities
+ If you can’t find it, it doesn’t exist
• Requirements
+ Provide a simple, consumer-like search experience
+ Allow search to be a primary interface
+ Support knowledge mining, discovery and re-use
• Features include:
+ Auto-Suggest Terms, Filtered (Faceted) Results, Search Term
Highlighting, More Like This, Reusable Searches

28. Accessibility
• Market Problem
+ Public sector organisations mandate accessibility compliant solutions
• Requirements
+ This feature addresses Industry and Government standards for
Accessibility
+ Regulatory Compliance
• Standards
+ W3Cs Web Content Accessibility Guidelines & US Section 508
Compliance
• Features
+ Full Keyboard Navigation, User Agent (Browser) Zoom support, High
Contrast Theme, Screen Reader Support, WAI-ARIA Widgets

29. Mobile Server Add-On
• Market Problem
+ Increasing number of mobile devices accessing Alfresco
+ Majority of mobile enterprise deployments require customized apps
yet often configuration of Alfresco app would suffice
• Requirements
+ Administrative tool to control device/user access
+ Administrative tool to manage mobile content including role
based access
• Features Include:
+ Registering devices for secure access and notification
+ Remote wipe stored content
+ Configuration of individual device’s features and personalization
+ Push content (briefcase)

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