Adobe to OEM Alfresco's Enterprise CMS

Adobe Systems seems primed to take the Enterprise Content Management business by storm. Their Adobe LiveCycle ES (Enterprise Suite) has just been updated with the content management capabilities of enterprise content management provider Alfresco, helping them deliver to their customers an integrated solution that encompasses data capture, document output, content services and more.

According to Alfresco, this new technology partnership represents a shared vision “for a new class of applications that utilize flexible, open source and Web 2.0 standards that deliver rich and engaging enterprise experiences”.

What is Adobe LiveCycle ES?

For those of you who don't know much about Adobe LiveCycle, here's a quick run down. It is productivity software that includes much of the enterprise content management capabilities we often talk about. It includes capabilities such as:

• Document Capture - including Forms, Reader Extensions, Data Services and Barcoded Forms
• Information Assurance - including Rights Management and Digital Signatures
• Document Output - including both PDF Generator and PDF Generator 3D, Output and Production Print
• Process Management - including Process Management and Business Activity Monitoring
• Content Services - including Content Services and Connectors for ECMs

Adobe LiveCycle enables you to develop business processes that include a mixture of both printed and electronic communications, including the ability to create rich, interactive web applications.

The suite is based on the J2EE technology platform and leverages Adobe Flex, Flash, PDF and XML, HTML and Ajax, and AIR software to deliver rich user interfaces.

LiveCycle won a Dr. Dobb's Journal Jolt Award in March for Productivity Winner for the Enterprise Tools Category. The Jolt Awards recognize products, book and websites that have “jolted” the industry in the past year.

Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES) Update 1
The new version of LiveCycle, dubbed Adobe® LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES) Update 1 includes a number of enhancements including:

• An integrated Content Services via Aflresco ECM
• A 3D PDF Generator
• Integration of Adobe Flex 3 and Adobe AIR
• Extension of Rights Management to include protection for Office 2007 and PTC Pro/ENGINEER files

Alfresco Content Management for the OEM

Alfresco is one of the most well-known open source enterprise content management providers. They also claim to be the first ECM to OEM their product. It is used by leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs).

Alfresco provides the following functionality as an embedded repository for applications:

• Document Management
• Web Content Management
• Records Management
• Image Management
• Collaboration

There are a number of reasons why you would choose to embed an ECM like Alfresco into your applications instead of building one from scratch or trying to integrate with one. This would include the time, effort and cost to integrate a full-blown ECM.

Adobe to OEM Alfresco's Enterprise CMS

\n\nAdobe Systems seems primed to take the Enterprise Content Management business by storm. Their Adobe LiveCycle ES (Enterprise Suite) has just been updated with the content management capabilities of enterprise content management provider Alfresco, helping them deliver to their customers an integrated solution that encompasses data capture, document output, content services and more.\n\nAccording to Alfresco, this new technology partnership represents a shared vision \"for a new class of applications that utilize flexible, open source and Web 2.0 standards that deliver rich and engaging enterprise experiences\".\n\n\n

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