Alfresco Enterprise Network Release Candidate Announced at JBoss World Barcelona; Alfresco Integrates to JBoss Cache, JBoss Application Server and Hibernate for Leading Enterprise Scalability and Availability.LONDON -- Alfresco, Inc., the first provider of an open source enterprise content management solution, today announced that it is making available the Alfresco Enterprise Network Release Candidate at JBoss World Barcelona. This integrates closely to the JBoss Cache, JBoss Application Server For the JBoss company itself, see . JBoss Application Server (or JBoss AS) is a free software / open source Java EE-based application server. Because it is Java-based, JBoss AS is cross-platform, usable on any operating system that Java supports. and Hibernate See hibernation mode. utilizing the underlying industry-leading scalability and high-availability features. Alfresco is led by former Documentum executives, including the co-founder. "Fifteen years of experience building content management systems has allowed us to know what is required to get mission-critical scalability and availability," said John Newton For other persons of the same name, see John Newton (disambiguation). John Newton (July 24, 1725 – December 21, 1807) was an Anglican clergyman who had, at one time, been a slaveship master. He is best known as the author of the hymn Amazing Grace. , chief technology officer, Alfresco, Inc. "We recognized that JBoss had the industry-leading tools we needed." Alfresco utilizes JBoss Cache's ability to distribute and maintain data caches, making it possible to build large-scale systems that outperform traditional Enterprise Content Management that were built on client-server database systems. This allows Alfresco to deliver cached data at in memory speeds. Alfresco also utilizes the clustering, failover and load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them facilities of the JBoss Application Server to increase scalability. Content models are more complex than traditional relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. tables. Alfresco utilizes Hibernate to control the content management schema. Alfresco complements these products with content replication and use of Aspect-Oriented Programming (programming) aspect-oriented programming - (AOP) A style of programming that attempts to abstract out features common to many parts of the code beyond simple functional modules and thereby improve the quality of software. (AOP (Automatic OPerator) An IRC channel host who moderates the topics, keeps online users in check and provides help for newbies unfamiliar with IRC software (mIRC, etc.). Whenever AOPs come into the channel, they inherit operator status. ) to integrate to different, configurable authentication systems. "JBoss looks to work with partners that have a common focus and understanding of mission-critical, scalable, highly available systems," said Sacha Labourey, general manager of JBoss Europe. "We see Alfresco providing complementary industry-leading Enterprise Content Management technology to the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System." Key features of the Alfresco Enterprise Network are: --Single sign-on through Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) across the JBoss Portal and portlets --Fail-safe content services --Massively parallel content grid --Distributed high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. within the data centre and between disparate data centres Alfresco will be showcasing this product at JBoss World Barcelona, October 10th to 12th 2005. The product is available from http://alfresco.org. About Alfresco Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management. It is the first company to bring the power of open source to the enterprise content management market, enabling unprecedented scale and a much lower total cost of ownership than proprietary systems. Founded 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, visit www.alfresco.org. |
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