Alfresco Open Source Content Management System Certified on JBoss Enterprise Middleware System; Ensures Full Interoperability with JBoss Portal 2.0.LONDON -- Alfresco, Inc., the first provider of an open source enterprise content management solution, today announced that JBoss, Inc. has certified the Alfresco(TM) content management system on the JBoss(R) Enterprise Middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a System. The certification, which follows testing of the Alfresco system by JBoss, assures customers using Alfresco to develop portals of tight interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. with JBoss Portal 2.0, a component of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System. Developers can use the Alfresco and JBoss open source products together to develop, at zero licensing cost, enterprise-class portals. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]Alfresco is opening up content management to organizations that cannot afford expensive, proprietary systems, yet need to gain greater control over content to allow better information sharing See data conferencing. and regulatory compliance. The company's open source system features a scalable content repository with meta-data and dictionary support, full-text indexing and retrieval, rules-based processing and collaboration capabilities. Its user interface includes a portal framework based on JSR-168 portlets and JSR-127 JavaServer Faces See JSF. (programming, Java) JavaServer Faces - (JSF) A system for building web applications by assembling reusable user interface components in a web page, connecting these components to a data source and passing client events to server handlers. http://java.sun. . The Alfresco system's modern architecture uses 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. to allow developers to use only the functionality they require and readily scale the content management system as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . E[acute accent]"Developer interest in the Alfresco content management system has been tremendous since we released our technology preview earlier this year," 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've received volumes of feedback on how they're using the software and believe that, as we move toward a full production release later this year, developers will value the assurance that the Alfresco system fits with JBoss Portal and that they can be used to develop and deploy enterprise-grade applications." E[acute accent]Pierre Fricke, director of product management at JBoss, Inc., said: "The community around JBoss Portal, the most rapidly adopted Java-based portal platform, is growing quickly. Alfresco is a core part of our community as contributors of JavaServer Faces framework to build an advanced content management portlet A small window on a portal page. Portlet technology allows a portal page to be customized more quickly either internally by the development team or by the end user. Portlet technology can come as an adjunct to a portal server or as optional interfaces to ERP applications. on the JBoss Portal. Our partnership agreement will help ensure joint customers of a high-quality portal and content management experience and provide a framework for future collaboration." E[acute accent]About Alfresco E[acute accent]Alfresco brings a fresh approach to enterprise content management by making it easier for users to quickly and easily manage, distribute and use the massive amounts of content created daily. 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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