The
paper shows that for document management plus collaboration and integration
with SharePoint, you’d have to pay EMC/Documentum
$863,937.98 for a 1000 user configuration as opposed to $318,738
for SharePoint and $33,500 for
Alfresco for similarly-sized systems with equivalent functionality.
Those numbers exclude the supporting infrastructure software.
➤The most
popular, reliable and one of the best content management systems of the world,
➤It
allows for management of data of any format (not only document content and
images) via free repository,
➤Rich
collaboration tools,
➤It
enables easy web designing for people, who are not familiar within the area of
IT,
➤Additional
functionality to edit and manage image files,
➤No
license charge - due to the fact that Alfresco software is available under Open
Source license, it is totally free;
➤Total
freedom
in software modifying to fulfil customers needs due to Open Source license,
➤Dynamic
development - free access to current updates and rich functionality (which is
constantly being extended by Alfresco community),
➤Scalability
- the system does not lose efficiency when its complexity grows,
➤Compatibility
with the most used operation systems like Linux or Windows,
➤Full
integration with popular office suites, like Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org.
➤Target Customer
Alfresco is made for people who
want to do great work. Your content is your business: Strategic plans. Customer
profiles. Sales presentations. Invoices. Contracts.
