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ECM: Alfresco Enterprise Customers Recoup Costs in 10 Months

By Dick Weisinger

A recent report by Forrester Research concluded that, on average, customers of the Alfresco Enterprise Content Management (ECM) product are able to reclaim their costs of technology investment in just 10 months.  Forrester’s Stephen Powers and Total Economic Impact (TEI)

Records Management: 5015.2 Certified Open-Source Records Management

By Dick Weisinger

It’s official.  [Well sort of since it hasn’t yet been updated on the DoD JITC site of certified 5015.2 products.] Alfresco’s Open Source ECM solution is now certified for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.02 standard.  5015.2 is a

ECM: Vendors Add Social Features

By Dick Weisinger

ECM vendors are following the trend of the successful commercial web-based applications by adding social features to their software products. Part of the move towards greater social networking and collaboration is because email has become overwhelming for many people and

Alfresco: Community Version 3.2 is now Available

By Dick Weisinger

Alfresco has just released the Community version of their ECM suite and it can be downloaded from the Alfresco wiki. It’s a preliminary release of new features which are slated for delivery in the Enterprise version due out sometime in

ECM: Is Bigger Better

By Dick Weisinger

Another mammoth ECM acquisition has recently been announced: OpenText is to buy Vignette.  This follows the trend in the last few years of acquisitions like IBM and FileNet, EMC and Documentum, Oracle and Stellent, Autonomy and Interwoven. The latest OpenText