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Features that users like

Simple Check-In/Out and Version Control

  •  NEW!  Simple Library Services – Check-Out a document to prevent others from writing to it at the same time
  •  NEW!  Version Control – Minor and major version control

Shared drive

  • All content is available via a shared drive interface
  • Use tool of choice for authoring and viewing with no additional installation or training
  • Compliance and productivity: save, version, share, search and audit

Integration with Microsoft Office

  • All content is available from within Office
  • Work in an Office environment for authoring and viewing with no additional installation or training
  • Compliance and productivity: save, version, share, search and audit

Rules for content applications

  • Rapidly develop and share content applications

OpenSearch

  • Search Alfresco as simply as you search Amazon or Google
  • Search simply across multiple Alfresco repositories and external wikis, blogs and news feeds

Social tagging

  • Integrated content tagging and tag-based search

Integration with enterprise portals

  • Standards-based JSR-168 and REST-based integration
  • Use your existing portal and portlets


Features that developers like

Lightweight Web Scripts

  • Rapidly develop content Web Script gadgets by using JavaScript and Freemarker

REST architecture

  • Rapidly and simply mashup Alfresco gadgets and other web applications through a URL


Features that administrators like

J2EE architecture

  • Highly scalable, clustered architecture using commodity software and hardware

Zero-footprint clients

  • No client-side installations needed for mass rollouts

Interfaces for CIFS, WebDAV and FTP

  • Native access via the file system for standard tools

Security

  • Security and user management with users, groups and roles
  • Document-level security
  • Single sign-on through NTLM or LDAP

Integrated workflow and content lifecycle management

  • jBPM integration with task manager via a dashboard
  • Controlled and audited content development through creation, review, approval, time launch, expiration, retention and archiving

Data management and Transformation Engine

  • Integrated Transformation Services: Office to ODF/PDF, PowerPoint to Flash

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