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Companies use the term "cloud computing" a lot these days. Too much, really. The term is hyped to no end. So it is encouraging to see a real example of cloud computing from Alfresco Software. - Alfresco Software

Alfresco Chief Marketing Officer Ian Howells is talking up a new cloud relationship with RightScale. But that’s not all. More than 1,000 customers now pay for Alfresco’s open source content management system. Next, Howells expects a winner-take-all scenario in the open source market. Should VARs care? You bet. Here’s why. - Alfresco Software

Alfresco Software, which positions itself as an open source alternative to Microsoft SharePoint, may have found a new door into U.S. federal agencies. Here’s the scoop, along with the implications for solutions providers serving the government vertical. - Alfresco Software

Independent Forrester Research recently identified four leading vendors in the enterprise content management (ECM) space which are responsive to the requirements of today's enterprises. - Alfresco Software

It is getting close to the end of the year and as well as all the happy, good will stuff, it’s also the time for awards and jockeying for best position in the market to kick-off 2010. Yesterday we gave you Gartner’s ECM Magic Quadrant, today it’s the finalists for the KM World (news, site) 2009 Promise and Reality Awards. - Alfresco Software

The combination of pumped-up technical features and relatively low prices are giving vendors with open source-based products more inroads to corporate networks than ever before. - Alfresco Software

A new standard aims to make it easier for third-party applications and content management systems to share information, which should allow for easier integration with social business software and collaboration platforms. However, it will be well into next year, at least, before companies can count on it. - Alfresco Software

Back in September, Alfresco (news, site) released an Amazon EC2 image for those wanting to use Alfresco Server in the cloud. This image has recently received some significant updates that might interest those who've been following recent developments with Alfresco products. - Alfresco Software

Alfresco has proven itself in a variety of arenas as an innovative content management system. - Alfresco Software

The folks at open source collaboration platform MindTouch conducted a poll recently to get a sense of who open source executives think are the most influential people in the industry. More than 50 execs were polled from Europe and North America and no one was allowed to vote for anyone in their own company. - Alfresco Software

The Defense Department's Joint Interoperability Test Command has certified a records management module from Alfresco meets the DOD 5015.02 standard for records management systems. - Alfresco Software

What’s the government’s excuse now? That’s the question that will be on the minds of many at Alfresco, now that it’s official. Alfresco has achieved DoD 5015.2 certification — the first open source Enterprise CMS to do so. - Alfresco Software

Alfresco is expecting more success in the government sector. That’s because of the open source company’s new records management module and the Department of Defense Certification it has earned. - Alfresco Software

One increasingly important aspect of modern document management and enterprise content management software is effective records management. Properly defined, records management is the collection, classification and planned retention or destruction of an organization's information. - Alfresco Software

Many of the responses to my previous blog post "Open Core or Open Snore?" were in agreement, and some were not. As is often the case, the more interesting ones expressed disagreement. Some took issue with my post by pointing out open core companies that might be termed success stories: SugarCRM, Alfresco, Mindtouch. - Alfresco Software

Back in July, we brought you news that Alfresco was prepping for DoD 5015.02 certification — which is necessary if one dreams of juicy U.S. Department of Defense contracts for records management and document management solutions. Rather recently we learned that Alfresco has now become the first open source product to demonstrate compliance with the DoD 5015.02 STD spec. - Alfresco Software

The idea that a content management system could be a service that you access over the Web is not all that new. After all, just look at all the people using WordPress to share their every thought, or Clickability to manage their Web sites. - Alfresco Software

Enterprise content management has traditionally been very expensive to license, roll out and scale. It often requires expensive hardware and supporting software. The enterprise content management industry has been dependent on complexity, with the vendor controlling the customer through proprietary power. But there is a cost-effective alternative: open-source software. - Alfresco Software

Alfresco is taking its show to the cloud and this week announced the first of what promises to be a series of initiatives related to Alfresco content management and cloud computing. For starters, Alfresco has made its first official server image available to users on Amazon's EC2. You can learn more here in this video. - Alfresco Software

Alfresco, a leading provider of open source enterprise content management software, last week launched a developer program for those looking to build ECM applications that can run in the cloud. - Alfresco Software

Alfresco, the open source enterprise content management company, has unveiled a developer program for those looking to host both the community and enterprise versions of its software on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform. - Alfresco Software

The interweaving of open standards and open source software is common enough that it doesn't always register with folks why open source companies prefer open standards. There's this automatic assumption that if a company uses open sourced technology, then of course they would use open standards. - Alfresco Software

To replace its antiquated record-keeping system, a prison turns to an open source ECM (enterprise content management) system. - Alfresco Software

There are plenty of options when it comes to picking a content management system for a development project. Depending on how advanced you need the CMS to be, what language it's built in, and who is going to be using it, it can be a nightmare trying to find the "perfect" CMS for a project. - Alfresco Software

Our open source friends at Alfresco (news, site) are branching out to the Lone Star State via a strategic partnership. Blue Fish Development Group, a Texas based ECM consulting and application development outfit, announced earlier this week that they will join the Alfresco Software Gold Partner Program. - Alfresco Software

If the essence of open source is collaboration, it makes sense that the discussions about it have some collaborative flavor. Such is the case with an upcoming event about open source licensing, where the discussion's being shaped ahead of time by third-party contributors. - Alfresco Software

If this was the script of a 1950s B horror-movie, Alfresco’s (news, site) announcement that it plans to double the number of Systems Integrators (SI), might be the equivalent of the part in the movie where the villain promises to take over the world and infest it with giant slugs. - Alfresco Software

The Alfresco SI partner program offers new partner benefits – ranging from turnkey enablement to co-marketing and branding opportunities – that will enable system integrators to build new practice areas and generate revenue streams around Alfresco open source ECM and Web content management (WCM) technologies. - Alfresco Software

As we all know measures of success are subjective. I believe commercial open source is proving to be a viable and successful model based on its ability to deliver real value to both customers and investors. - Alfresco Software

Yes, it's true, the open source enterprise content management system that seems to live to support just about any environment has added another server to the list. - Alfresco Software