Alfresco Day BeNelux: Alfresco and Activiti Roadmap update, Paul Jongen and Bert Moons
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2. Agenda
• EFSS Enterprise File Sync & Share
• ADF (+ demo)
• Activiti (+ demo)
• Alfresco for Sales Force (+ demo)
• Records Management 2.5 (+ demo)
• General Roadmap update
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3. Content ServicesProcess Services
Alfresco Digital Business Platform
Engaging UX across Mobile, Web, Desktop
& new Application Development Framework
Integrations, Intelligence and Analytics
Services
On Prem, Cloud, Hybrid, Managed
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5. Enterprise File Sync and Share
• Enable more users to contribute
• SIMPLE is key
EFSS
Simple
Web
Client
Mobile
Apps
Desktop
Client
Sync
7. 1. Create new word document
2. Save to a local folder (or desktop).
3. Open web browser
4. Navigate to Alfresco
5. Find the required site/folder
6. Select ‘upload’, then select local file.
7. (Delete the local copy and open from
Alfresco to make changes)…
… or probably keep the local copy and
edit that, forgetting to update Alfresco…)
1. Create new word document
2. Save local folder (Alfresco synced)
3. …
4. …
5. …
6. …
7. …
Make local changes knowing the single, in-sync
version of your file is available to be shared on
Alfresco (with version history maintained).
Desktop Client: Getting new content into Alfresco
NOW With desktop sync
8. Business Process
Management
Alfresco Activiti
App Development Framework
•AppDevFramework
Enterprise Content
Management
Alfresco One
On prem, Cloud,
Hybrid, Managed
Integrations,
Intelligence and Analytics
Repeatable Solutions
Engaging Apps across Mobile & Web
App Development Framework
18. Rapid Innovation
Innovation
2010 2014 2015 2016
Activiti Team
Open Source
BPM Engine
Sept - 1.0
Cloud
Feb - 1.1
Suite Release
Apr – 1.2
ECM Integration
Localization
Heat Maps
Process Audits
Jul – 1.3
Dynamic Tasks
Conditional Forms
Box / Google Drive
Document Templates
Dec – 1.4
Business Rules
Metadata Support
Step => BPMN
Stencil Improvements
Supported Engine
Administration
May - 1.0
On-Premises
Nov - 1.0
Commercial Open Source
Alfresco Activiti
19. • Data Modelling
– Easily connect to external data sources
• Tighter ECM + BPM integration
– Platform to build content and process centric
applications
• End User Improvements
– Improved form usability with validation
• Group Management
– Support for teams and escalation of tasks
• Administration
– Easier development and support
Summary
Activiti 1.5
Release
Summary
20. The Alfresco - Salesforce Flow
Alfresco Content Connector for Salesforce
21. Why interesting for you?
SuccessDefined
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Collaborate easily with non-sales users (Logistics, Finance, HR, etc.)
A single source of truth to manage customer content efficiently
Ability to work entirely in one environment
Ability to obtain a full 360 degree customer view
22. With Alfresco Content Connector you can…
ContentConnector
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Build content-rich applications on top of
Salesforce’s App cloud
Add compliance and governance to your
Salesforce investment
23. Alfresco and Salesforce – Enabling collaboration across the firewall
Alfresco
Firewall
Salesforce
Sales
Legal / Admin
27. What are Security Marks & Classification?
• Provides an extra level of control over Records AND Content
• Define security Classifications for documents/records (any content)
– Default = Top Secret, Secret, Confidential
– Levels are hierarchical
• Custom security Groups/Classifications
– AND, OR, Hierarchical
• User given security clearance levels
– Can see their level and below
Classifications
28. Why Security Marks & Classification?
• Finance – Secure deal rooms
– Build walls between groups (protect client confidentiality)
• Legal
– Protect client / case information
• Expertise / Certification
– Access only to those with particular expertise or certifications
• Police
– Identify levels of access to Police/Crown Prosecution Service/Defence
• Business Divisions – Control who has access based on operating division
– Avionics, Marine, Electronics
• Departmental Teams
– Executive Core, Management Team, HR Team
• Project Teams
– Segment based on teams
Examples
32. Engaging Experiences Direction
Application
Development
More Engaging
Share Experience Integrated EFSS
Additional REST APIs,
App Dev Framework,
Visual Design Standards,
Reusable UI Components
Improved Site Search, Search
Term Highlighting,
Bulk Actions On Search,
Shortcut links
Folder Upload
Native Mac and Windows Desktop
Sync, Tailored Web Client, Hybrid
Mobile Apps
33. Content and Process Direction
Content Information Governance Process
Sys Admin Support Tools, Simplified Site
Management, Reporting & Analytics
(SOLR based),
Enhanced Secure Quickshare
Security Marks, Data Segmentation,
RM at scale, REST APIs, DOD
5015.2 Chapter 3 Certifications
BPM+ECM Orchestration 1.5,
Native BPMN Engine,
ECM as a data source
34. Questions?
• Today
– 1:1
• Tomorrow
– Our Product Management Team would be
delighted to have a 1:1 conversation with you
to discuss our roadmap and understand your
future plans and needs → Contact Bert or
Pieter
• What will be in the next release?
– Early Access Program just started → Contact
Bert or Pieter
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The Alfresco Digital Business Platform is an open, modern, secure platform that intelligently activates process and content to accelerate the flow of business. It provides the fastest path for people to interact with information and for companies to respond to changing business needs.
Process Services: High-performance business process management (BPM) capabilities allow organizations to automate, streamline and manage a wide range of business processes and accelerate digital transformation
Content Services: Comprehensive enterprise content management (ECM) capabilities allow users to find, view, collaborate on and securely share digital content, both within and outside enterprise boundaries.
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Together, these services allow you to present content in context to advance digital business flows.
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Governance Services: Embedded records management and auditable process and task histories allow you to strengthen and show compliance with corporate processes and information governance policies.
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The platform has can be deployed on premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid cloud configuration. A managed service is also on the road map.
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The platform features open APIs and out-of-the-box integrations with leading business productivity, CRM and ERP apps so that information and content stored in external apps is readily available with the context of business processes.
You can embed intelligence into business flows to enhance automation and minimize human intervention. And you can use analytics to improve business flows with insights into process performance and content use.
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On top of all this is the Application Development Framework, which gives development teams a rapid, consistent, unified experience for building applications on top of Alfresco Content Services, Process Services and Governance Services. You deliver outstanding experiences for employees and customers with a consistent modern interface across desktop, web and mobile devices. Standard pre-built components and an application generator eliminate repetitive development tasks, simplify reuse across enterprise applications and dramatically reduce time to business value.
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The platform has can be deployed on premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid cloud configuration. A managed service is also on the road map.
The list is representative, not exhaustive. There are many integrations, customized access and content types that we, our partners and our eco-system can manage within Alfresco.
In Development:
App Dev Framework – An application framework for developers that enables you to build applications in weeks not months
Improved Search - Bulk File Actions on Search Results, Live Search in context of current site, Search Term Highlighting (including associated public APIs)
EFSS Hybrid Mobile App – Create hybrid mobile applications using angular 2 skills and components but also leveraging native device capabilities
EFSS Web App – Material Designed file sharing web client
EFSS Desktop Clients – Native Windows Desktop Sync Client (in EA NOW!)
Current Backlog:
• RAD Environment – For even faster drag and drop application development environment
• Improved Search - More like this, Query builder UI, Saved/Recent Searches
• Folder Upload For Share – Based on Chrome
• EFSS Process Integration – Initiate BPM Process with content on the desktop, web client or mobile
• EFSS Metadata Support – Create, View and Delete metadata on the desktop, web client or mobile
In Development:
• RM Security Marks - Allow access control by markings applied to content and assigned to users and groups
• All - users must have all the marks applied to the piece of content to access the content
• Any - users must have one or more of the marks applied to the content e.g. Nationality - if content is marked with US and UK users posessing the UK or US nationality mark can access the content
• Hierarchical - users can access all content marked with a classification up to their c.0learance level e.g. Top Secret can access Secret and Confidential marked content
• RM Data Segmentation - Allows segmentation of data - even Administrators cannot access marked content and cannot assign marks to themselves
• Simple Site Mangement - Flexible Site Dashboards, For Site membership requests notification email to site manager and list outstanding requests in Site Members
Current Backlog:
• DOD5015.02 ch3 - Classified Records - additional development required to achieve certification:
- Classification Guides - assisted classification
- Declassify review step - process to review content eligible for declassification
- Classify on upload
• DOD5015.02 ch3 certification - Alfresco RM 2.6 will be re-certified for baseline DOD5015.02 and then certified for classified records.
• Development of RM Rest APIs
• Enhanced Quickshare – Easier sharing
In Development:
• Solr 6 Upgrade – Providing latest Solr Technology
• Enhanced Search APIs – Providing the latest public REST API’s for Search
• DBID Sharding – Ongoing Enhancements to Sharding to enable better scaling
Current Backlog:
• Date Based Sharding - Ongoing Enhancements to Sharding to enable better scaling
• JDBC Solr 6 Connector – Enabling a new generation of analytics capabilities using 3rd party BI tools
• Search Term Highlighting – API’s to enable search term highlighting in Share and 3rd party applications
• Search Query Log
Data services & modelling
BAM & configurable reports
Library reuse & binding
Team managers
Production deployment management
Usability
Ad hoc processes
Case views
Data services & modelling
BAM & configurable reports
Library reuse & binding
Team managers
Production deployment management
Usability
Ad hoc processes
Case views
Data services & modelling
BAM & configurable reports
Library reuse & binding
Team managers
Production deployment management
Usability
Ad hoc processes
Case views