Join CIGNEX Datamatics, Alfresco’s Global Platinum Partner, as they share the case study experience of a leading global online university. Together we’ll take a close look at their document management and web portal solution and their integrations with Alfresco ECM, Liferay Portal and Moodle Learning Management System.
Partner Solutions: CIGNEX Datamatics – Alfresco integration with Liferay Portal and Moodle Partner Solutions: Cignex Datamatics – Alfresco integration with Liferay Portal and Moodle
1. Alfresco
Powering
e-‐learning
for
a
Global
University
through
integration
with
Liferay
and
Moodle
February
28,
2012
Presented
By
Will
Abson,
Solution
Engineer
-‐
Alfresco
Jayesh
Prajapati,
Sr.
Consultant
–
CIGNEX
Datamatics
Rahul
Nair,
Marketing
Consultant
–
CIGNEX
Datamatics
2. Agenda
• Introductions
• About
Alfresco
• Alfresco
Practice
@
CIGNEX
Datamatics
• Alfresco
ECM
in
Education
• Case
Studies
• Q
&
A
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4. The Document Management
Alfresco
Platform Records Management
Web Content Services
Enterprise Collaboration
Open Source Platform
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5. Maidenhead, UK Global Headquarters
Atlanta, US Headquarters
Alfresco is now the largest open source
content management company in the world.
Founded in 2005, with offices in London & Atlanta
Over 3.5 million community downloads
250+ global channel partners
2,500 customers in 55 countries, including…
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6. Your enterprise content is in here somewhere.
(it’s time for a new approach to content management)
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7. Designed for People
• A consumer-like, intuitive UI
• A powerful mobile experience, on iPad & iPhone
• Integration with any productivity tools
• New Alfresco in the cloud (beta)
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10. Corporate Systems
Desktop
WebDAV
CMIS
CMIS
CIFS
JSR-168
Sharepoint
Connectors
Protocol
Social Media Channels
Mobile
Open Web APIs
CMIS
WebDAV
Open Web
APIs
Web Services
CMIS
CMIS-based
Public Alfresco Cloud
Alfresco Sync
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12. What
Does
CIGNEX
Datamatics
Do?
In
the
last
10
years,
CIGNEX
Datamatics
helped
clients
save
over
US$
500
Million
by
adopting
Commercial
Open
Source
Software
across
200+
implementations
Time
Saving
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13. Where
We
Can
Help
You
web
content
management
portals
document
management
intranets
records
management
e-‐commerce
digital
asset
management
social
collaboration
big
data
integration
&
ESB
business
intelligence
mobile
apps
business
process
SAP/
ERP
apps
enterprise
search
big
analytics...more
Open
Source
Center
of
Excellence
(CoE)
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14. Alfresco
Practice
@
CIGNEX
Datamatics
• Close
working
relationship
since
2005
– Global
Platinum
Partner
– Conduct
Alfresco
training
worldwide
• Global
Platinum
Partner
– Deployed
over
50
enterprise
solutions
– Over
50
Alfresco
consultants
– Developed
Accelerators
• Toolkit:
Migration
from
Documentum
• Contract
Lifecycle
Management
2010
Alfresco
APAC
2010
Alfresco
North
America
• Achievements
Partner
of
the
Year
Partner
of
the
Year
– Alfresco
“Recognized
Developer”
– Authored
4
Alfresco
Books
– 2010
Alfresco
Partner
of
the
Year
– 2008
Best
North
American
implementation
of
the
Year
– 2007
WCM
Implementation
of
the
Year
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15. Integrated
Business
Ecosystem
Stake
Holders
BI
• Employees
CRM
E-‐commerce
• Clients
Business
Portals
• Partners
Learning
Legacy
Management
Applications
• Suppliers
ERP
Portals
• Government
• Bank
Building
a
Technology
Platform
to
Compete
in
the
Connected
Economy
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16. Alfresco
Implementations
by
CIGNEX
Datamatics
Industry
Healthcare
High
Tech
Telecom,
Media,
BFSI
Education
Government
Travel
&
Entertainment
Hospitality
Solutions
Portals
&
Social
Collaboration,
Research
&
Collaboration
Portal,
Learning
Management
Portal,
Media/Entertainment
Portals
Integrations
Applications
Document
Record
Web
Content
Enterprise
Content
Integration
Management
Management
Management
Collaboration
And
Services
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18. Alfresco
ECM
for
Education
Industry
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19. ECM
in
Education
Industry
Collaboration
Rich
User
Social
Search
Version
Mobile
Scanning
&
Experience
Features
Control
Imaging
Students
Stakeholders
in
Education
Faculties/
College
Staff
Management
College
Partner
Network
Alumni
External
Organizations/
Industry
Experts
Parents/
Guardians
Portals*
Apache Ephesoft*
*
Solr*
*
External
applications
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20. Alfresco
Components
in
Education
Infrastructure
Course
Management
Flexibility
&
Authoring
Scalability
Compliance
to
Workilow
Standards
Security
Publishing
to
multiple
Alfresco
ECM
delivery
channel
(epub,
Administration
XHTML,
PDF)
Integration
Versioning
Support
Search
across
Multi-‐tenancy
Course
Content
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21. Case
Study
Alfresco,
Liferay,
Moodle
Solution
for
Leading
Global
Online
University
Universal
Content
Model
across
all
divisions
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22. Alfresco
ECM
for
Leading
US
Global
University
Client
Overview
• US
based
Global
University
specializing
in
various
educational
degrees
and
certiiications
through
online
and
classroom
based
programs
• Client
acquired
various
small
and
large
universities/schools
Reference
Image
across
the
world
• Subdivisions
include
higher
education
institutes,
Client
Factoids
professional
courses
and
• Over
500
locations
in
more
than
30
schools
countries
• More
than
one
million
students
each
year
• 30,000+
employees
worldwide
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23. Business
&
Technical
Challenges
• Business
Challenge
– Disparate
content
platforms,
learning
management
systems
etc
across
client’s
business
units
• Lost
opportunity
of
content
reusability
• High
maintenance
cost
due
to
proprietary
and
home
grown
systems
• Technical
Challenge
– A
Universal
Content
Model
that
would
• Convert
disparate
formats
to
the
PDF,
Doc
etc.
• Available
to
clients
publishing
unit
in
a
printable
format
• Integrate
with
the
standard
LMS,
Portal
applications
• Able
to
store
high
quality
image,
videos
– Interoperability
• Rich
user
interface
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24. Technology
Platform
Components
Tags
&
Document
Message
Google
Image
Calendar
Boards
Categories
Library
Apps
Gallery
Asset
Blogs
Search
Chat
(Portal)
Workilow
Alerts
Publisher
Lead
Enrollment,
Student
E-‐portfolio,
social
Management
networking
(Salesforce)
Information
(Mahara)
(OpenSIS)
(Learning
Management
System)
E-‐learning,
student
collaboration
User
Speciiic
(Moodle)
Student
E-‐learning
Grading
&
Quizzes
Course
Information
Collaboration
Video,
Images
(Artesia)
(Content
Management)
DITA
Business
LDAP
Assembly
Permission
Rules
Based
Client
content
(Shibboleth)
Publishing
Unit
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25. Solution
Features
Liferay
Moodle
Alfresco
Learning
Management
Document
Management
Portal
System
• Specialized
content
• Role
based
security
• Student
collaboration
and
content
framework
• Assignment
transformation
• Content
&
Page
Submission
workilow
Management
• Grading
• Folder
based
Rules
• Live
Page
editing
&
• Online
quiz
and
Actions
scheduling
• Communication
&
• Automatic
Version
• SEO
Discussion
tools
Control
• Multi-‐Tier
Search
• Online
news
and
• Inline
Preview
• One-‐click
page
announcement
creation
• Rich
Text
Editors
• Synchronized
Web
Publishing
• Multi-‐language
support
• Wiki
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26. Beneiits
• Client
Beneiits
– Integrated
Content
Management
Portal
with
• SaaS
based
architecture
• Scalable
LMS
across
all
business
units
• Supports
1000+
concurrent
users
• Enables
easily
to
add
new
website
or
community
– Standardized
Universal
Content
Model
using
Alfresco
across
all
client’s
departments
– Seamless
Integration
with
proprietary
and
Open
Source
applications
– Cost
Reduction
• Over
50%
savings
in
License,
Maintenance
and
Support
by
adoption
of
Open
Source
Solutions
i.e.
Alfresco,
Liferay
&
Moodle
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27. Case
Study
Alfresco
WCM
for
California
based
University
Collaborative
WCM
Solution
TCO
savings
of
over
70%
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28. Alfresco
WCM
for
Leading
US
based
University
• Leading
University
founded
in
1981
in
California
offering
undergraduate
&
graduate
programs
for
working
adults
• Challenges
Faced
– Existing
website
lacked
collaborative
features
and
student
experience
• Blogging,
Interactive
discussions,
comments,
RSS
subscriptions
etc.
– Complex
content
publication
workilow
– High
maintenance
cost
• Solution
– Migration
to
Alfresco
WCM
3.1
• Advanced
Workilow
for
Content
Staging
and
Publication
– Images
and
dynamic
content
published
by
Apache
Tomcat
server
using
File
System
Receiver
(FSR)
in
Alfresco
• Key
Beneiits
– Web
Content
Management
Solution
with
interactive
features
enhancing
collaboration
– Over
70%
savings
in
Total
Cost
of
Ownership
(TCO)
by
adoption
of
Alfresco
based
solution
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29. Free
Assessment
Offer
FREE
1-‐day
Assessment
Workshop
This
workshop
enables
Enterprises
to
maximize
existing
IT
assets
and
build
a
road
map
based
on
proven
Open
Source
technologies
that
reduce
software
Total
Cost
of
Ownership
(TCO)
in
excess
of
50%
and
help
generate
IT
budget
savings.
The
FREE
1-‐day
Assessment
Workshop
includes:
• Situation
Analysis
• Gap
Analysis
For
additional
information
visit:
• Recommendations
www.cignex.com/alfresco-‐freeassessment
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30. Questions?
CIGNEX
Datamatics
makes
Open
Source
work
for
you!
Jayesh
Prajapati
jayesh.prajapati@cignex.com
THANK
YOU!
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