ActiveVOS/Alfresco Integration

1. ActiveVOS and
Alfresco Tech Talk Live (TTL)
June 12, 2009
Victor Chan, Active Endpoints
John Judy, Active Endpoints
Yong Qu, Alfresco

2. Alfresco TTL June 12 Agenda
Introductions
Why Alfresco & ActiveVOS
Demo
Questions and Answers
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3. Alfresco Introduction
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4. Active Endpoints Company Background
VC-backed startup, founded 2004
Initially known as OEM supplier of SOA-based
execution engines
HQ: Waltham, MA; Development Center:
Shelton, CT
In 2008, built on successful OEM business
with
New technology vision: BPMS that development
teams will love
New go-to-market: Single, affordable,
integrated, standards-based product
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5. Why Alfresco and ActiveVOS
Advantages for Alfresco Customers
Enhanced workflow capabilities
Human process governance
SLA monitoring/ escalations
Easier access to external services
and applications
Reporting – BAM/BI
Advantages to ActiveVOS
Customers
Access to leading open source
content management functionality
via CMIS standards
Leverage existing Alfresco
infrastructure
content and metadata
Existing document centric processes
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6. Alfresco and ActiveVOS System Schematic
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7. CMIS - Content Management Interoperability Services
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8. ActiveVOS – Visual Process Diagram
• Visual Diagram
• Generates industry standard BPEL
code for Orchestration
• Simulation/ Debug capabilities for unit
testing
• Leverages CMIS definitions
• Ability to call sub-processes
• choice of HTTP SOAP/ REST/ JMS
invocation
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9. Use Case - Document Needs Human Review
Folders for:
• Ready for review
• Under Review
• Approved
• Rejected
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10. InitiateReview Process : ActiveVOS – Detect new file
Alfresco: document detected in
Ready for Review
Alfresco : Document moved from
Ready for Review to Under Review
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11. GetDoc Approval Process: Get Human Approval for Document
Get file content from Alfresco repository
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12. ActiveVOS – WS Human Task
Approve or Reject Document
Alfresco Document
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13. MoveReviewedDocument Process: Move Document
Move file to Rejected Folder
Move file to Approved Folder
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14. Demo

15. Additional Functionality with ActiveVOS
Dashboard
Reporting : BAM & BI
CEP
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16. ActiveVOS Dashboard/ Reporting
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17. Custom Reporting
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18. Recap of ActiveVOS Components to Build Demo
Enhance Alfresco Content Repository using ActiveVOS processes
Graphical BPEL process definition, testing & deployment
Leverage CMIS web services definitions
Task Management/ Inbox application
Configure SLA escalation instead of programming
Dynamic Task Assignment
BAM/BI Reports
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19. Questions?
Q&A
Download a supported, 30-day trial of ActiveVOS:
http://www.activevos.com/trial
Visit our blog and subscribe to our podcast feed:
http://www.vosibilities.com
Email Victor at victor.chan victor.chan@activevos.com
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20. Win a Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook
Take two easy steps for a chance to win an ultra-
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1. Download a free, supported 30-day trial of ActiveVOS at
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2. By June 30, email us at judges@activevos.com and share how
you would use ActiveVOS in your BPM application development
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21. Thank you very much
Download a supported, 30-day trial of ActiveVOS:
http://www.activevos.com/trial
Visit our blog and subscribe to our podcast feed:
http://www.vosibilities.com
Email Victor at victor.chan@activevos.com
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