Alfresco to Make Leading Java Implementation JLAN Shared File Drive Interface Available via GPL |
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Alfresco Software, Inc.
731 Market Street, Suite 202
San Francisco, CA, 94103
USA
Press release date: October 16, 2007
Alfresco Customer Momentum Continues With More Than Fifty OEMs, ISVs and VARs
LONDON, Oct. 16 -- Alfresco Software, Inc., the leader in open source enterprise content management (ECM), today announced that it is now offering Alfresco JLAN, formerly known as the Alfresco Intelligent File System, under the GNU Public License (GPL), the world's most popular open source software license.
GPL is the most widely used free software license worldwide; almost three quarters of all free software and open source programs are distributed under this license. Alfresco adopted GPL licensing for the rest of its open source enterprise content management software earlier this year.
Alfresco JLAN is a unique implementation of an embedded virtual file system that offers the only Java client and server implementation of Microsoft Window's CIFS (Common Internet File System) protocol, allowing content, system administration information, and rows in a database to appear as a shared drive. The shared drive is the de-facto document management interface for the vast majority of computer users today.
Alfresco JLAN offers the following features and functionality: o Only Pure Java client and server implementation -- CIFS, NFS and FTP o High Performance -- Similar to the native file system o Enterprise Authentication -- NTLM, NTLMSSP, SPNEGO, Kerberos/AD o Real-Time Access -- No copy-to-local disk or conflict resolution issues o Offline Access -- Integration to Microsoft® briefcase
Last spring, Alfresco offered JLAN, which was previously incorporated within Alfresco Enterprise Content Management Server, as a standalone embeddable option for OEMs. The availability of Alfresco JLAN as an OEM license enables partners to add JLAN features and functionality to their products rapidly and at much lower cost. Alfresco JLAN customers include Avaki EII (owned by Sybase), Caringo, EMC Documentum and Veritas (owned by Symantec). These companies are using Alfresco JLAN for shared drive interfaces to content management systems, databases, or content enabling applications such as customer relationship management.
"I am very excited about this open source contribution," said Chris Hertel, Samba Team member and co-founder the jCIFS project. "Every open source CIFS implementation adds to the community's understanding, and to the utility of the protocol itself."
"Alfresco JLAN has allowed us to expand our OEM momentum with a simple interface and low cost open source solution, which can be embedded easily into various systems," said John Newton, CTO, Alfresco Software. "Today, more than 50 customers, including some of the largest software companies in the world, have already incorporated Alfresco JLAN into their products."
Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for Enterprise Content Management and the first embeddable ECM system. It is being used by leading original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and value added resellers (VARs). Alfresco has been downloaded more than 700,000 times, has 25,000 live sites and 300 customers, predominantly from the Global 2000. An embedded version of Alfresco has been available since October 2005.
Alfresco JLAN is available for download at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143373&package_id=248550
Alfresco OEM information is available at http://alfresco.com/partners/solution/
About Alfresco Software, Inc. Alfresco Software, Inc. is the first and leading open source alternative for enterprise content management. It is the first company to bring the power of open source to the enterprise content management market, enabling unprecedented scale and a much lower total cost of ownership than proprietary systems. Founded by a team of content management veterans that includes the co-founder of Documentum, John Newton, and former COO of Business Objects, John Powell, Alfresco is based in London. For more information, go to www.alfresco.com.
Media Contacts: Alfresco Software, Inc. Patricia Colby, Page One PR 415-875-7494 patricia@pageonepr.com
Source: Alfresco Software, Inc.
Web site: http://www.alfresco.com/ http://alfresco.com/partners/solution
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