The World Needs an Alternative

to SharePoint
Dr. Ian Howells
CMO Alfresco
November 2008
 Agenda

● ECM Market Evolution

● Market Dynamics and Drivers

● New Market Segmentation

● Total Cost of Ownership

● SharePoint Primer

● Alfresco Enterprise Edition 3.0

 Microsoft SharePoint TM Protocol Support
 Alfresco Share
 CMIS

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 Shared Drive + Email + Search
Number One ECM

Before

Productivity
Compliance
Shared
Drive
 The Shared Drive Syndrome
● Can’t Find Documents
● 45% of Users find Gathering Information about another part of the Company a
Challenge

● Managers spend up to two hours a day searching for information

● Can’t Find the Right Version

● 42% of Users Accidentally use the Wrong Information at least Once per Week

● Easier to Search for Competitors Information

● Only 31 percent said that competitor information is hard to get

● Often Information is not Valuable

● More than 50 percent of the information they obtain has no value to them

● Content from Multiple Sources

● On average 3 sources for information on competitors, customers, and projects

● 57% numerous sources causes difficulties

Productivity
● Information is not Distributed in Time to be Useful Compliance
● 59% miss valuable information everyday to to poor distribution

Managers Say the Majority of Information Obtained for Their Work Is Useless
Accenture Survey January 2007
 As Simple as a Shared Drive
Content/Compliance Rules in the Server

Before After

Shared Shared Web

Drive Drive Access
Interface

Rules
Productivity Automation
Compliance
 Content Management Market
Dramatic Change Getting into 21st Century

CMIS

Open
Traditional Source
ECM

SharePoint

WCM

Social
Networking

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 Operating System

For Open Source Evaluation Windows is Used Most Often

 Architecture

Open Source developers use a Java Architecture

N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph
 Rich Internet Application (RIA)

Open Source Community prefer AJAX, Flex

N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph
 Windows Segment Analysis
Architecture

86% of Open Source Windows respondents do not use

.NET/Web Parts
Open Source Windows Community want Java
N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph
 Windows Segment Analysis
RIA

92% of Open Source Windows respondents do NOT use

Silverlight
Open Source Windows Community want AJAX
N.B. Blank and Other not used in this graph
 Portal

Open Source enterprise users want Browser experience

to access content
Reflects Web 2.0 experience which is Browser-driven
N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph
 Blog

Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice for Blog software
ECM stack users use ECM suite Blog for integrated ECM
If Open Source users that have a preference, WordPress is the Choice
N.B. Blank not used in this graph
 Wiki

Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice of Wiki software

ECM stack users use ECM suite Wiki for Integrated ECM
If Open Source users that have a preference, Mediawiki is the choice
N.B. Blank not used in this graph
 Key Findings

Microsoft Stack Enterprise 2.0

● 92% have not selected ● Browser Web 2.0
Silverlight Experience
● 86% have not selected ● Open Source ECM drives
.NET/Web Parts Blog, Wiki and BPM in ECM
environment
● 53% use or intend to use a
Java Architecture ● WordPress, MediaWiki or
JBoss
● 52% use or intend to use
AJAX

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 The New World of Content Management

No
SharePoint
CMIS
Applications and Repositories

SharePoint
100% Microsoft

SharePoint
Mixed
Environment

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 Economic Drivers

● Stack Lock-In
● CALs – Per user Tax
● Reuse Existing Hardware, Software
● Reuse Existing Skills
● Scalability

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 Questions

● What do you Mean by SharePoint?

● What requirements does SharePoint place on my
Enterprise software infrastructure?
● What is the SharePoint Protocol?
● What is SharePoint Protocol Support?

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 SharePoint at a Top Level
Content Management Perspective

Microsoft Office Microsoft SharePoint

User Interfaces Client Applications Portal
Web Services

Collaborative Records Management Web Content eForms Management

Office SharePoint Document Management
Management
Server 2007
ECM Suite Excel Services

Slide Library

Library Services
Office SharePoint Workflow Search
Server 2007 Policy
Core ECM Services Metadata Management Security

Information Rights Management

Windows SharePoint Services Content Repository

 What is the SharePoint Protocol

● Microsoft is extending Office

● By Embedding into Office a New Proprietary Protocol
● To Offer Content Management Functionality
● That Only Runs against a SharePoint Repository

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 SharePoint Office

Check-InOut

Version Control

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 Implications of the SharePoint
Platform
● Forces Users to use a Microsoft Stack
 Windows, SQL Server, IIS, .NET, C♯, IE+, MS Office,
SharePoint Portal
● No
 Oracle, DB2, MySQL
 J2EE JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere
 PHP, Java, Adobe
 Portal
 Firefox-

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 The Good News

● The EC broke the Monopoly

● Forced the protocol to be Published
● Alfresco is the the First ECM Vendor to Support the
Office SharePoint Protocol
● Break the Monopoly and return Choice and Control to
Users
● Escape CALS
● Lower TCO
● Reuse Existing Skills
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 Content Collaboration

CIFS/WebDAV Office Outlook

Shared Drive

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 Alfresco Content Collaboration

ECM Enable ECM Enable ECM Enable

CIFS/WebDAV Office Email
Repo

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 SharePoint Protocol
End User Experience

SharePoint Office New

Site Check In/Out Workspace
Version Pane

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 Alfresco Share

Site Activity
Feed
Virtual Team
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 Document Library

Bulk Upload

Thumbnails

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 Flash Document Viewer

Flash Viewer

Tagging and
Discussions

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 SharePoint Compatibility
Office thinks it’s
SharePoint
Check-InOut

Version Control

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 CMIS
First Draft CMIS Implementation
● SQL for the Content Management Industry

● Content Management Interoperability Services

● Alfresco, EMC, IBM, Microsoft, OpenText, Oracle and SAP

● Usage
 Write-Once, Run Anywhere Application
 Integrate Multiple Repositories
 Business Process Across Repositories
 Learn One UI for ALL Repositories

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/CMIS

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 Today’s Economy

● Low Cost Simplicity Choice

 1/10th Cost of Traditional ECM • Rapid Deployment and Time ● Lower TCO
 1/3rd Cost of SharePoint to Value ● Reuse Hardware, Software,
Skills
 Added Savings of Open
Source Stack ● Keep Control to Change
Vendors
 One Price – No Hidden “Extra”
Cost, or Charge per User
Demonstration

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 Next Steps

● White Papers:
 Enterprises Need an Open
Alternative to SharePoint
 Reduce Your Enterprise
Content Management Costs by
over 90%

● www.alfresco.com

● Join Content Community

● Try Alfresco

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Questions

Dr. Ian Howells

CMO Alfresco
November 2008