Alfresco - Introduction to the Company and its Products

An introduction to Alfresco Content Services (ACS), Alfresco Process Services (APS), and Alfresco Governance Services.

Created byMartin Bergljung

Last updated 4/2017

English

What you'll learn

Understand what the Alfresco Company is
Understand what products Alfresco offers in the ECM and BPM space
Learn about ECM and BPM is
Alfresco Content Services (ACS) introduction
Alfresco Process Services (APS) introduction
Alfresco Governance Services (AGS) introduction
Understand what Alfresco Media Management is
Understand what Alfresco Records Management is
Understand what Activiti is

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 2h 6m total length

Introduction1:27
Introduction to ECM10:56
This lecture introduces you to Enterprise Content Management (ECM).
Introduction to BPM11:15
This lecture introduces you to Business Process Management (BPM).
Alfresco the company and its products18:28
In this lecture we look at the Alfresco company. When did it start? Who started it? What does it do?
Alfresco Content Services - Document Management and Collaboration (ECM)17:25
In this lecture we look at Alfresco's flagship product "Alfresco Content Services - ACS". This lecture focus on the Document Management features, collaboration, and workflow.
Alfresco Content Services - Media Management (ECM)9:28
This lecture walks through the Digital Asset Management (DAM) features of Alfresco. Showing how you can work with Images, Audio, and Video files.
Alfresco Content Services - Records Management (ECM)15:26
A quick look at Alfresco's support for governance. The only DoD 5015.02 certified open source records management solution.
Alfresco Content Services - Integrations and API (ECM)4:53
Alfresco content services has been integrated with a number of popular applications, this gives and overview of what application integrations that are available.
Alfresco Content Services - Customising (ECM)5:07
This lecture looks at what's available when you want to customise the content management solution.
Alfresco Process Services (BPM)18:54
This lecture introduces you to the stand-alone workflow engine that Alfresco offers, the "Alfresco Process Services - APS"
Alfresco Process Services - Integration with Alfresco Content Services11:07
This lecture shows how the Alfresco Process Services can be easily integrated with the Alfresco Content Services. Achieving the Digital Flow in the Enterprise.
Summary1:56

Requirements

Have an interest in Document Management, Content Collaboration, Business Process Management, Media Management, or Records Management.

Description

This course introduces you to the Alfresco company and its products. It is useful if you are wondering what the company does and what products it offers. So if you need to get on top of what Alfresco offers in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) world, then check it out.

The course starts out explaining what ECM and BPM is and then continues on to introduce the Alfresco Content Services (ACS), the ECM offering from Alfresco that supports Document Management, Collaboration, and Workflow. The Media Management and Records Management modules are then introduced, which are modules that run on top of ACS.

We end the course with and introduction to the Alfresco Process Services (APS), which is the BPM offering from Alfresco. We look at basic process design and implementation, and also cover how easy it is to integrate Alfresco Process Services with Alfresco Content Services.

Not much is required before you take the course. It is useful for professionals who have an interest in Document Management, Content Collaboration, Business Process Management, Media Management, or Records Management.

In this course you will learn all about what Alfresco is, the company and its products.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This course was developed before Alfresco was acquired by Hyland in 2020.

Who this course is for:

Anyone wanting to know what Alfresco is, the company and its products.