Open source ECM provider doubles partner growth in North America
Written on March 10th, 2010 by Snowbound Software
Alfresco Software, one of the leading providers of open source enterprise content management systems, has doubled the amount of partners it has in North America to 80, the company announced recently.
With 550 enterprise customers all over the world, the company says meeting the 2009 goal of doubling its North American partner network has helped it grow its overall client base by 156 percent.
Because of its success, the infrastructure providers, software vendors and SIs that Alfresco partners with companies that now $250 million worth of the services.
As Microsoft plans to release multiple SharePoint offerings in May, many IT experts are now teeming with anticipation while considering how the new enterprise content management products will be optimized in offices across the country, according to experts.
Open Text, one of the leading developers of enterprise content management technology, will receive $33.75 million from the Ontario government and announced it will spend $225 million on research and development, the company recently announced.
Governments are going to have to find new ways to manage data due to rapid growth in digital content and a society that demands social media solutions, according to a speech made at the Managing Public Sector Information event held in London.
Companies fumbling with their fax over IP communications networks that are cluttered with both circuit-switched and packet-switched technology may find comfort – and cost savings – in a new development by Open Text that acts to synchronize the two.
Hospitals hoping to improve the management of their healthcare information systems may find a useful tool in a new enterprise content management service soon to be offered by Microsoft.
Although enterprise content management company EMC dominates the market with its Documentum solution, some have questioned its web content management capabilities. But with its partnership with FatWire earlier this month, that issue may have been addressed.
In a move that could shake up the enterprise content management world, Open Text announced the purchase of digital content management solution firm Nstein Technologies Inc. in a deal worth an estimated 35 million Canadian dollars ($36.3 million).
As mobile devices become more common, a growing number of people are using them for things that were once thought only to be possible on laptops and PCs. It seems that with the next generation of cell phone software from Microsoft, SharePoint will be one of those features.