Chapter 1. Understanding Alfresco
Alfresco is one of the leading open source enterprise content management systems (ECM). For more details about ECM refer to the Wiki; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_content_management. Alfresco allows you to manage content in a simple and smart way. It provides enterprise solutions based on open standards, and open source technologies for managing business critical content. As it is a very stable player in the market and provides enterprise-level features and support, Alfresco has been named Visionary by Gartner for five years in a row. Gartner is a leading research company, which provides insight into technology; refer to http://www.gartner.com/technology/about.jsp for more details about Gartner.
This chapter provides you with an introduction to Alfresco 5.x, its features, and its benefits. It helps you to understand the main building blocks of Alfresco.
By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about:
- An overview of Alfresco
- Key features of Alfresco
- Alfresco architecture
- Using Alfresco for your ECM requirements
