the best of both worlds - alfresco, liferay and cignex event
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August 11, 2011Palo Alto, CA
Presented by:Peter Monks, Alfresco
Jim Zordani and Nitin Kadam, CIGNEXPaul Hinz, Liferay
The Best of Both Worlds Event
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Agenda
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•Introductions
•About CIGNEX
•About Liferay
•About Alfresco
•Combined solution
•Case Studies
•Demo
•Q&A
CIGNEX Published Works
3
…. to support the community and to perpetuate the adoption of enterprise class Open Source Solutions
Dr. Jonas YuanSenior Technical Analyst
Munwar ShariffCTO
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Background11 Years experience in implementing Open Source solutions450+ employeesOffices in the U.S., U.K., Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and India
Expertise200+ Solution implementations with extensive experiencePlatinum Partner of LiferayGlobal training on Liferay products
Delivery ModelDistributed delivery model to provide true cost efficienciesCommercial Open Source with enterprise support & upgradesAgile methodology to realize the benefits faster
CIGNEX Company Overview
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Our Liferay Practice• Close working relationship since 2006
– Contributed code & training modules
– Conduct Liferay trainings worldwide
• Global Platinum Partner– Deployed over 80 enterprise solutions
on Liferay and over 200 portal sites
– Over 150 Liferay consultants
• Achievements– Authored 4 Liferay Books
– 2010 Liferay Partner of the Year Award
2010 Liferay Partner of the
Year
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Our Alfresco Practice• Close working relationship since 2005
– Conduct Alfresco trainings worldwide– Alfresco Reseller services
• Global Platinum Partner– Deployed over 50 enterprise solutions on
Alfresco– Developed Accelerators
• Migration from Documentum• Contract Lifecycle Mgmt
• Achievements– Alfresco “Recognized Developer”– Authored 3 Alfresco Books– Alfresco Partner of the Year Award, 2010– WCM Implementation of the Year Award,
2007– Best North American Implementation of the
Year Award, 2008
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2010 Alfresco APAC Partner of the Year
2010 Alfresco North America Partner of the Year
We strive for excellence…
2006: IDC recognizes CIGNEX in the Open Source
Services Report
2007: awarded Alfresco’s “WCM
Implementation of the Year “
2010: Partner of the Year – Liferay
& Alfresco
2008: awarded Alfresco’s “Best North American
Implementation of the Year”
“CIGNEX’S track record is a key ace in this relatively new market opportunity. Few companies, even much bigger ones included in this study, can claim such a portfolio.” - IDC
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Open Sourc
e
Media
& E
nt.
Tele
com
InsuranceBanking & Fin. Services
Education
Gove
rnm
ent
Mig
ration
Roll Out
Custom Dev IntegrationMaint. &
Support
Cons
ultin
g
Univ
ers
ity
E-comm
erce ERP
Portal
s
Business
Intelligence
BPM
WCM
DM
DAM
RM
CIGNEX Offerings & Focus
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our enterprise toolkit
Popular Open Source Technologies We Use
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10
CIGNEX Liferay Implementations
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Integrated Content Management Portal (ICMP)
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Integrated Content Management Portal (ICMP)
Powerful unified solution• Create, manage, personalize & deliver enterprise content
Business operations Documents and discussions E-mail, Web pages, records and rich media
• Common content platform and repository
One architecture, multiple choices• Flexible solution• Re-use of enterprise content across multiple delivery channels
Internet, Intranet, Mobile, Promotion channels, etc.
Manage your Information Management Challenge
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Conceptual Design
Client ApplicationsECM | WCM| DAM | ERM
PortalPortal Applications
Content Services for Portal
ECM PlatformContent Server Repository
SSO Services
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Posadas Web Site Vision
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ICMP Architecture (Liferay + Alfresco)
Staging Server
Content Repository, Business Rules, Security, Workflow, Transformations, Document Lifecycle, Search, Reports
Alfresco Web Client Application
Web Server
Hard disk Oracle 10g
Media, XML filesImages etc.
System & NetworkAdministrators
Business Users
Oracle 10g
Run-Time
FSR/Web Application
Alfresco Run-timeInstances
Static Content
RE
ST
ful W
eb
Se
rvic
es
Fir
ew
all
Search Information or Components
ECM Service
3rd PartyService
Social N/W
Client API
Map & Local
Attraction
VideoIBE
WidgetImage
Carousel FB
Twtr
Flickr
Portal/Web Apps
Page Mgmt
Authentication & Authorization
Blog
Theme
UI
Liferay Framework
Mini Site Management
VisitorsPartnersCustomers
SSO Services
Alfresco ECM
Portal
Liferay PortalCMS Metadata, Folders, Rules etc.
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Benefits
Increased productivity• Improved communications with employees, partners, and
customers• Business in control
Business users in charge of content Scalability - easy to add sites
Lower TCO• Reduction in IT investments (Websites, ECM, AMC) through
unified Open Source architecture
Increased Profitability
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Posadas
Success Story – ICMP Adoption
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Hotels
Services
POSADAS is the most important Latin American hotel operator in Mexico and South America.
POSADAS operates around 19,000 rooms in more than 100 hotels across seven brands in the most frequently visited beach and city destinations. In Mexico, it manages 20% of the rooms of the tourist category hotel chains.
POSADAS is the largest Latin American hotel company in the region.
Vacation Club ContactCenter Loyalty
OTABPO
Posadas Overview
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Product Background
Posadas wanted to develop sustainable competitive advantages in their sales and marketing processes in online channels
The analysis on the Web sites revealed a number of areas of opportunities and significant need for improvement
Marketing Focus to be devised in efficiency and innovation
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Posadas Web Site Strategy
Our vision is to have an holistic view of Content, and Guest data:• Posadas Web Portals as the axis for the entire Guest
Experience• The Web experience is about usability and speed• Rich Presentation capabilities to create emotional connection
between guest and brand• Interface design more flexible and adapted to various brands
and devices more rapidly• Business Logic resides in the backend engine
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Posadas Web Site Vision
The Posadas Web Site Strategy is to deliver:• Support for the Next-Gen traveler• Web 2.0 social media support• Personalization• Unique usability and functionality• Differentiated brand experience• Relevant Content
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Posadas ICMP Solution
Delivery an Integrated Content Management Portal (ICMP)• Decoupling User Interface from backend allowing presentation adjustments
according to market and product segmentation. • Integrating 3rd party technologies in UI for delivering unique guest experience
Enables Web Portals to access the Content capabilities:• Planning and Shopping• Search and Hotel Directory• Booking• Information and Entertainment
Provides standard ways to support Publish/Subscribe Enable integration and entertainment capabilities:
• Rich User Experience • Dynamic Content and Links• Accessible via Web 2.0 via Social Networks
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Posadas ICMP Solution
AlfrescoContent Manager
Posadas Central Reservation System(CRS)
Fiesta Americana Fiesta Inn
Fiesta Americana
Grand
CaesarPark Posadas
WEB PORTALS
SEARCH & CONTENT
ENGINE
Liferay PRESENTATIONFRAMEWORK
CaesarBusiness
One Hotels
AVAILABILITY RATES AND INVENTORY
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Innovative Flexible Solution ICMP taking advantage of the following out-of-the-box
Liferay features:• Themes
The User Interface developed upon Liferay can be tailored to support all brands
• Templates
Liferay serves a common configurable brand personality through a consistent look and feel
• Web Service Framework
Liferay provides easy interfacing integration adapting specific content or distribution data systems
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ICMP Highlights
Decoupled Integration of Document Management & Web Content Management
• Real time sales promotions both on the websites and across partners
• Easy integration with 3rd party systems / applications
• Social Media support
Content Repository, Search & Access• Content as a Service (CaaS)• Flexibility in content editing• Common, advanced workflow across all brands• Support for standard protocols
Flexible Architecture• Support 750+ concurrent users and 2,000+ users
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“Posadas selected CIGNEX to create a state-of-the-art hospitality portal for the Posadas brands to enable strong brand recognition. CIGNEX was instrumental in architecting & delivering Phase 1 of the ICMP solution, using Alfresco &
Liferay, within a short time span of 6 months. We are delighted with the next generation architecture which reduces the TCO by over 40% of our previous solution”
Leopoldo Toro
- Strategy and Innovation Director
Testimonal
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Live DemoDocLib Portlets capabilitiesThe Share DocLib Portlets include most of the functionality available in a standard Share Document Library.
Configuring LiferayIf you are running Liferay and Alfresco on the same machine, you need to change the port numbers used by the Liferay Tomcat server to prevent conflicts.
Configuring AlfrescoThis task describes how to configure Alfresco for Doclib Portlets.
Configuring the Liferay Share web applicationThis task describes how to deploy the web application.
Creating Liferay usersThis task describes how to create the Liferay users.
Adding portlets to LiferayThis task describes how to add the portlets to Liferay.
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FREE 1-day Assessment WorkshopThis workshop enables Enterprises to maximize existing IT assets and build a road map based on proven Open Source technologies that reduce software Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in excess of 50% and help generate IT budget savings.
The FREE 1-day Assessment Workshop includes:•Situation Analysis•Gap Analysis•CIGNEX Recommendations
For additional information visit: www.cignex.com/freeassessment
ICMP Free Assessment Offer
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Upcoming Events
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Integration with LiferayHouston, TX – Thurs, Aug 18, 2011
Miami, FL – Tues, Aug 23, 2011New York, NY – Tues, Sept 27, 2011
Boston, MA – Tues, Oct 18, 2011
For additional information visit:
http://www.cignex.com/events/liferay-cignex-roadshows-integration-liferay
Thank you! Questions?
Contact Info:Peter Monks - Director of Technology, Strategic [email protected]
Jim Zordani – Vice [email protected]
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Nitin Kadam – Head [email protected]
Paul Hinz – Chief Marketing [email protected]