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Alfresco and EnterpriseDB Ink AllianceJun 03, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Alfresco Software, a provider of open source enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, and EnterpriseDB, an enterprise open source database company, announced a partnership under which Alfresco will support Alfresco Enterprise for use with EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus and EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus Advanced Server. Under the terms of the partnership, the companies will provide joint customers with coordinated, high quality support and professional services. Alfresco is an open source alternative for enterprise content management and the choice of the global 5000 with customers such as FedEx, Fox Broadcasting and Virgin Mobile. Alfresco stated that it was the first product to fully integrate the Microsoft SharePoint protocol support and the first to release an implementation of the proposed Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification giving users greater choice of operating system, database, application server and desktop environment. Postgres Plus Advanced Server is an open source relational database for transactional and mixed-load applications. Based on PostgreSQL, an advanced open source database, EnterpriseDB stated that its Postgres Plus includes the performance, scalability and reliability found in commercial database products. Postgres Plus also delivers compatibility features, allowing applications written for Oracle to run with few or no changes, according to the company. Under the partnership, joint customers can now run EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus Advanced Server 8.3 with Alfresco Enterprise 3.1. Further, Alfresco and EnterpriseDB will offer seamless support for shared customers who have active support subscriptions for both products. This promises to eliminate the support frustrations that sometimes accompany mixed-vendor installations, the companies said. "The intent of Alfresco Enterprise 3.1 is to extend Alfresco's position as the leading open source replacement for high-cost Enterprise Content Management built on high-cost proprietary stacks," said John Powell, CEO, Alfresco Software. "With this partnership our mutual customers will receive equivalent or better functionality than proprietary alternatives, including drop-in Oracle database compatibility. Open source innovation is what current IT budgets demand - up to 96 percent proven lower cost, driven out of operating expenditure with commercial Service Level Agreements." "We recognize the importance of creating effective alliances with partners that share our vision and core values. EnterpriseDB and Alfresco are cooperating in the true spirit of open source innovation to deliver best-in-class solutions and superior service for dramatically lower costs," said Ed Boyajian, CEO, EnterpriseDB. "EnterpriseDB offers a high powered Oracle-compatible database at a fraction of the cost of proprietary database solutions. An open source technology stack combining Postgres Plus Advanced Server and Alfresco Enterprise offers organizations a significant opportunity to reduce costs." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |