Alfresco offers the industry a leading open source content management system to capture, search and collaborate on content with full library services and lifecycle management on a unified, robust repository. The discriminators for the Alfresco content management platform include:

• Low Cost - A low cost, open source, annual subscription with minimal upfront investment
• Simplicity — Rapid deployment to deliver immediate business value and rapid application development using pre-built components and lightweight scripting
• Choice — Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by reusing existing hardware, software and skills. Support for open source and open standards means no lock-in to proprietary platforms or file formats

The out-of-the box functionality includes Document Management (DM), Web Content Management (WCM) and Collaboration functionality. The Share interface is a modern browser-based platform allowing easy collaboration on projects with a globally dispersed teams. Additional modules available for Alfresco include Records Management (RM) and Formtek's Engineering Data Management extensions.

Alfresco Document Management

• Full Enterprise Content Management functionality
• A single unified repository to manage any content – Documents, Images, Video and Audio
• Integrated simple and complex workflow

Alfresco Records Management

• First open-source Records Management certified as DoD 5015.2 compliant
• Records Managers can create file plan with record series, categories and folders
• Support for electronic and physical records
• Full audit logs for each record
• Easy designation of records on litigation hold

Formtek Extensions for Alfresco

• The Formtek Auditing Extension provides a complete audit log for every file and folder within Alfresco.


• The Formtek File Linking Extension allows a single document stored in Alfresco to be accessible from multiple locations without physically duplicating the document.


• The Formtek Peer Association Extension makes it possible for associations to be established between documents within Alfresco Share.


• The Formtek Security Extension offers more flexible security capabilities in addition to those available with standard Alfresco Share.


• The Formtek Version Browser Extension allows the user to select any older document version in Alfresco Share and view its Web preview and associated metadata, or download that version.


• The Formtek PDF Rendering Extension provides a PDF rendition of an Alfresco-supported file type.

Formtek Engineering Data Management

• EDM Module for Alfresco provides metadata forms for Engineering documents and drawings; and a viewer for popular AutoCAD formats: .dwg, .dwf, .dxf

• EDM Data Extractor allows an alternative mapping of AutoCAD files to the EDM Module's content model

• EDM Connector for AutoCAD allows synchronized interaction between Alfresco and AutoCAD including associating XREFs with current drawing from Alfresco repository