We recently met with a publishing prospect that was looking for a document review and approval approach. As we have been discussing here since back in 2012, there is a significant benefit to having both a form AND dynamic workflow approach rather than just relying on workflow templates. This post will summarize some of the […]
Alfresco and Angular 2.0: Technical First Look
In July, Alfresco released a new Angular 2 framework which promises to deliver developers a new modern way to develop custom Alfresco applications. This post will cover what we’ve learned about this new framework. Watch a quick demo of the new Angular Interface. When releasing this framework, Alfresco is actually releasing three different independent pieces. […]
BPM/Workflow – Why “I want the user to define the form and workflow” doesn’t always work
We had a call last week with a client evaluating form and workflow as part of an overall BPM effort. In evaluating solutions, often we will see technical resources push for a solution “that allows the users to build their own forms and workflow without any IT involvement”. This post will discuss the issues of […]
Alfresco Activiti – Overview of BPMN Suite
In December, we highlighted the Alfresco announcement of the new Activiti BPMN Suite, a new web interface that runs on the Activiti engine that allows users to design workflows on the fly and to share them with different users with different levels of permissions. We sampled the BPMN Suite using a 30 day trial at https://activiti.alfresco.com/. […]
Productization of Alfresco Activiti (and the Standalone Activiti BPMN Suite)
During Alfresco Summit 2014, Alfresco announced they would begin offering Activiti, their popular workflow and BPM engine, as a separate product offering complete with web interface for building and deploying workflows called the Activiti BPMN Suite. Previous versions of Activiti were able to be used without an Alfresco installation. In previous years, TSG converted all of […]
Alfresco Summit 2014 Recap
This year, for the first time, TSG had a booth at both the San Francisco and London Alfresco Summit events as the 2014 Americas Partner of the Year. The major announcements included the release of Alfresco 5.0 and the standalone Activiti Designer. We will be reviewing the product updates in an upcoming Alfresco user group meetup […]
Alfresco and Box – An Integrated Approach for Collaboration and Approval
TSG just finished a successful proof of concept for a life science company that, like many companies, uses Box for collaboration (among other tools) but wanted to add more traditional ECM capabilities like workflow approval and electronic signatures. Alfresco, combined with TSG add-on products, provides robust workflow review and approval. This post will discuss the […]
Enhancing Alfresco Share with HPI 2.1 – Summary of Series Posting
In preparation for our webinar with Alfresco on February 11th (recording has been posted) on how to enhance or extend Alfresco Share with HPI 2.1. This post is the summary of a series of posts on how HPI 2.1 can work with Share.
Enhancing Alfresco Share with HPI 2.1 – Document Workflow
TSG will be conducting a Webinar with Alfresco on February 11th (Recording Posted) on how to enhance or extend Alfresco Share with High Performance Interface (HPI) 2.1. This post is the fourth in a series of posts on how HPI 2.1 can work with Share and will focus on Document Workflow.