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IT Frontier Signs OEM Contract With Alfresco Software, Leading Open Source ECM Company
| Source: Alfresco Software
TOKYO--(Marketwire - June 23, 2008) - IT Frontier Corporation (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi
Corporation) announced today an OEM agreement with UK-based Alfresco Software, the leader in open
source enterprise content management (ECM).
With the enforcement of Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley (JSOX) and other
information protection laws, demands for stronger company-wide compliance
and secure document management systems have increased. Up until now,
companies, and in most cases individual departments, have used either the
traditional document management or simple groupware/collaboration
applications to manage information and documents. With legislation
demanding stricter process controls and accountability, companies need a
centralized system that can effectively process a large amount of documents
across the entire organization while applying strict workflow and security
controls. In the past, proprietary enterprise content management systems
have been used, but they are extremely costly and complex.
To help bridge the gap between document management and compliance
regulations, IT Frontier has partnered with Alfresco Software, whose
low-cost, feature-packed open source ECM software has received wide acclaim
in America and Europe. As a result of the partnership, IT Frontier will be
able to offer its Japanese customers a cost effective, scaleable,
standards-based content and document management system.
Alfresco is an open source alternative solution to costly and complicated
proprietary ECM. It offers workflow, collaboration, knowledge management,
and web content management. Also, Alfresco utilizes Web 2.0 and Social
Computing technology concepts via a Web API facilitating various system and
external data integration (Mash Up), company portals, and RIA systems.
This makes it extremely effective for next-generation business systems and
SOA. Alfresco ECM software has been downloaded over a million times and
has in excess of 450 customers in both the public and private sector,
including the following: the French Ministry of Justice, NASA, education
centers such as Harvard University and MIT, the American Stock Exchange,
and the LA Times.
Regarding the partnership, Alfresco Software's CEO and co-founder John Powell commented:
"We are delighted to be working with IT Frontier, one of the largest IT
companies in Japan, to embed Alfresco's open source content management
functionality into their innovative solution. IT Frontier had rigorous
requirements for secure, reliable content management and we are pleased
that in selecting Alfresco they endorse our enterprise heritage and global
momentum, which is accelerating in the Japanese market."
IT Frontier will offer ECM solutions with Japanese market oriented features
and user interfaces based on Alfresco. In addition, IT Frontier is looking
to expand its services into Software as a Service (SaaS). By using
Alfresco as a base for this model, a feature-rich ECM service can be
quickly submitted to customers and integrated into their business.
ABOUT ALFRESCO SOFTWARE, INC.
Alfresco Software, Inc. is the first and leading open source alternative
for enterprise content management. It is the first company to bring the
power of open source to the enterprise content management market, enabling
unprecedented scale and a much lower total cost of ownership than
proprietary systems. Founded by a team of content management veterans that
includes the co-founder of Documentum, John Newton, and former COO of
Business Objects, John Powell, Alfresco is based in London. For more
information, go to www.alfresco.com.
ABOUT IT FRONTIER CORPORATION
IT Frontier was founded in April 2001 through the integration of five
IT-related subsidiary companies of the Mitsubishi Corporation. Based on its
core strength in constructing enterprise systems primarily through the use
of ERP and its aptitude for creating system infrastructures that enable
highly reliable operation, IT Frontier aims to become an "IT partner" for
our clients by supporting their IT assets in a comprehensive manner,
covering everything from designing to system construction and operation.
Website: http://www.itfrontier.co.jp/