ActiveVOS and
Alfresco Tech Talk Live (TTL)
June 12, 2009
Victor Chan, Active Endpoints
John Judy, Active Endpoints
Yong Qu, Alfresco

Alfresco TTL June 12 Agenda
Introductions
Why Alfresco & ActiveVOS
Demo
Questions and Answers
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Alfresco Introduction
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Active Endpoints Company Background
VC-backed startup, founded 2004
Initially known as OEM supplier of SOA-based
execution engines
HQ: Waltham, MA; Development Center:
Shelton, CT
In 2008, built on successful OEM business
with
New technology vision: BPMS that development
teams will love
New go-to-market: Single, affordable,
integrated, standards-based product
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Why Alfresco and ActiveVOS
Advantages for Alfresco Customers
Enhanced workflow capabilities
Human process governance
SLA monitoring/ escalations
Easier access to external services
and applications
Reporting – BAM/BI
Advantages to ActiveVOS
Customers
Access to leading open source
content management functionality
via CMIS standards
Leverage existing Alfresco
infrastructure
content and metadata
Existing document centric processes
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Alfresco and ActiveVOS System Schematic
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CMIS - Content Management Interoperability Services
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ActiveVOS – Visual Process Diagram
• Visual Diagram
• Generates industry standard BPEL
code for Orchestration
• Simulation/ Debug capabilities for unit
testing
• Leverages CMIS definitions
• Ability to call sub-processes
• choice of HTTP SOAP/ REST/ JMS
invocation
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Use Case - Document Needs Human Review
Folders for:
• Ready for review
• Under Review
• Approved
• Rejected
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InitiateReview Process : ActiveVOS – Detect new file
Alfresco: document detected in
Ready for Review
Alfresco : Document moved from
Ready for Review to Under Review
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GetDoc Approval Process: Get Human Approval for Document
Get file content from Alfresco repository
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ActiveVOS – WS Human Task
Approve or Reject Document
Alfresco Document
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MoveReviewedDocument Process: Move Document
Move file to Rejected Folder
Move file to Approved Folder
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Demo

Additional Functionality with ActiveVOS
Dashboard
Reporting : BAM & BI
CEP
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ActiveVOS Dashboard/ Reporting
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Custom Reporting
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Recap of ActiveVOS Components to Build Demo
Enhance Alfresco Content Repository using ActiveVOS processes
Graphical BPEL process definition, testing & deployment
Leverage CMIS web services definitions
Task Management/ Inbox application
Configure SLA escalation instead of programming
Dynamic Task Assignment
BAM/BI Reports
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Questions?
Q&A
Download a supported, 30-day trial of ActiveVOS:
http://www.activevos.com/trial
Visit our blog and subscribe to our podcast feed:
http://www.vosibilities.com
Email Victor at victor.chan victor.chan@activevos.com
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Take two easy steps for a chance to win an ultra-
portable Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook:
1. Download a free, supported 30-day trial of ActiveVOS at
www.wheel-of-function.com
2. By June 30, email us at judges@activevos.com and share how
you would use ActiveVOS in your BPM application development
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Thank you very much
Download a supported, 30-day trial of ActiveVOS:
http://www.activevos.com/trial
Visit our blog and subscribe to our podcast feed:
http://www.vosibilities.com
Email Victor at victor.chan@activevos.com
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