This document summarizes a presentation about combining Drupal and Alfresco for intranet solutions. It outlines common problems with existing intranets like high costs, poor user experience and lack of flexibility. Drupal is presented as a compelling user interface and content management solution while Alfresco provides robust document management and workflow capabilities. A case study of Activision Blizzard's intranet implementation using Drupal and Alfresco is provided as an example. The document concludes with an overview of how the two systems can integrate using open standards and available modules.

1. Transform Your IntranetWhy clients are excited about combining Drupal and Alfresco 15 September 2009 Jeff Potts, Sr. Director, ECM Blog: http://ecmarchitect.com Twitter: jeffpotts01 Chris Fuller, Technical Architect Blog: http://www.optaros.com/blog/cfuller Twitter: cfuller

2. Agenda What’s Wrong with your Intranet? What Can Drupal & Alfresco Do Together? Activision: Drupal + Alfresco Case Study How Does it Work? Q&A

3. What we’re hearing We need to re-do our intranet. Can you help? Of course. But what’s wrong with the one you’ve got? (See if any of the following typical answers fit your organization)

4. It’s too expensive What’s wrong with your current intranet? Credit: paopix

5. It’s not compelling from a UX perspective What’s wrong with your current intranet?

6. It’s not compelling from a UX perspective What’s wrong with your current intranet?

7. It’s not compelling from a UX perspective What’s wrong with your current intranet?

8. It’s not flexible enough What’s wrong with your current intranet? Credit: spursfan_ace

9. Not to rush to the punch line, but…

10. Cost Commercial support Self support Presentation Drupal Acquia Alfresco Community Alfresco Enterprise Repository Free Cheaper than SharePoint Cost

11. User Experience

13. Easy to theme

14. Fast, efficient development model

15. Multiple ways to update content

16. Robust business process engine

18. Agenda What’s Wrong with your Intranet? What Can Drupal & Alfresco Do Together? Activision: Drupal + Alfresco Case Study How Does it Work? Q&A

19. Drupal – Convenience and Impact What Does Drupal Bring to the Table? Purpose-built community platform 4000+ open source modules for a wide range of features Huge developer community Infinitely customizable user interface Easy-to-use content management tools Integration with Enterprise systems Existing intranet distributions, such as Open Atrium Commercial Enterprise support from Acquia Enterprise Integration Single-Sign-On LDAP Active Directory NTLM CAS Search Lucene Endeca Google Search Appliance Acquia Hosted Search ECM Alfresco Other CMIS providers Drupal Overview

20. Comments Drupal Features

21. Forums Drupal Features

22. Polls Drupal Features

23. Rich User Profiles Drupal Features

24. Drupal Features Content Management Easy-to-use interface Powerful taxonomy Web Content Management workflow tools Robust content promotion tools Role-based content management Community Comments Polls Forums Calendars and Events Wiki Microblogging Rich user profiles Social Graph Drupal Overview

25. Drupal – Flexible Interface Drupal Interface

26. Alfresco – Enterprise Content Services Fast, flexible, modular user interface Presentation Tier Open, scalable repository, metadata, versioning, workflow ? Content Services Tier Core Multiple, disparate front-ends Multiple content repositories Enterprise Apps Tier Scripting language on the front-end and Java on the back-end is a proven pattern. Drupal provides the UI while Alfresco provides core content services. Many organizations have multiple front-ends that need to get to the same enterprise content store. Organizations may have multiple CMIS repositories, maybe from different vendors. ?

27. Agenda What’s Wrong with your Intranet? What Can Drupal & Alfresco Do Together? Activision: Drupal + Alfresco Case Study How Does it Work? Getting Started

28. Case Study Activision Blizzard Intranet

29. User Interface Activision Blizzard Intranet

30. Enterprise Search Activision Blizzard Intranet Comprehensive search Search includes both Drupal and Alfresco content in a single query that honors permissions.

31. User Management Activision Blizzard Intranet Integrated with Directory Leveraging both Drupal and Alfresco ability to integrate with LDAP for user management and permissions.

32. Document Management Activision Blizzard Intranet Alfresco for DM Drupal interface for adding documents & content to the Intranet. Alfresco provides storage, workflow, and security.

33. Agenda What’s Wrong with your Intranet? What Can Drupal & Alfresco Do Together? Activision: Drupal + Alfresco Case Study How Does it Work? Q&A

34. How? Key Ingredients Acquia Drupal for community features, UI and WCM Alfresco for workflow and secure document management Drupal CMIS API module Drupal CMIS Alfresco module Any of the additional Drupal modules necessary to meet requirements

35. More about the integration module Open Source http://www.drupal.org/project/cmis_alfresco (GPLv2) 100% CMIS Requires no install on the Alfresco tier Raw capabilities Persist web content in Alfresco Create Drupal content from Alfresco via CMIS Sync Upload binary files into Alfresco via Drupal Attach binary files, created in Alfresco, to Drupal content Execute CMIS and OpenSearch queries Provides support for additional CMIS repositories

36. Implementation The CMIS module is an enabler, but there's still work you have to do... Find senior leadership support and other champions Create an adoption plan Design UI Determine integration points (SSO, search, LDAP, etc.) Create a security model Determine additional contributed/custom Drupal modules to meet requirements Create an Alfresco content model and decide on storage hierarchy Implement business processes as Alfresco workflows Credit: veruus

37. Alfresco & Drupal: What If They Mated? In summary

38. Hip, popular framework Flexible presentation layer Fast, clear development model Strong community focus When you combine the strengths of Drupal… Dries Buytaert, Drupal founder

39. Enterprise-class repository Strong commercial ECM credibility/lineage Best-in-class openness, programmability …with the power of Alfresco… John Newton, Alfresco CTO

40. …you get something better. Compelling presentation framework Tons of community features that can be easily added and built upon Hierarchical document storage Enterprise-class workflow Decoupling of the front-end from the back-end with an open standard in-between

41. About Optaros – Solutions for Media & Ecommerce Optaros delivers each client a tailored roadmap of Assembled Web solutions to achieve their business objectives. Multiple projects including user experience design for American Idol, currently designing new Ecommerce storefront for Fox Entertainment. Dynamic customer-facing portal and content management system assembled in 13 weeks from concept to completion ReplatformedPGATourfrom CBS to CNN/Turner infrastructure in 14 weeks. Payback: 10 months on ad sales Stellent Migration to Alfresco Surf for DAM; Alfresco+Drupal Intranet; National Sales Portal for new sales team How we work with our clients Work jointly and transparently with client teams Turn ideas into implementable blueprints Commit contractually to deliver on time, on budget Design Web 2.0 user experiences Iteratively assemble open source software Support the solution