Alfresco Software

The company was founded in 2005 by content management systems specialists among whom - the cofounder of Documentum John Newton and John Powell, the former head of Business Objects. The company in London is located.

Is a developer of a popular electronic document management system of the same name and content managements with the open code, from the very beginning of held for use, first of all, in the web environment.

As of the middle of 2013, according to the company, its platform is used by more than 7 million users in 75 countries of the world, including the USA. By one of the most significant users of the system in Alfresco call SAP company.

During the visit to Moscow in September, 2013 John Powell noted that, having entered the European market, the Alfresco system received popularity not only among commercial customers, but also among state structures in connection with their desire to reduce dependence on software of the American origin.

Business in Russia

2013: Alfresco opens representation in Russia

Based on OSL Distribution company formation in Russia of the company which will perform functions of local representation Alfresco began. About it on September 11, 2013 TAdviser was told by Sergey Belkin who was appointed the CEO of this company, and before 12 years worked the vice president in Lanita.

EDMS with the open code Alfresco is presented at the Russian market not the first year. Performs functions of the distributor of a product in Russia VDEL, and solutions on its base are proposed by about 12 local partners, Belkin tells. Among them – Ay-Ti company Croc CompuTel , etc.

"Our company changes promotion structure of a product for the market. Earlier Alfresco in Russia had exclusively partner structure, without the centralized Russian representative office and without regulation in the Russian market of the products created by partners, - Sergey Belkin explained TAdviser. – Now we enter regulation and fixing of products of partners based on our EDMS and we adjust the sales channel".

For work on the new scheme Alfresco will change the status and the text of the partnership agreement: now in it bigger emphasis is placed on creation of OEM products based on Alfresco, but not on deliveries of the platform and providing support to corporate customers. Due to the changes the company is going to renew agreements with the existing partners, the representative of Alfresco in Russia says.

The first company which already began to work according to the new scheme of partnership became Corus Consulting which at the beginning of September, 2013 brought to the market own cloud solution of ELLF based on EDMS Alfresco.

"I consider what will be success if until the end of 2013 four OEM solutions based on Alfresco are made, and next year, I consider, it is necessary to bring about ten-twelve more partner solutions to the market", - Sergey Belkin told TAdviser.

The head of Alfresco in Russia expects that by the end of 2013 the staff of the company functioning as representation will make a little more than 20 people. Afterwards it is also going to create technical support 24x7 line across Russia that the additional number of people will demand.

Alfresco recognizes that the number of the finished implementations based on their platform in Russia is still small. Among users of a system were called Administration of the Vladimir region and the State Duma. The largest implementation of the platform totals 12 thousand users, Sergey Belkin says, without opening the name of this organization. The smallest implemented project is expected 5 users.