Alfresco,
the open platform
for document
and enterprise content management has launched a new
workflow engine integrated business process management program called
Activiti. This BPMN2.0 integration is fully compliant with industry
standards and extends Alfresco’s workflow features that allow for more
flexibility between Alfresco and other similar applications. The
integration is offered through an update to the Alfresco Community and
is available for immediate download.
By replacing jBPM
with Activiti, this is just the beginning for bpm programs that signal
the start of seamless integrated environments to combine enterprise
content management, adaptive case management with the business process
management. Alfresco sees this as a way to move business program
management out of it’s nice and open it up to a larger range of users
for greater innovations.
Activiti is a lightweight workflow platform designed to assist
developers, system administrators and business users to deliver
superbly effectively driven content within the Alfresco
community. With the exceptionally quick and rock solid BPMN 2.0 Java based
process engine, activiti provides users flexibility
and more out of the box
functionality with similar applications.
The preview release of Activiti will allow users to compare existing
jBPM workflow while experimenting with the integration of other tools
to create different workflow applications. This integration
of Alfresco’s Activiti platform is a key factor for any organization
wanting to review and approve content requiring complex processes such
as contracts, budgets, press releases and sales forecasts. This
empowers the document collaboration process without losing control of
traceability or the latest revision versions.
Activiti, allows developers to define new BPMN 2.0 workflow
definitions and add them to Alfresco
document centric process management. Organizations can, for
the first time, leverage the standalone BPMN 2.0 engine
within their own content repository platforms with the Alfresco
integration system. Since its launch Activiti has worked as an
independently run and branded open source project.
This type of flexible customization is exactly the type of services
that can be found with Softbless. As Alfresco
service provider and official Liferay partner in Indonesia(2011-2012),
Softbless offers service and the ability to easily make enterprise
content management adjustments all without the hassle of major
technical modifications.