Unified publishing workflow with Alfresco and Adobe Integration

In an environment when organizations are quickly moving to integrate legacy systems, managing information becomes imperative. Information is vital for any organization, and with digitization, this information gets scattered in many forms of data. With multiple versions being created by users, it’s difficult for users to track the previous versions located on some other users’ local machine. At times, InDesign documents may not reflect edits and hence face the issue of locating latest version.

Introduction to AdobeSuite-InDesign, Bridge & Drive

Adobe is a pioneer in innovative solutions. Adobe InDesign widely used bygraphic designers to design, create and publishartwork for magazines, newspapers and books. Adobe Bridgeenableslinkingapplications together using an interface. Functions likedocument batch rename,metadataembedded images, and working with different versions of a file iswidely used by organizations. Adobe Drive3allows integrating digital asset management system using which users can access remote assets bybrowsing files from local system.

What is an ECM?

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is a wide term and extends to manage entire life-cycle of information. Traditionally, different systems were used to store information for different stages. Gradually, ECM converged these stages and allowed users to perform all the actions using one single platform.

Unified Publishing Platform as a Solution

Alfresco ECM integrated with Adobe InDesign can serve as a powerful tool to overcome abovementionedchallenges. The solution can check latest edits within the document before uploading it to the central repository while maintaining version control. Adobe Bridge acts as a medium between Alfresco & Adobe InDesign.Adobe Drive 3 allows a connection to a CMIS repository and enables you to browse Alfresco in a folder structure.

To leverage this solution, organizations can partner with vendors providing Alfresco Consulting services. An experienced Alfresco consulting service provider will ensure to bridge the gap between back-end and front-end system to provide users with seamless integrated platform. Hence, to identify these gaps identifying a right Alfresco Consulting partner is crucial.

Reach out to vendor for a free assessment. It will ensure to evaluate current situation to make a right decision before proceeding with minimum investment. For a free assessment, visit http://www.cignex.com/services/alfresco-consulting

Nathan Sandler has been a part of the open source software movement for over 10 years. His expertise encompasses many popular open source technologies and he is well informed about Liferay consulting & Alfresco consulting services.