Content management goes open source

Alfresco Labs 3 is a new open source alternative to Microsoft's SharePoint enterprise content management software, says ECM Connection.

To ensure compatibility, Alfresco said, the platform uses the SharePoint protocol, an item Microsoft made available following a 2004 European Union antitrust decision.

Formerly called "Alfresco Community", Alfresco Labs 3 offers users the first open source fully compatible SharePoint repository.

iDatix, an emerging enterprise content management provider, announced an update to its technology platform iSynergy, says Market Watch.

Highlights include the enhancement of the iSynergy application integration engine, iLink, to allow customers to create custom links between most third-party applications.

With iLink, users can create custom buttons and keyboard shortcuts within most applications, linking them within iSynergy and allowing users to execute user-defined queries, scan documents, or use bar-code functions without the need to code or alter the application.

IBM has introduced new enterprise content management (ECM) software designed to help clients meet challenging legal discovery requirements, reports Market Watch.

The new IBM eDiscovery solutions extend IBM's ECM software platform to enable organisations to proactively take control of electronically stored information across the enterprise, helping to reduce eDiscovery costs and improve responsiveness to litigation.

IBM's eDiscovery software helps companies manage the entire eDiscovery process by enabling them to automate the collecting, searching and classifying of critical information across multiple content sources.