Mecworks

This month’s Salt Lake Linux Users Group meeting will be on Alfresco, an OpenSource enterprise content management system. Hope to see a bunch of you there!

I posted the original announcement here too.

All are invited to the August 2007 SLLUG meeting:

Date: Wednesday, Aug. 15th 2007
Time: 7:10 PM
Cost: $0.00. Zip. Nada.
Place: Engineering and Mines Classroom Building (EMCB) room 101
Directions: See directions and map URL at the bottom of this page

Agenda:

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• Welcome and a quick “What’s new in Linux”
• Discuss news of interest to the Linux community
http://lwn.net/
http://lwn.net/daily/
http://slashdot.org/
http://freshmeat.net/
news:comp.os.linux.announce
news:utah.linux

• Technical Presentation:
Alfresco engineer Jared Ottley will be presenting on Alfresco, an OpenSource enterprise content management system:

The focus of Alfresco has always been to deliver the industry leading Open Source Enterprise Content Management Suite based on an industry leading architecture. Alfresco 2.1 has focused on delivering a web-oriented REST style architecture with access to content metadata, user interface components and queries via a simple URL. Utilizing new Web 2.0 integration techniques, Web Scripts enable web sites, portals, blogs, applications and Microsoft Office to access or mashup enterprise content without the need for integration tools and complex programming. New lightweight scripting capabilities simplify the development of sophisticated mashups using proven web technologies that enable massive scalability.

In summary Alfresco 2.1 focuses on extending the suite to provide:

• Simple Access from your Tool of Choice – Office,Portal, Website or Web 2.0 Property as Simply as Accessing a URL
• Simple Access and Mashup internal and External Content – Use of lightweight scripting without the need for complex .NET or Java programming
• Access Via a URL – All Content and Services
• Massive Scalability - Web-oriented REST style architecture
http://www.alfresco.com/

See you all there!

Directions/Parking: Directions - [http://www.map.utah.edu/umaplink/0063.html] Parking can be found just East of the EMCB building and there is a big lot just North of the Merrill Engineering building (MEB). Parking is free after 6:00 (Based on the signs posted. Always check in case this changes.)

Special thanks go to (in alphabetical order):
- Prof. Lepreau and the U of U for providing the meeting room.
- Various Volunteers

SLLUG - a non-profit corporation composed of professionals, students, and general computer users dedicated to the use and development of Linux - a powerful, open, freely-redistributable computer operating system (OS) for Intel PC’s, PowerPCs, DEC AlphaAXPs, SPARC, ARM, etc.

http://www.sllug.org/
http://www.linux.org/