I read with interest the following press release from Alfresco.

I think John Powell sums it up nicely : “Alfresco has been able to grow and evolve the ECM market in this economy by not only continuously investing in our products and services, but by filling a critical need for companies that are shifting away from costly proprietary systems, recognizing the value of the open source business model and looking to make multi-year commitments to Alfresco technologies. Our customers are able to enjoy savings of up to 96 percent on the cost of proprietary ECM solutions,” said John Powell, CEO of Alfresco Software.

With a global backdrop of doom and gloom, this certainly makes for positive reading, and brings real encouragement for those of us that are deeply invested in the enterprise content management marketplace.

I think one of the most interesting trends we have seen is the transition of the ‘typical project profile’ shifting towards the large scale, enterprise, high throughput solutions selecting Alfresco ECM as the technology of choice.

It certainly seems that Alfresco has come of age, and has entered the professional heavyweight division.