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The issues you may be facing

• You are considering Alfresco as a Document Management system to get control of your organisation’s data, to improve access and search for information or to aid such things as compliance, security and traceability
• You are interested in Alfresco as a low cost alternative to Sharepoint, and reviewing its fully featured intranet solution

The problem is, no matter how many webinars, websites, forums and testimonials tell you these things, you are typically left to your own devices in establishing a solid business case that will justify paying the annual subscription should you wish to adopt Alfresco within your company or organisation.

If you have available and suitably skilled IT staff on hand, then one way of trying Alfresco is to download the product, install it on a server, install the optional extras that you want to try out, and configure it all to work on your network using the appropriate XML configuration files. There is a wealth of valuable information and resources online for your IT team to investigate, and they can also log support requests with Alfresco if they get stuck.

If, however, you are the manager of an organisation or division, and you just want to find out if Alfresco really can help your team work more effectively and really can put your business’s knowledge at your finger tips then you might prefer a simpler solution.

Introducing Alfresco Kickstart

As the leading Alfresco system integration company in the UK, Ixxus has designed, built and integrated many Alfresco based solutions – training and supporting business users in the use of the end solution. We understand that you need to be able to ‘try out’ a fully working system – assessing how the solution is likely to work for you, in a real world situation. You need to ensure your staff get their hands on the system and can give you feedback on their thoughts and feelings.

This is where Alfresco Kickstart from Ixxus comes in. When you buy Alfresco Kickstart you receive:

• An initial project consultation onsite, going through your objectives, aspirations, ideas and challenges. You will also be provided with a personal demonstration and overview of the full Alfresco enterprise content management system.
• an enterprise level server running a fully-configured installation of Alfresco Enterprise, expertly installed and tested on your network by one of our consultants for a 28-day trial period
• half a day of training for up to ten of your team delivered on your site by an experienced Alfresco consultant
• 28 days of guaranteed telephone and email support from an experienced Alfresco system integration consultant based in the UK, who will know you and your team and your objectives
• the option to keep the server at the end of the 28 days should you wish to subscribe to an Alfresco Enterprise support package

As well as the core Alfresco Enterprise product, Ixxus has used its experience to hand-pick the most useful extensions and bundled these in the installed system – already configured to get the best out of them. These extensions add the following capabilities:

• Document transformation to convert Word documents into publishable PDF or HTML versions;
• Image manipulation to automatically generate thumbnail versions of uploaded images
• Records management to offer robust, standards-based features to define file plans, retention policies, and records disposal
• Adobe Flash tools to enable you to page through PDF files directly on your new Alfresco intranet

The Benefits

All together, Alfresco Kickstart offers you:

• the ability to get up and running quickly with an expertly configured system with little or no reliance on your internal IT department
• the power to instantly find information with powerful search functionality. No more “lost” information buried in shared drives
• a fully functional intranet providing a suite of collaboration features such as wiki, discussion forums, blogs, and document libraries – all searchable – thus enabling knowledge to be captured and shared quickly and easily by the whole department/organisation
• up to ten trained users, allowing the full benefits of the system to be recognised and utilised across the department/organisation rapidly, lowering the resistance to change and simplifying the task of managing transition
• automatic conversion of Word documents into web-friendly PDF and HTML format, saving time and enabling business knowledge to be accessed in more ways from more devices
• easy compliance with information-related legislation and your internal quality procedures with complete traceability of who changed any given document when – even view the document as it was before and after each change
• the ability to try out not just the Alfresco product, but also the service provided by Alfresco’s leading UK partner for 28 days with minimal and easily-assessed risk

The Price

The complete Alfresco Kickstart experience is provided at a fixed cost of £4995 ex VAT, plus any required travel and accommodation expenses (these will be confirmed with you before commencing).

For more information, please contact Steve Odart on +44 207 033 2333 or email steve.odart@ixxus.com.

Ixxus is an established and experienced London based consultancy and systems integration organisation. We specialise in the design, development and operational support of enterprise content management and search solutions, with a modern and innovative approach to project delivery.

Contact Us

Steve Odart

Tel: +44 (0)20 7033 2333

Email: steve.odart@ixxus.com