Top level Configuration Management Activity Model

Nuxeo was recently handed a challenge in the context of a client prospect. They needed to handle configuration management. At Nuxeo, we like challenges, and even more, we like the opportunity to demonstrate that the Nuxeo Platform is so flexible and customizable that it can adapt to many different types of projects.

(Resources mentioned during this article are regrouped in a specific section at the end).

Many different reasons lead more and more companies to take the path of setting up a configuration management system. Historically, CM was used in military engineering organizations but it is now seen in many civil domains. It can be required for regulatory compliance, i.e. in aeronautics or medical device development, but can also be a choice for quality certifications and process improvement systems.

Configuration management applies to a wide range of domains, from huge mechanical systems to … Read more

We know you are excited about the upcoming Nuxeo Platform 5.6, and we can’t wait to tell you about it! We’ll be writing a series of blog posts as we develop the next version to whet your appetite.

For those who have been using Nuxeo for years, you know very well the Summary view of a document… and its flaws. It was time for a facelift… but not a superficial Botox one. More like George Clooney’s. Welcome to Hollywood.

As you know, we had a certain number of constraints, such as compatibility with previous customizations, scalability, and making it accessible to Nuxeo Studio for customization. So there was hard work behind the scenes also!

Here’s the result!

Do more in a single tab

The first thing was to ease navigation and information access. That’s why we wanted to provide a better and clearer display of information.

Now, you can access … Read more

Our online documentation center is the one place where you can find the documentation for all Nuxeo software: technical documentation on the Nuxeo Platform and Nuxeo IDE for developers, an installation and administration guide for system administrators, Studio how-tos and tutorials, users guides for the Platform’s modules… It addresses the various audiences that use our platform.

The whole Nuxeo team contributes to the documentation, by updating existing content, writing new pages to provide information about new features, or by reviewing content.
Just like we love having feedback on our Platform and how you use it, we’re always happy to know how people use our documentation. That’s why we decided to launch a survey to find out more about how people use the documentation center and what they are expecting from it.

Although it’s not the only way to send us your feedback, this 10-question survey is an opportunity for you … Read more

Last week, our CTO, Thierry Delprat, went to meet some of our clients with a few people from our project and account management team. It’s something we do a lot at Nuxeo — have our R&D staff very much in touch with real clients and the needs of real projects!

On this day, Thierry gave a 15-minute technical introduction — not too detailed — about the concepts and strong points of the Nuxeo Platform that I really liked. He ended up with the presentation of the Nuxeo Platform below, where the whole concept of the platform is explained. It shows in a very simple way that the Nuxeo Platform is not only a set of building blocks that you assemble randomly, but that it has a very carefully designed modular architecture. It is a unique approach, and surely the big differentiator compared to all other enterprise content management software solutions … Read more

While we are spending more and more time on Twitter and Facebook and hanging out on Google Plus, there is no doubt that face-to-face meetings are still the most enjoyable, fun and efficient. We have two events planned this week, for both U.S. and French folks, so if you are in the area and would like to meet us in person, ping us!

We will be at the AIIM Conference in San Francisco March 20th. We will participate in a panel discussion about the future of Content Management. Feel free to contact us in advance if you want to discuss Nuxeo, open source, content management, or other topics!

We will be at Documation in Paris March 21st and 22nd, where we will facilitate two workshops. (The conference, and the workshops will be in French.) Check it out here for more information.

Please come over and feel free to contact us in advance if you want … Read more

Adobe recently upgraded its Drive product to version 3. While Drive version 2 was already supposed to support CMIS, we had some issues here at Nuxeo on how to use it properly and, to be honest, we never looked at it in too much detail. With this new version of Drive, however, comes new hope and I decided to put it to the test!

For those who aren’t familiar with Drive, it’s a small piece of software introduced a couple of years ago that complements Creative Suite, it helps by plugging Creative Suite software applications into a digital asset management solution. Drive supports either Version Cue or a CMIS generic connector, which is what makes it interesting for Nuxeo as the Nuxeo Platform offers a native CMIS implementation. Adobe Drive can be downloaded on Adobe’s website.

As an Adobe product, Drive should speak to creative folks using Creative … Read more

Hi guys,

One of the newest features of the 5.5 release is the Social Collaboration module (https://github.com/nuxeo/nuxeo-social-collaboration). It brings some more social power to document and content management, moving slightly Nuxeo in the Enterprise 2.0 fields. Here’s the list of Social modules included with this addon:

• Nuxeo Social Workspace: provides a new Social Workspace incorporating social features like dashboards for public view as well as members view, members management and invitations.
• Nuxeo User Relationship: provides a Service which handles relations between two objects which in this case is a UI to manage relations between users.
• Nuxeo User Activity Stream: provides a JSF view and OpenSocial gadget to display what users in your network/your relations are doing.
• Nuxeo Mini Message: provides a service, JSF view and OpenSocial gadget to add / remove / display mini messages created by users.

The complete details on Social Collaboration are available on our … Read more

We were really happy at Nuxeo yesterday to make available the first version of the Nuxeo IDE.

This is a great milestone, and one more achievement in implementing our vision behind the Nuxeo Platform!

But before jumping to features, documentation and other things, I thought it would be useful to provide some insight about this "yet another thing" provided by Nuxeo. So, before talking about Nuxeo IDE, I will indeed start with a quick overview of Nuxeo Studio!

Nuxeo Studio and now Nuxeo IDE…  huh?

Nuxeo Studio is, as you might know, Nuxeo's "Customization as a Service" tool, and like Nuxeo IDE, it aims at making the developer's life easier. 

It is software provided as a service, hosted, and runs 100% in a browser. We love this vision and definitely believe it fits with the future of software development: in the browser and in the cloud.

Nuxeo Studio was first … Read more

New versions of our open source case management framework, Nuxeo CMF, and Nuxeo Studio were released today. Coincidence? Not at all.

Define and Structure Your Case Management Solution

Since Nuxeo CMF is built with the Nuxeo EP technology, all of the customization features available in Studio, such as application branding, custom search form design, content view configuration, etc., are also available for Nuxeo CMF. In addition, new features have been added that are specific to a case-based solution.

• Create a case. Using the

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The newest version of Nuxeo Document Management and Nuxeo Enterprise Platform was released today – demonstrating again what makes the open source paradigm fresh and innovative: a vibrant, engaged community. Direct feedback through our forums gives us powerful information about what's working, what could be improved, and how our customers use our software. We channel that back into the products, another step in a cycle of continuous improvement.

This latest release of Nuxeo DM, and its underlying platform, Nuxeo EP, features contributions from customers Gagnavarslan and Leroy Merlin, a smoother UI experience driven by community feedback, and a glimpse of new things to come for the Nuxeo Platform and product line. 

Links, Resources & More

Following are a few links for more information on this new version:

• Press Release
• Recap of new version on www.nuxeo.com
• A series of blog posts from the Nuxeo Developers' Blog describing new features in

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