Leading open source proponents take first steps to make enterprise

solutions available to combined user base

SAN FRANCISCO–(EMWNews)–Alfresco Software, Inc., the

leader in open source enterprise content management (ECM), today

announced that Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the highly regarded

Linux distribution, Ubuntu, will offer Alfresco

Labs 3 within a pre-built software download as part of its partner

repository. Using the simple apt-get command, end-users can execute a

full installation, with all drivers and relevant dependencies

pre-packaged. This move provides Alfresco with a new platform from which

to reach a rapidly expanding Ubuntu user-base.

“Ubuntu is fast becoming the new star of Linux

as demonstrated by the findings of Alfresco’s

most recent Open

Source Barometer,” said Martin

Musierowicz, VP Alliances, Alfresco Software. “Accounting

for nearly a quarter of all Linux OS rollouts as of January 2008, Ubuntu

was also the fastest growing Linux distribution over the second half of

2007. With the backing of a professional organization such as Canonical,

we’re delighted to be driving the growing

trend towards easy to install and easy to manage open source products.”

Using Ubuntu’s Package Manager functionality,

users can easily select and download new, fully supported software from

Canonical’s partner repository. Because they have been pre-built and

tested, each download comes with the necessary drivers and dependencies

to let users hit the ground running.

“We’re excited to work with Alfresco on

delivering an enterprise-class content management system for Ubuntu

users, for which this is the first step,”

said Malcolm Yates, Global ISV manager at Canonical. “Users

have a great opportunity to assess Alfresco on Ubuntu and see the

benefits these two great Open Source solutions can bring organizations.

We will jointly deliver a pre-packaged enterprise version of Alfresco

later in the year.”

Alfresco has seen major adoption of its open source ECM system

throughout the world. There have been over one million downloads of

Alfresco since inception. The company also has more than 500 enterprise

customers, including the NYSE, Los Angeles Times, Boise Cascade, Sony

Pictures, Activision, Kaplan, FedEx and KLM.

Ubuntu’s management tool, based on Debian’s

APT system, can install a full server product in just a few clicks using

the inbuilt Synaptic Package and helps allow integration between all of

the software packages within Canonical’s

partner repository. A pre-packaged solution for Alfresco Enterprise

Edition will be provided via Canonical’s

partner repository later in the year.

Alfresco and Canonical will be demonstrating this solution at LinuxWorld

in San Francisco, stand # 716.

About Alfresco Software, Inc.

Alfresco Software, Inc. is the first and leading open source alternative

for enterprise content management. It is the first company to bring the

power of open source to the enterprise content management market,

enabling unprecedented scale and a much lower total cost of ownership

than proprietary systems. Founded by a team of content management

veterans that includes the co-founder of Documentum, John Newton, and

former COO of Business Objects, John Powell, Alfresco is based in

London. For more information, go to www.alfresco.com.

About Canonical Ltd

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is a global

organization headquartered in Europe, committed to the development,

distribution and support of open source software products and

communities. World-class 24×7 commercial support for Ubuntu is available

through Canonical’s global support team and partners. Since its launch

in October 2004, Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux

distributions with millions of users around the world.

Ubuntu will always be free to download, free to use and free to

distribute to others. With these goals in mind, Ubuntu aims to be the

most widely used Linux system, and is the centre of a global open source

software ecosystem. For more information visit www.canonical.com

or www.ubuntu.com.

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