Nuxeo News

Press: Interview by ComputerWorld UK

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:17:00 +0100

Stefane Fermigier, Nuxeo’s founder and CEO, has been interviewed by Glyn Moody, one of the best journalists covering open source, for the ComputerWorld UK web site.

France is not a country many would associate with free software startups, but that’s changing – not least because the French government is showing itself far more receptive to open source than its UK counterpart. One of the leading companies of this new Nouvelle Vague is Nuxeo, which was set up by Stefane Fermigier, now its CEO.

Link: Open Enterprise Interview: Stefane Fermigier.

Agence France Presse streamlines multimedia document management and boosts productivity for journalists using Nuxeo's Open Source ECM platform

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:39:00 +0100

Nuxeo, pioneer and leader in Open Source ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solutions, announces today that Agence France Presse (AFP) has successfully deployed its ECM platform as part of its wider multimedia strategy. A key component of this strategy was to overhaul its multi-language Internet journal production system into an Open Source system that is very user friendly in terms of being able to manage text and images. This powerful new system also supports the international NewsML standard. Since the “new generation console” first went live in Berlin in August 2006, it has been rolled out in Paris and is delivering significant boosts to journalists’ productivity.

“Nuxeo’s entrepreneurial spirit and positive attitude really won our trust along with their excellent track record implementing their zero-cost licence ECM software platform,” says Daniel Oudet, AFP’s Engineering Director. “With their Open Source platform, we have been able to develop our own completely secure applications and easily integrate any additional proprietary components.”

AFP chose to initially pilot the new console in their Berlin office, which has resulted in a 40 percent productivity increase to date. Following the success of the pilot, AFP was able to quickly migrate the implementation to the multi-media desk in its Parisian headquarters. Paris-based journalists have benefitted from the same productivity gains as their Berlin colleagues after only ten days of use and continue to this day on the production-ready system.

“After one of our project leaders trained the Berlin staff, AFP was confident enough to use the platform independently. However, we continue to develop and improve the system to support specific requests relating to metadata and special formats for cell phones, for example,” says Eric Barroca, VP of operations at Nuxeo.

In early 2008, AFP plans to roll out the multimedia production system in English to support AFP sites in Hong Kong, New Delhi, London and Washington. Consequently, around fifty journalists responsible for the Internet AFP news online production will use the new system to provide content to approximately 100 clients in Germany, 200 in France and 180 in English-speaking countries. AFP also plans to migrate its multimedia services in Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.

The Press Association chooses Nuxeo's Open Source ECM platform to improve news distribution service

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:52:00 +0100

PA selects Nuxeo to enhance news production process and enable journalists to manage and distribute content for digital markets more efficiently
PA will launch the new technology in Q1 of 2008 to digital journalists in the UK, and is then expected to roll out the technology to its offshore centres

London, 21st November - Nuxeo, pioneer and leader in Open Source ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solutions, has been chosen by The Press Association (PA), the national news agency of the UK and Ireland, to improve its digital news production process and enable journalists to distribute content online more efficiently.

Rapidly changing requirements and demands for digital multimedia news distribution drove the need for PA to develop a much more robust and efficient ECM platform. Nuxeo has developed an ECM prototype for PA, which PA has approved. Both parties are currently working together on the final release.

PA needed a rich desktop and workflow functionality that it could implement to reflect the needs of the business. Following an extensive evaluation of the market, looking for a solution that could offer the framework, support and expertise to help achieve PA's goal, PA chose Nuxeo as it could deliver on all these levels and had previous experience in delivering ECM solutions to large scale editorial environments.

PA's UK digital journalists and editorial team will be the first users of Nuxeo's solution, with the system being rolled out to offshore centres over a period of time.

Because of Nuxeo's Open Source business model, instead of paying for expensive licence fees, PA is using their budget to develop, implement and support a bespoke application to improve their business. PA expects it will dramatically reduce the number of keystrokes needed by its digital editorial teams, which complements PA's main aims of being a fast, fair and accurate news source. PA will launch the new technology in Q1 of 2008.

Paul Berman, IT Development Director at PA, said: "In our very competitive and fast moving market, we need to be able to deliver news efficiently and accurately, and be able to adapt quickly. By leveraging Nuxeo platform, we can accelerate the system build, and keep full control over system features, functions and costs. I'm not just plugging in their latest product - I'm taking their offering, shaping it and adding bits to it - leaving PA with a solution which will fit our ever changing needs."

Steve Raby, UK MD of Nuxeo, said: "This is a highly significant win for us. PA demonstrates a forward thinking organisation that recognises the need for an adaptable and intelligent ECM model in order to strive ahead in a fiercely competitive market. We hope this win will encourage UK businesses to notice the very clear business benefits this ECM technology delivered through an Open Source business model presents."

About The Press Association

The Press Association is the national news agency for the UK and Ireland, providing a continuous feed of text, pictures, video and data into newsrooms around the country.

At the heart of the media industry, The Press Association supplies services to every national and regional daily newspaper, broadcasters, online publishers and a wide range of commercial organisations.

Founded in 1868, The Press Association has an unrivalled reputation for providing fast, fair and accurate information.

The Press Association is part of PA Group Limited, a private company with 27 shareholders, most of whom are national and regional newspaper publishers. The biggest shareholders are Associated Newspaper Holdings Limited, News International plc, Trinity Mirror plc and United Business Media plc.

Visit the PA Group website for more information at www.thepagroup.com

Press Contact Details:

Elizabeth Castle
PA Group
Tel: 020 7963 7528
Mob: 07971 611482
Email: elizabeth.castle@pa.press.net

About Nuxeo

Nuxeo is dedicated to developing and supporting the Nuxeo Platform, enterprise content management software based on Java EE 5 technologies and the vision of an "ERP for documents". The company develops and implements its software according to the Open Source model, with zero-cost licenses and a subscription model based on the number of deployments and not on the number of users. Active in this market since 2001, Nuxeo has provided complete ECM solutions for many large companies, making it a pioneer and leader in the Open Source ECM revolution. Its registered office is located in Paris, with subsidiary companies in the United Kingdom and Romania. Nuxeo works in collaboration with a network of integration partners such as Atos Origin, Business & Decision, Capgemini, Eurocis, LogicaCMG/Unilog and many others, providing users with a broad range of professional services including support, consultancy, development, training and certification.

For more information about Nuxeo: www.nuxeo.com

Press contact: Stefane Fermigier (sf@nuxeo.com) founder and CEO

Or: Amy Gooch
Hoffman Europe
Tel: +44 (0)207 470 8763
Skype: amy.gooch1
nuxeo@hoffman.com

Recent press clippings

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:10:00 +0200

Nuxeo made some headlines this month with both the release of Nuxeo 5.1 and our participation in three major trade shows.

Here are some press (and blogs) clipping from the past month.

Nuxeo releases version 5.1 of its open source ECM platform with a focus on SOA, scalability and support

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:45:00 +0200

The updated platform provides a powerful and flexible infrastructure that meets the needs of large scale enterprises investing in SOA, with first implementations in the media, energy and defense sectors.

Paris, 18 October 2007 - Nuxeo, the pioneer and leader of open source ECM (Enterprise Content Management), announces Nuxeo Enterprise Platform 5.1, a new version of its ECM platform. This release is largely distinguished by its service-oriented architecture (SOA), scalability and flexibility. A high level of support is also available - delivering enterprise-grade functional & technical support, certified software patches and updates, and management tools that are available during every stage of the application lifecycle.

A extensible service-oriented architecture

The Nuxeo software is based on the Nuxeo Service Platform (SP), a service platform designed specifically for ECM that manages tasks like storage, indexing, search, security, workflow, archiving and much more. Application developers can access these services by embedding the platform core in their Java applications or through distributed technologies typically found within an SOA development such as Java EE remoting, or SOAP and REST Web Services.

The platform itself is completely extensible because it is built entirely on an infrastructure of plug-ins and extension points based on the OSGi standard. Developers and integrators can easily create custom configurations and extensions by simply creating a set of plug-ins to adapt the platform without having to touch the platform code.

Stefane Fermigier, CEO of Nuxeo says: “Integrators benefit from being able to deliver ECM projects much more quickly and easily, and software developers can use our technologies freely in their applications due to our business-friendly open source licensing.”

Nuxeo EP 5.1: enhanced performance and functionality

Advanced search service: based on the NXQL query language (SQL-based) and a flexible configuration system, it offers comprehensive functions for full-text search and multi-criteria requests.
Data import/export service: designed to both facilitate migration from legacy systems and to ensure that platform users will never be held hostage by their technology providers.
Enhanced horizontal scalability: this guarantees a virtually unlimited scalability by cloning and load distribution on the services.
Electronic and physical records management.

“Nuxeo Service Platform, built on industry standards (such as Java EE 5 and OSGi), offers a complete range of component-based services making it possible to quickly build ECM applications. This SOA approach offers real and tangible benefits to our customers and our partners, software developers and integrators. Nuxeo strengthens its technological advantage, with the help of a dynamic ecosystem, and positions us to inject new energy and innovation into the ECM market,” explains Eric Barroca, Executive VP in charge of Operations.

About Nuxeo

Nuxeo is dedicated to developing and supporting the Nuxeo Platform, enterprise content management software based on Java EE 5 technologies and the vision of an ‘ERP for documents’. The company develops and implements its software according to the Open Source model, with zero-cost licenses and a subscription model based on the number of deployments and not on the number of users. Active in this market since 2001, Nuxeo has provided complete ECM solutions for many large companies, making it a pioneer and leader in the Open Source ECM revolution. Its registered office is located in Paris, with subsidiary companies in the United Kingdom and Romania. Nuxeo works in collaboration with a network of integration partners such as Atos Origin, Business & Decision, Capgemini, Eurocis, LogicaCMG/Unilog and many others, providing users with a broad range of professional services including support, consultancy, development, training and certification.

Trade shows in October: London, Paris and Vienna

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:40:00 +0200

October is trade show month for Nuxeo. We have selected three major events, and invite you to come and talk with us about your projects and how we can help you with our SOA-based ECM solutions.

Documation UK is the major trade show in the UK dedicated to document and information management.

Meet us at Documation UK 2007 on 17 and 18 October 2007. We are on stand 525.

The FAN (Forum des acteurs du num�rique, previously known as Forum de la GEIDE) in Paris is the major trade show for the French and international players in the ECM market. It is organised by Aproged, a trade organization of which Nuxeo is member since 2006.

Meet us at FAN on 9 and 10 October 2007.

IFRA is the world’s leading association for newspaper and media publishing. More than 3000 publishing companies and suppliers to the publishing industry are currently members of the Ifra.

With several customers in the Press sector, including AFP, the third largest press agency in the world, Nuxeo will participate in the next IFRA congres in Vienna.

Meet us at IfraExpo 2007 on 9 and 10 October 2007, on our partner Sinequa booth.

Nuxeo News

Press: Interview by ComputerWorld UK

Agence France Presse streamlines multimedia document management and boosts productivity for journalists using Nuxeo's Open Source ECM platform

The Press Association chooses Nuxeo's Open Source ECM platform to improve news distribution service

About The Press Association

About Nuxeo

Recent press clippings

English-speaking press

English-speaking blogs and forum

International press

International blogs and forums

Nuxeo releases version 5.1 of its open source ECM platform with a focus on SOA, scalability and support

A extensible service-oriented architecture

Nuxeo EP 5.1: enhanced performance and functionality

About Nuxeo

Trade shows in October: London, Paris and Vienna