Alfresco to replace our failed employee portal?

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dado

Our large enterprise is replacing its failed J2EE employee portal.  We also have never managed to achieve collaboration or document management. 

Is Alfresco the answer to all our woes?
What is the formula to achieve collaboration/DMS/portal functionality?

Thanks!

tajensen72

That may be a bit of an open-ended question.  Having worked for a company that provided all of those solutions for higher education, I can only say "know your requirements."  I saw millions of dollars worth of software sit on shelves in academia because the marketing literature looked good, but the software didn't really meet any objectives that the customers had.  They bought without really knowing their requirements.

I wouldn't expect a one-size-fits-all solution.  Identify your needs, then compare various solutions, including this one, against those needs.  Ideally, try before you buy, if you can get budget to do that.

My 4 cents worth (inflation, you know…)

Travis