topic Is Alfresco for me? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/is-alfresco-for-me/m-p/245655#M198785 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Seven years ago, I wrote a custom document management system for my company.&nbsp; In a nutshell, we are a tax return preparation company and we store the tax return document (along with supporting documents) in the system.&nbsp; The system now has approximately 275,000 documents stored within the system.&nbsp; The main management purpose is to allow accountants a quick review of historical documents when preparing tax returns (search via meta data such as year, name, and numerous other tags/subjects).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The documents are also occasionally viewed externally by clients (with certain rights to view certain documents).&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Many of the documents are automatically entered into the system via one of our custom tax return system.&nbsp; The system generates a tax return in PDF format.&nbsp; The PDF is then inserted into our document management system via a SQL update.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am now at a point where I need to add additional functionality to the system including a web interface for both remote and local users, edit capability, versioning, etc.&nbsp; Rather than re-writing my code and adding a bunch of new functionality, I'm curious if Alfresco would be a viable alternative?&nbsp; Is it customizable enough where I can automate my insertions (along with permissions) from our own custom applications?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Due to security reasons, the database and documents must be hosted locally.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:01 GMT pennilesstim 2010-02-15T15:16:01Z Is Alfresco for me? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/is-alfresco-for-me/m-p/245655#M198785 Seven years ago, I wrote a custom document management system for my company.&nbsp; In a nutshell, we are a tax return preparation company and we store the tax return document (along with supporting documents) in the system.&nbsp; The system now has approximately 275,000 documents stored within the system.&nbsp; Th Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:01 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/is-alfresco-for-me/m-p/245655#M198785 pennilesstim 2010-02-15T15:16:01Z Re: Is Alfresco for me? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/is-alfresco-for-me/m-p/245656#M198786 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes.&nbsp; Alfresco will be a viable alternative.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:59:44 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/is-alfresco-for-me/m-p/245656#M198786 mrogers 2010-02-15T15:59:44Z