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Alfresco 3 Cookbook

Over 70 recipes for implementing the most important
functionalities of Alfresco

Snig Bhaumik

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI


Alfresco 3 Cookbook
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About the Author
Snig Bhaumik is the Technical Director at InfoAxon Technologies Ltd, based in India. He
is also the Director of Open Source Innovation and heads the Knowledge Management
Practice at InfoAxon – India's first and pioneer Open Source Integration Company.

A computer engineer by education and developer at heart, Snigdhendu has in total
ten years of experience in various technologies such as Alfresco, Liferay, Pentaho,
and Microsoft .NET. An open source enthusiast and regular community participant,
Snigdhendu was the original contributor of Alfresco Calendar component. He specializes
in Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence domains, and is responsible for
designing and architecting KM and BI solution offerings.
My sweet wife Chaitali was so patient with my late nights, and I want to
thank her for her faithful support while writing this book.
I would also like to thank my mother for everything. She has always been the
guiding force for me.
Writing of this book could not have been possible but for the ungrudging

support from my colleagues at InfoAxon.
Finally, I sincerely thank Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to
write this book.


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