# Nuxeo

Nuxeo is a software company making an open source content management system.

## Corporate history

Nuxeo was founded in the year 2000 by Stefane Fermigier. Eric Barroca became the CEO and Director of the management Board in December 2008. Sometime around 2005, Nuxeo went through a technology re-architecture and developed a base content management framework on the Java environment. The digital asset management product was officially launched in February 2010, although it went into public beta in December 2009, and since then it has found a wide base of interest both in Europe and North America.

## Nuxeo Content Platform

Nuxeo Content Platform is an open source Enterprise Content Management platform, written in Java. Data can be stored in both SQL & NoSQL databases.
The development of the Nuxeo Content Platform is mostly done by Nuxeo employees with an open development model.
The source code, documentation, roadmap, issue tracker, testing, benchmarks are all public.

### Applications

Typically, Nuxeo users build different types of information management for document management, case management, and digital asset management use cases. It uses schema-flexible metadata & content models that allows content to be repurposed to fulfill future use cases.

### Architecture

Nuxeo Content Platform is a set of server-side and client-side software artifacts and tools that allow users to build, operate and maintain customized content management applications. The platform is composed of several layers:
* Nuxeo Runtime: The underlying component model that is used to declare, configure, test and activate services
* Nuxeo Core: The document repository providing schema management, CRUD, indexing & query. Implementation can rely on SQL or NoSQL depending on the use cases.
* Nuxeo Services: A set of document-related services that can be added on top of Nuxeo Core
** Workflows, annotations, conversions, renditions...
* Client Libs: Client-side libraries encapsulating the server REST API
** Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, PHP...
* Client SDKs: UI components and pre-built UI for various platforms
** Nuxeo Elements for Web Components and WebUI
** Nuxeo Mobile for mobile devices
** Nuxeo Drive for filesystem synchronization
The Nuxeo Content Platform is based on a configurable and extendable component model.
Using an open source development model, Nuxeo provides a subscription program with software maintenance, technical support, and customization tools. Nuxeo Content Platform can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud via services like Nuxeo Studio to deliver cloud content management services.

### Performance

Nuxeo Benchmarks are available.

## Product history

2006:
* CPS becomes Nuxeo Platform:
** full rebuild from Python/Zope to Java/JEE
** Use of Apache JackRabbit as the main storage backend
2008:
* Eric Barroca became the CEO and Director of the Management Board
* Series A Funding: $2.6 million from OTC Asset Management
* Native SQL Storage and REST API
** clean and scalable SQL backend with Visual Content Store
** introduces WebEngine (JAX-RS + Freemarker)
2009:
* Distributions: 3 distributions of the platform are created: Document Management, Digital Asset Management, and Case Management
2010:
* Series A Funding: $3.3 million from OTC Asset Management
* Introduces Nuxeo Studio: a graphical interface where users can define business objects, types of content, workflows, taxonomy, and user experience. This is the first version of the online configuration IDE (Nuxeo Studio)
* Nuxeo deploys the Nuxeo Marketplace to share Nuxeo Platform add-ons
* Introduces CMIS compliance
2011:
* Introduces Nuxeo Cloud 1.0
** Host Nuxeo on AWS leveraging S3 and RDS
** Native Mobile SDKs for iOS and Android
2012:
* Enters the US market
* Introduces Content Routing: a new workflow engine based on Nuxeo technologies
2013:
* Series A Funding: $3.8 million from OTC Asset Management & OTC Extend
* Introduces the Nuxeo Mobile App
* Introduces Nuxeo Drive to handle local file system replication
** REST API for Document access
** Integrate Redis
2014:
* Moves Headquarters to New York, NY
* Integrates NoSQL technologies: MongoDB
* Introduces Nuxeo.io: An on-demand container-based hosting
2015:
* Integrates NoSQL technologies: Elasticsearch
2016:
* New funding of $30 Million from Goldman Sachs & Kennett Partners
* Acquisition of Inevo
* UI migrates to WebComponents
2017:
* Launches Nuxeo Content Cloud: a new version of the Nuxeo Cloud offering and a ReactNative mobile application
* Enters the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms
2018:
* Opens offices in Tokyo, Japan
* CAAS and AI
** Production-grade deployments on K8S and Openshift
** Integrates AI services
2021
* Acquisition of Nuxeo by Hyland, following Hyland’s acquisition of Alfresco in 2020.