Document Mgt Roll-up: Google GSA 7.0 to Speed Up Doc Search, WatchDox Adds App for SharePoint

It may have been a holiday weekend, but it’s still busy in the document management world. Google has just released GSA 7.0, which makes document search and retrieval a lot easier, WatchDox has released a SharePoint application, Perceptive is offering an e-signing tool, and Central Desktop has introduced single sign-in.

Google GSA 7.0

Google was busy over the weekend — first thing Tuesday, it announced in its enterprise blog that it had launched Google Search Appliance 7.0 which it says will enable workers to find their documents and data in the blink of an eye.

In the post, Matthew Eichner said that Enterprise Search enables users to find content no matter where, or how, they are searching for it.

"Administrators can easily add content sources from secure storage, cloud services or the public web and social networking sites," he said. "GSA 7.0 also provides Google-quality search for SharePoint 2010, making for a more simple and intuitive, all-in-one search experience."

It also adds a whole pile of features that will specifically help with document-related tasks including:

• Document preview through thumbnails
• Google Translates will offer search results in more than 60 languages
• Updated language capabilities including parsing in Arabic, Japanese, and Korean
• A new interface for the GSA 7.0 release.

It also comes with better SharePoint support and will be generally available in the US on Oct. 16.

WatchDox for SharePoint

WatchDox was also busy with the extension of WatchDox to SharePoint, enabling users to make their SharePoint libraries mobile and collaborative across company boundaries.

WatchDox for SharePoint users can use their existing SharePoint rights to apply WatchDox’s existing security controls across their documents in SharePoint. When documents are downloaded or shared across mobile devices — or outside the company firewalls — the documents are still protected by the same safeguards as they have in the enterprise.

This release acknowledges the fact that more and more workers are looking to work outside the enterprise firewall. It is also a response to the growing use of SharePoint.

WatchDox is administered form the normal SharePoint interface, with functions like on-line viewing and check-in/check-out still applied in the same manner. The WatchDox security settings only kick in once someone tries to download the content to a mobile device, or when users start trying to share and collaborate. The bottom line, Watchdox says, is that there are no changes to the SharePoint user experience.

Perceptive’s New e-Signing

Meanwhile, Perceptive, which you may remember is the company that brought document management to Lexmark, has launched eAuthorize for electronic signatures.

The new signature tool, which is the result of a partnership with AssureSign, enables users to sign off on documents electronically, whether the user is using Perceptive software or other third-party software, and then upload the signed documents into Perceptive’s enterprise CMS.

Using RESTful Web services integration, it also enables users to sign off on documents even after the signing is initiated during a business process, using a Perceptive eForm, or again through a third-party application.

Once the document has been signed off, it and all other associated documents are collected into the content management application along with a full history of the document and document signings for archiving or compliance issues.

 

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Document Mgmt Roll-up: Google GSA 7.0 to Speed Up Doc Search, WatchDox Adds App for SharePoint

It may have been a holiday weekend, but it’s still busy in the document management world. Google has just released GSA 7.0, which makes document search and retrieval a lot easier, WatchDox has released a SharePoint application, Perceptive is offering an e-signing tool, and Central Desktop has introduced single sign-in.

Google GSA 7.0

Google was busy over the weekend — first thing Tuesday, it announced in its enterprise blog that it had launched Google Search Appliance 7.0 which it says will enable workers to find their documents and data in the blink of an eye.

In the post, Matthew Eichner said that Enterprise Search enables users to find content no matter where, or how, they are searching for it.

"Administrators can easily add content sources from secure storage, cloud services or the public web and social networking sites," he said. "GSA 7.0 also provides Google-quality search for SharePoint 2010, making for a more simple and intuitive, all-in-one search experience."

It also adds a whole pile of features that will specifically help with document-related tasks including:

• Document preview through thumbnails
• Google Translates will offer search results in more than 60 languages
• Updated language capabilities including parsing in Arabic, Japanese, and Korean
• A new interface for the GSA 7.0 release.

It also comes with better SharePoint support and will be generally available in the US on Oct. 16.

WatchDox for SharePoint

WatchDox was also busy with the extension of WatchDox to SharePoint, enabling users to make their SharePoint libraries mobile and collaborative across company boundaries.

WatchDox for SharePoint users can use their existing SharePoint rights to apply WatchDox’s existing security controls across their documents in SharePoint. When documents are downloaded or shared across mobile devices — or outside the company firewalls — the documents are still protected by the same safeguards as they have in the enterprise.

This release acknowledges the fact that more and more workers are looking to work outside the enterprise firewall. It is also a response to the growing use of SharePoint.

WatchDox is administered form the normal SharePoint interface, with functions like on-line viewing and check-in/check-out still applied in the same manner. The WatchDox security settings only kick in once someone tries to download the content to a mobile device, or when users start trying to share and collaborate. The bottom line, Watchdox says, is that there are no changes to the SharePoint user experience.

Perceptive’s New e-Signing

Meanwhile, Perceptive, which you may remember is the company that brought document management to Lexmark, has launched eAuthorize for electronic signatures.

The new signature tool, which is the result of a partnership with AssureSign, enables users to sign off on documents electronically, whether the user is using Perceptive software or other third-party software, and then upload the signed documents into Perceptive’s enterprise CMS.

Using RESTful Web services integration, it also enables users to sign off on documents even after the signing is initiated during a business process, using a Perceptive eForm, or again through a third-party application.

Once the document has been signed off, it and all other associated documents are collected into the content management application along with a full history of the document and document signings for archiving or compliance issues.

 

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iPhone 5 Sells Five Million Over the Opening Weekend

 After the hype and hectic queues on Friday, the weekend proved no less busy for Apple stores and other retailers, as millions around the world flocked to buy the latest model of Apple iPhone. However, there could be plenty of user angst over scuffing of the phone and the iOS 6 Maps app. 

Apple Hits A New High

Somewhere between the prospect of a no-show and huge analyst "estimates", Apple can consider itself to have done pretty darn well out of the opening weekend sales for the iPhone 5.  The company has just announced that it sold over five million units across the 22 territories that it went on-sale.

While some analysts had gone as high as eight million, Apple will be more that delighted with five million, which smashes previous records including the 4 million iPhone 4S devices sold last year. Perhaps the analysts were expecting higher numbers based on the 5 being more of a new phone than the 4S "upgrade." 

Such is the power of those sales that the numbers will have a small but substantial impact on the U.S. and other economies, as well as toward Apple's own stock price and the huge number of supply chain partners. 

iOS 6 Thunders Along

This coming weekend, the iPhone 5 goes on-sale across the rest of Europe, so expect the numbers to keep on rising. The company also has the small matter of the iPad Mini coming in October, plus the launch of the new iTunes and iPod range, which should go even further toward boosting profits. Also on the horizon, and the next big step for Apple, will be the launch of the iPhone 5 into China, the world's biggest phone market. Will the brand continue to hold up over there?

Even better for Apple is the rush to upgrade existing devices to iOS 6. The company said upgrades have now exceeded 100 million devices, which is around one-quarter of all iOS devices out there. Keeping users who can't or won't upgrade yet happy with a new iOS upgrade may help keep them in the Apple camp until the next device rolls along. 

On the Downside

Things aren't quite all plain sailing though, a number of users are reporting scuffed iPhones out of the case, and with phone cases in short supply, looking after your new iPhone could be a challenge. Be prepared for a hell of a recall and inevitable class-action suits if this turns out to be a fault in Apple's design or manufacturing processes. 

As for iOS 6, even though flaws in the Maps app are still causing a fuss, with Apple going into lockdown mode to get the major complaints fixed, and Passbook still need lots more partner apps to go live, the new features in iOS 6.0 seem to be getting a positive reception. 

 

 

Source : cmswire[dot]com

Document Management Roll-up: Alfresco Hints At New Release, Google Drive Editing For iOS

Now that Labor Day weekend is over, companies are shifting into high gear to prepare for the holiday push. Among the document management products being released in the next two weeks the general release of M-Files v9.0 and something new from Alfresco. This past week, Google Drive editing capabilities for iOS were upgraded, while enterprise content management looks set to grow in the EMEA region.

Alfresco Moves

Alfresco is due to make an announcement early next week about a new product that will offer businesses syncing simplicity between the cloud and on-premise content.

In the meantime, anticipating increased business interest in the US, Alfresco has announced plans to expand both its management team and Atlanta headquarters. The new appointments are focused principally on building the sales team — specifically, by appointing someone to chase federal sales and consulting initiatives, as well as beefing up its sales department generally. More on this next week, when we can take a look at Alfresco’s new release.

Enterprise CMS in EMEA

Even in the current economic circumstances, Enterprise CMS is set to grow, according to new research by TechNavio. In particular, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is set to grow between now and 2015, which may come as a surprise to some in light of the difficulties in many European economies.

In fact, it won’t just grow. According to the report, Enterprise Content Management Market in the EMEA Region 2011-2015 ,  growth in the enterprise CMS space will be in the region of 13.8% compounded annually between now and the end of 2015.

This period will likely be marked by an increasing number of mergers, of which there is ample evidence already. The report also identifies OpenText, IBM, EMC and Oracle as the big players, but there will still be considerable activity from smaller players like Hyland, Laserfiche and Newgen.

In fact, looking at the brief summary of the report at hand, it looks like a profitable three years with growth expected across the entire EMEA region.

M-Files v9.0

As the end of the month approaches, M-Files is getting ready to offer M-Files v9.0 on general release. At the core of this release, the company says, is advanced support for customer deployments that require multiple document repositories, or vaults.

Multiple repositories can create considerable problems, as we have seen in the past. M-Files president Greg Milliken says that v9.0 offers better interaction and cooperation between these repositories. Using new replication abilities, V9.0 aims to streamline the process of dealing with one of the main problems of multiple repositories — relating data to other relevant data in other repositories.

While an exact date for the general release hasn’t been given, it will be available by the end of the month. More on this then.

Google Drive Improvements

Finally, if you missed it earlier this week, Google has announced that it is expanding the functionality of Google Drive for iOS and Android users.

Already up and running, users of the new iOS Drive app have the same document-editing ability that users of the Android Drive app already possess. They can also create new documents and format text as well as view other people edits.

In fact, there is a whole range of functionality that has just come on line that will make working in Drive on iOS considerably easier.

 

 

Source : cmswire[dot]com

Document Mgt Roll-up: Vizit 5's SharePoint Doc Features, Office 2013 On Demand

This week, even with Labor Day weekend approaching there are a few notable releases. Vizit has announced the release of v5 that enhances document management in SharePoint, Microsoft has announced Office 2013 On Demand, M-Files announced SkyDrive support for v9.0 and Parascript upgrades FormXtra toolkit.

M-Files v9.0 With SkyDrive

This week, M-Files announced that the v9.0 of M-Files supports SkyDrive. This means that on top of all the existing collaboration features of the M-Files enterprise content management system, users will also be able to review and edit documents using the co-authoring features of SkyDrive.

The addition of SkyDrive support effectively surmounts the problems associated with sharing documents and other content with third parties by enabling those who don’t have access to M-Files, such as customers, partners and contractors, access the content contained in M-Files through SkyDrive.

And as SkyDrive is accessible through any device, including PCs, tablets and smartphones, it means users can collaborate on content while on the move without having to resort to email and associated attachments.

Co-authoring, as a result, will be possible through all Office applications or through WebApps even if Office is not installed locally.

There is other collaboration features available in this new version of M-Files, including better mobile access, search, cloud and hybrid cloud deployments, and long-term archiving. The beta version of M-Files 9.0 is currently available, while the full launch is scheduled for late September.

Parascript Upgrades FormXtra

Also this week Parascript has announced that it is releasing a new version of its FormXtra software toolkit that will enable developers to integrate forms with better accuracy.

FormXtra SDK 5.0 locates key data in machine print, hand print and cursive script enabling organizations to extract the important information. While earlier versions were also able to do this, Parascript says this version offers extraction possibility for a wider range of forms.

Using Parascript’s recognition technology, FormXtra SDK 5.0 can even take information from batches and process images that do not match existing templates. It also offers capabilities for the recognition of tables that may not be discreetly defined like transactional data found on invoices or other business documents.

Vizit v5.0 Released

For content visualization this week, Vizit, which provides search, and social collaboration solutions for SharePoint announced the general availability of Vizit 5.

With it, SharePoint users can find documents and specific passages or exhibits within documents, and share those portions of content in any collaborative SharePoint workspace. It also integrates document management into Yammer, enabling users to bring content into their Yammer conversations.

While Vizit 4 introduced search previews that can be placed beside any search or list result in SharePoint, Vizit 5 extends search by offering Best Bets. This means that Vizit 5 applies the search terms to the document, opens the document to the most relevant pages, and using highlighted search terms, offers users the information they are looking for.

Collaboration also got a makeover in this version, as Vizit 5 offers the ability to create a reference point within a document and share an extract using features like Vizit Conversations or Social Footnote.

 

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