Document Management, Document Management Software

With  the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, we were always going to be looking for new document functionality in OX Mountain Lion. Also this week, Cabinet NG expanded its file sharing capacity, SpringCM's Android app is generally available and Google buys QuickOffice.

Establishing corporate governance policies are one thing; implementation and enforcement are another. AvePoint has announced its DocAve Governance Automation product to enable end-to-end service request management for creating and managing governance policies in Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

E-Discovery is growing. If you had any doubt about it, a quick look at this year’s Magic Quadrant for e-Discovery, would indicate just how tight competition is getting in the market with six companies in the Leaders quadrant and another four jostling to bust in from the Challengers Quadrant. But like all IT areas that have a high content element, the market is shifting.

Last week we reported on the big changes with Microsoft's Windows Azure service. Now announcements are flying from vendors capitalizing on the news with their own new product offerings. Security software provider Symantec just revealed it is extending its disaster recovery software to run on Microsoft’s newly upgraded cloud platform.

Axceler, a provider of Microsoft SharePoint governance, administration and migration solutions, is releasing version 4.6 of its ControlPoint governance/administration product. The latest upgrade to ControlPoint includes a governance policy manager, as well as enhanced mobility and functionality for Microsoft Project sites.

Microsoft’s Outlook has uses beyond sending and receiving email. On Monday, SharePoint app provider Colligo Networks added more uses, as it announced the release of its Email Manager 5.4, featuring the ability to add one-click icons to the Outlook 2010 ribbon. 

AvePoint, a provider of governance and infrastructure management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, is making its new DocAve File Share Navigator solution generally available. The application enables access to and retrieval of file share content through SharePoint lists without migration.

Every other day I get asked "What's the best way to expose my SharePoint portal on a mobile?"

The truth is, there is no one size fits all solution.

Turn Sharepoint into a data dashboard without writing code. That’s the goal of the new NetAdvantage for SharePoint 2012 Volume 1, announced by design and user experience software company Infragistics.

On your smartphone, you open an electronic expense report that is already pre-populated with your basic information. Then you photograph your receipts, which are automatically attached. That vision of reimbursement nirvana is one of the ways that iDatix foresees how its new mobile app will be used.

Yesterday Google was focused on social analytics and making Google+ an easier social network to manage, now it's turned its attention back to office productivity with the acquisition of QuickOffice, a mobile office productivity software solution.

This week, there were a number of new partnerships and products. OpenText upgraded its document Capture Centre, Doculex upgraded WebSearch, Colligo and PSIGEN partnered for better iPad access, eFileCabinet improved its workflows and Citrix partnered with Results for better CRM.

Cabinet NG is expanding the sharing universe with its new CNG-SHARE, allowing non-CNG users to securely share documents and collaborate. SHARE is a component of CNG-SAFE 8.0, which the company described as the industry’s “first fully integrated document management, cloud-based file sharing, and workflow solution.”

K2 and KnowledgeLake are now collaborating to offer ways for Microsoft SharePoint users to get the information they need for a task, within a business application. The two companies announced earlier this week their strategic partnership, integrating business process management (BPM) with enterprise content management (ECM) on the Microsoft platform.

Enterprise CMS technology specialist OpenText is releasing a new version of the OpenText Capture Center software solution aimed at users who want to move from a paper to a digital environment.

This week, we take a closer look at the role of taxonomy in digital asset management, product news from Adobe and Picturepark and how to avoid media hoarding.

Google has taken another step to prove its worthiness for the enterprise. Google has earned an ISO security certification for Google Apps Business. Will the move alleviate security fears and attract new business customers?

Open source enterprise data storage/sharing software development project ownCloud has released version 4, the latest version of the ownCloud suite that includes numerous new features and functions. ownCloud already enabled platform-agnostic data access, multidevice data synchronization and open data sharing, and now offers capabilities such as versioning and encryption.

New UK-based mobile enterprise application developer Azurati is introducing itself to the market with SharePoint2Go, a solution designed to provide secure mobile SharePoint access via any smartphone or tablet. Azurati is positioning the cloud-based SaaS solution as a means of ensuring secure mobile SharePoint usage in a BYOD (bring your own device) environment.

Quiet enough week with the long weekend, but even still a few bones to pick at. Box has upgraded the administrative functions making it easier to use, IGC has upgraded Brava for Documentum, Nuance has also upgraded its PDF converter, while Enolsoft has released a PDF Converter for Mac.