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the Free CMSWire NewsletterIt’s been a veritable document management feast this week with new releases from Adobe for better PDF use, Cabinet NG upgrading its CNG-WEB, tweeting for records management and Microsoft upgrading its Docs.com for Facebook. Meanwhile, Uncle Sam just keeps wasting money through pointless searches. In fact, across all releases this week, the common theme seems to be effective document search.
Acrobat Offers Collaboration and Security
For those that love PDFs, but are concerned about security, Adobe (news, site) has just announced the release of Acrobat X and Reader X as well as new online document exchange services that the company says will offer better security and collaboration possibilities.
There are many things to recommend in this release including an offer of new guided Actions to simplify multi-step document preparation and publishing processes, as well as completely new customization capabilities in PDF Portfolios to unify multiple file types into presentations. It also has a strong focus on collaboration through the new document services available at Acrobat.com while integration with SharePoint ensures PDF document consistency documents across the enterprise.
For security, Adobe has added Protected Mode technology to Reader that places it in a sandbox, well away from bad vibes and bad code. Enabled by default on the official plug-ins of all major browsers, Adobe also says that it will offer security updates through Microsoft's System Centre Configuration Manager and will enable enterprises to install quarterly fixes with ease.
Acrobat itself has a new UI that brings functions together in one place and supports visual themes and layouts that can be user created and customized. A large amount of further information, including pricing, can be found on the Acrobat website.
MS Upgrades Docs.com for Facebook
Microsoft has also been busy improving some of its features, this time in its Facebook-based Docs.com, document sharing services, an offshoot of Office Web Apps that allow users to share and collaborate on documents in Facebook (news, site).
In addition, there is more good news for those who love PDF’s. Docs.com will now enable users to share PDF documents but unlike other applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, users will not be able to edit PDF documents. Microsoft will, however, offer search and the ability to download directly to the desktop as well as upgraded search facilities, enabling users to find documents that have been shared publicly, based on key words in the text.
Another new feature that is bound to please is the Silverlight-based bulk document uploader. This will make it easier to share several documents at once by dragging and dropping them onto the new Silverlight uploader.
Everything runs alongside Microsoft's (news, site) SkyDrive, used to share documents throughout the world. To find more information have a look here.
Uncle Sam Wastes US$ 15.4 Billion On Search
Speaking of all things search-oriented, while you may have suspected that the Government has been wasting your tax dollars, MeriTalk (news, site), the government IT network, can now confirm it.
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