Viapoint Organizer Adds Google Desktop Search Integration and Free Version.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- New free release recruits desktop search to help users organize contacts, companies, email, files, RSS feeds Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. , and web favorites. Viapoint Corporation, the pioneer in desktop organization software, today announced the availability of Viapoint Smart Organizer 1.3. The new release includes the addition of new full text search features made available through integration to Google Desktop Search See Google Desktop. and a free license model. The free download is available at www.viapoint.com. The Viapoint team took a novel approach to search by integrating with the popular Google Desktop Search application. Rather than investing in new search technology Viapoint partnered with the industry leader to leverage and extend the capabilities of a powerful free utility. "We chose to integrate with Google because they have superior search technology and an open approach" said Aaron Abend, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Viapoint. "By partnering to achieve a key and complex component of our solution we are staying focused on helping people work more effectively through improved organization." The integrated product allows Viapoint users to locate any item on their computer through a search and then drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. the item into a virtual project folder along with related items. Because virtual folders An index to files and folders. The virtual folder is automatically updated if any of the actual files and folders are modified. For example, in Windows Vista, the results of a search can be saved as a virtual folder, which is a collection of Shortcuts to the real items. are automatically identified and created through templates the integration eliminates distractions from unrelated content by organizing automatically, reduces search time, and allows people to spend more time working productively. The Windows .NET smart client user interface delivers an enriched search experience to find items faster by creating and refining desktop searches through real-time filtering by resource type, instant as you type sub-filtering, and sorting of results by available columns. "Professional organizers have been helping organize around the computer in people's homes and offices for years and face information overload A symptom of the high-tech age, which is too much information for one human being to absorb in an expanding world of people and technology. It comes from all sources including TV, newspapers, magazines as well as wanted and unwanted regular mail, e-mail and faxes. . The new version of Viapoint provides a framework that finally allows them to reduce the clutter inside of computers." said Ramona Creel, founder of onlineorganizing.com. The free version of Viapoint allows information workers unlimited use of Viapoint's full feature set to work organized with files, RSS feeds, and web links but requires adapters for connectivity to popular email programs and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. applications. "My computer doesn't work the way I think. The contents of my 800 gigabytes of disks used to feel like it was split across islands like Outlook, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary. , and web links. The combination of Viapoint and a full text search tool is a simple and elegant solution that is exactly what I needed to feel in control." said Teri Bennett, a recording label owner and Viapoint customer. Viapoint Corporation: Privately funded, Viapoint was founded in 2002 by entrepreneurs who were pioneers in the SFA See sales force automation. SFA - Sales Force Automation and CRM markets. Viapoint competes with components of desktop search products including X1, Copernic, Jetbrains Omea Pro, Nelson Email Organizer, and EnFish but expands beyond search by taking a focused approach to improve work efficiency through organization across desktop and Internet resources. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion