iMarkup Document Review Server Now Available; Product Offers Capabilities That Facilitate the Document Review and Approval Process.Business Editors AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. 2002 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2002 iMarkup Solutions Inc., (www.imarkup.com), a leading provider of Web-based collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. , announced the general availability of the iMarkup Document Review Server. Developed to address the needs of enterprise users collaborating on documents, the iMarkup Document Review Server provides a powerful and easy way to distribute, collaborate on, annotate annotate - annotation and review documents throughout all stages of the document review process. During workflow, versioning and review cycles, all shared documents are stored securely on the Document Review Server and accessible to all appropriate users. Markups, notes and annotations made by the reviewers can be displayed either by one reviewer at a time, a subset of reviewers or by all simultaneously. Unlike other tools available to workgroups and virtual teams, the Document Review Server can be self-administered, allowing users to create workgroups, invite users into their workgroups and set permissions. Users can easily and securely publish and distribute documents to members of their workgroups for feedback and review. Documents are automatically rendered in HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. or PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format for easy distribution, without requiring reviewers to install the original applications. Original documents are stored on the iMarkup Document Review Server, allowing them to be "checked out" while also preventing others from editing these documents simultaneously. Notification facilities within the Document Review Server then allow authors to automatically notify all reviewers when the documents are ready. Authors have the ability to track reviewers' progress as they work on their documents. Security permissions identify which documents are accessible to which users, controlling the usage of those documents. "Many companies are beginning to define a collaboration strategy that includes a focus on both individual and group productivity. Tools that enable users to effectively collaborate in workgroups, whether real or virtual, are necessary contributors to that strategy. We also believe that teamware or virtual workspace tools will enhance that collaboration over the next several years. Products that provide the workflow mechanisms necessary to improve productivity and make the process more efficient will be mandatory," stated Matthew Cain, Vice President, Web and Collaboration Strategies, META Group. "We believe that businesses today are focusing on making their workflow processes as efficient as possible. As a result they want to easily and quickly update and publish their documents," stated John O'Brien John O'Brien may refer to: In public life:
tr.v. con·tam·i·nated, con·tam·i·nat·ing, con·tam·i·nates 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. adj. documents in any phase of the document review and approval cycle," O'Brien concluded. The Core Technology Like the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , iMarkup Content Review Server, members of workgroups and virtual workgroups A group of individuals who work on a common project via technologies such as e-mail, instant messages, shared databases, threaded discussions and calendaring. Virtual workgroups are mandated by company policy and employment requirements. Contrast with virtual community and pervasive computing. can apply annotations including voice annotations, free-form drawings and sticky notes to online documents, including PDF format, without having to purchase Adobe Acrobat Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF. (TM) to run on every workstation. Because all annotations are stored separately from the original documents, data is never corrupted. The products also offer users the ability to run and modify reports based on Crystal Decision technology. These reports include information from the configuration database about workgroups, users and user permissions. Among other items, management can learn about system usage (e.g. when users log in/out, what markups they are adding, which documents have been annotated, who has reviewed documents, document status, types/numbers of annotations, etc.) The iMarkup Document Review Server will be available on Windows NT/2000/XP running IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. on March 11, 2002. Pricing for iMarkup Document Review Server is $4500 per server plus $50 per user. About iMarkup Solutions iMarkup Solutions provides real-time, Web-based collaboration tools that enable end users to annotate, organize and communicate over the Web. For more information, call 877-MARKUP1 or visit www.imarkup.com. |
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