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News Release from: First Trace | Subject: SP2 for Enterprise Document Management
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 January 2008
Software improves document management
Kinnosa organises data into a "virtual repository" rather than a centralised data vault, allowing users to manage and search information scattered across a distributed environment.
First Trace has released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Enterprise Document Management, powered by Kinnosa This release contains numerous system enhancements and fixes for expanded solution performance
SP2 includes seamless integration and support for AutoCAD 2008 and SolidWorks 2008, providing comprehensive document management and process management capabilities with these complex CAD tools.
The advanced Windows extension service permits enterprise document management features and functionality to be incorporated into users' Windows desktop and Microsoft Office programs as well as OpenOffice.
File search functionality has also been enriched.
Kinnosa customers can easily install this new service pack to upgrade from previous software versions.
Enterprise Document Management, powered by Kinnosa, is a traceable, transparent and distributed application built upon open standards, with an open data repository.
Kinnosa organises data into a "virtual repository" rather than a centralised data vault, allowing users to manage and search information scattered across a distributed environment as if it was stored locally.
The updates and enhancements included in SP2 focus on four core components designed to increase customer's design efficiency, return-on-investment and ultimate satisfaction.
Enterprise Document Management, powered by Kinnosa, was developed to provide critical document management capabilities to engineers using complex CAD tools like AutoCAD and SolidWorks.
With the release of SP2, Enterprise Document Management features and functionality can integrate with the most current versions of these widely used CAD applications so that essential document management operations can be performed directly in the AutoCAD 2008 and SolidWorks 2008 applications.
This level of integration permits the designer to work in a familiar CAD environment and minimises training requirements.
SP2 includes Windows Extension Service allowing Enterprise Document Management to connect to and operate on the Windows desktop.
Advanced document management features provided by Kinnosa can be used from Windows Explorer for ease of use by even the most novice employees.
Employees outside of the engineering department can now take advantage of automated document management using familiar desktop tools without extensive training.
File searches must be extremely efficient with evolved document management solutions to meet the needs of both technical and novice users.
So SP2 includes improvements to optimise the search capabilities with Enterprise Document Management.
Users can now easily execute simple and very advanced wild card searches across distributed workspaces for a rapid response.
Search result windows can display additional document properties such as version number, author, document status, related parts, modification history and any other pre-defined or custom properties the user selects to make identification quick and easy.
Moving files from one repository, directory, or folder to another can be an extremely time consuming and labour intensive process during new product roll outs.
A document loading utility has been included in SP2 to allow Kinnosa to smoothly transition large volumes of data from existing systems, like eChange and PDMWorks, into Kinnosa, helping to speed implementation while reducing installation and deployment costs.
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