Resources

Find more information on document management and how Document Locator can help in the resources section of our blog.

In our customer’s shoes

Developing software applications that solve real-world problems requires getting to know your market space. For software companies this typically involves aggregating data from a number of sources including customers, support personnel, enhancement requests, sales staff, and post-mortems from consulting engagements. While there is no doubt that normal requirements gathering techniques help, there is no better way to understand your customers’...

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V5.2 Preview Digital Signatures with Adobe Acrobat

When Document Locator v5.2 is made available, some new bells and whistles are included that existing and prospective customers have requested. I could certainly go into endless detail about the various product enhancements that have been added or mention the notably increased performance made against our internal benchmarks, but not today. Rather I...

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The Countdown is on… Document Locator v5.2

The countdown is on, and it's been all hands on deck here at ColumbiaSoft as we approach a pending version release for Document Locator. For trivia masters, this will technically be our ninth major release of the software (although it will be labeled as version 5.2). And as with all significant releases that came before it,...

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The collaboration puzzle: an informative session

If you missed the AEC Technology Strategies 2008 conference put on by Zweig White a couple of weeks ago, you don't have to miss one of the important conference sessions. The Collaboration Puzzle: Fitting SharePoint and BIM into a Collaboration Framework is now available for a second-chance viewing online. This...

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Collaboration, SharePoint and BIM on the topic at AEC Tech Conference

This Document Management Blog's very own Carl Azar will be speaking on a topic of current concern in the AEC industry this week at ZweigWhite's AEC Technology Strategies Conference in Las Vegas. He will be joined by Burns & McDonnell Engineering's Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Gregory...

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Citrix, anyone?

If interest in our recent press release: Document Management over Citrix is any indication, application virtualization in general, and Citrix in particular, is a hot topic right now. Our news centered on Citrix, but really we can support document management over virtually any virtualization network of choice, including VMWare and Microsoft's Terminal...

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Sharing Documents in SharePoint

In talking with a customer recently at a large energy firm, I learned they were just about ready to integrate our document management application within SharePoint. The reason: They want to combine the two tools to make a very good portal solution that has advanced document management features integrated right within. They felt it was the right...

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FIATECH – day two

Random notes: Lots of talk today about ISO 15926, which is the data integration standard initiative for FIATECH. Here’s how FIATECH describes the standard: “ISO 15926 is an International Standard for the representation of lifecycle information for process plants, including oil and gas production facility. This is specified by a generic, conceptual data model that is...

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