Resources

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

My DL: a New Way to Navigate

My DL is a great way to access files without navigating through a folder structure—type in a few search terms, for example, or pull up a list of your most recent documents, to find what you need quickly. It’s fun watching innovation at work, a regular privilege in the software and technology industries. As we hear rumors of Windows Blue, it’s...

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FMMC’s annual Florida Medical Device Symposium

The FMMC's annual Florida Medical Device Symposium is just around the corner! I am attending the Florida Medical Device Symposium May 6th-7th in St. Petersburg.  We will be co-exhibiting with our partner in the Tampa area, Prism Plus Consulting.  This will be our third year as an exhibitor with Mary McCoy, President of Prism Plus Consulting.  FMMC has put together a...

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Global search, My DL, Windows 8, and more in v6.4

It seems a few times every year we celebrate the arrival of another great update to our document management software, and the party hats are about to come out again! Document Locator version 6.4 is just about here. If you haven’t seen the movie trailer for it, here it is: With every release comes a handful of improvements, and at least...

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Third time is a Mobile charm

Three major releases this year, and whoever said that "third time is a charm" would have had it right with our version 6.3 coming out tomorrow. It includes one the most forward thinking developments in document management in years, a new Mobile interface. We're calling it DL Mobile. It is a self-hosted component that expands remote access options by providing the...

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Masters series takes document management training to next level

For years, our training classes have been a popular jump start for anyone wanting a smooth launch with document management. We're big believers in workforce training. We know it's one of the most valuable investments a company can make when it comes to maximizing a return on technology. The very positive results our training has with every new customer attests...

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Preview let’s you see files in document management before they are open

One of the great features of Windows is the ability to navigate through files and preview the contents before opening. Being able to do this with files that are under document management has until recently been more of a challenge. The latest version of Document Locator, however, solves that. For the first time, people can navigate through files in the Windows-integrated...

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Windows 8

Microsoft's announcement yesterday that Windows 8 is coming this October is exciting news. Being a Microsoft partner, and a developer of Windows document management, the coming of what is sure to be the boldest reinvention of Windows ever has our rousing enthusiasm. Aside from being optimized for the tablet, the new Windows brings a radically new user experience. I think the...

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Prism Plus Consulting’s regulatory savvy helps medical device manufacturers

Combining regulatory savvy with practical technology is one smart way to help quality managers in FDA-regulated medical device manufacturing tackle compliance. Today, ColumbiaSoft and Prism Plus Consulting announced they are doing just that. In a joint news statement, the two companies noted how compliance programs require tools to manage and automate document-centric procedures. ColumbiaSoft's Document Locator document control platform helps with...

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Ready for SQL Server 2012

With Microsoft just days away from the expected announcement of the new SQL Server 2012,  it's timely to note for users of Document Locator that the latest version of the document management system is already compatible. Having pre-release, developer editions of the new SQL database technology, ColumbiaSoft engineers designed compatibility into version 6.1. No worries about backwards compatibility either,  the latest versions also...

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Document Locator v6.1 ships today with performance boost and document archiving

Another milestone in the history of document management happened today, when we released our latest version of Document Locator software. This release has performance improvements and new PDF technology for archiving documents. Several core file actions such as check-in/check-out, copy-and-paste, update profile, get latest version, are optimized for faster performance in virtual private networks (VPN), wide area networks (WAN), and over the...

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