09/30, 6:20pm
Workflow tracking software moving to SaaS model
Gridiron Software is planning to release a major upgrade to their Flow workflow tracking software in the near future, moving to a software-as-a-service model by leveraging the internet to bring background time- and asset-tracking to creative teams scattered everywhere. The software combines project mapping with time and asset tracking, with the main feature being it does this without much user interaction simply by noticing when files are manipulated, allowing creative professionals to focus more on doing the work and less on documenting it.
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04/22, 7:10pm
Patents for collaboration
The US Patent and Trademark Office today published three patents that it approved for Apple, relating to real-time collaboration, time-based user interface object interaction, and element number tables. The first patent, Method and Apparatus for Supporting Real-Time Collaboration, demonstrates synchronicity on a single application between multiple remote users. The patent illustrates users operating a local software application over the internet or a network, with the goal of sharing a common workflow between users.
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04/16, 2:15pm
QPS 7.4
Quark has announced Quark Publishing System 7.4, the second maintenance release of its industry leading collaborative workflow system. Based on Java, this release of QPS adds as support for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, full text search and LDAP support. In addition, the new QPS Web Hub now runs with Apple's Safari browser as well as Firefox. QPS user names and passwords can now be managed through a company's active directory to consolidate user management. Full Text Search allows users to search document content within any assets that are stored in QPS. There is also the added ability for users to check in multiple assets at the same, and Russian and Polish interfaces are now available in QPS.
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04/14, 3:00pm
GridIron demos Flow at NAB
GridIron Software on Monday announced that GridIron Flow software is now undergoing beta testing with a select group of creative professionals and is being demonstrated this week on both Mac OS X and Windows at the NAB (booth SL6220). According to the company, Flow is billed as "a revolutionary new approach to workflow management for creative pros that dramatically simplifies the design process for print, web, film, and video projects." The software transparently tracks work from idea to end result and manages all assets and applications with any modifications to existing workflows. Expected to ship later this summer starting at $350, Flow automatically tracks projects allowing users to instantly see the relationships between all assets without changing the way you work.
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