SeeUnity’s Conversion Utility provides safe, rapid data conversion from OpenText eDOCS 6 to eDOCS 5.3

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DENVER, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Leading law firm, Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove, based in Cheltenham, UK, decided to upgrade from OpenText eDOCS 6 to eDOCS 5.3. Upgrading provides a number of benefits, including support for Microsoft Office 2010, Windows 7, and 64-bit processing capabilities. Preservation of critical data, including dynamic views, metadata and security, was a strict requirement of the upgrade.

The services to execute the upgrade were provided by ECMConnect. The conversion utility selected by ECMConnect was a product developed by SeeUnity, an OpenText-certified developer of content integration solutions.

“SeeUnity was an easy software decision,” said Peter Lambert, Technical Director at ECMConnect. “We’ve used SeeUnity products in the past, precisely because they work out-of-the-box, with minimal configuration efforts.”

Designed specifically for eDOCS conversions and recommended by OpenText, the Conversion Utility processed the eDOCS repository quickly. “The Conversion Utility product exceeded our expectations,” said Pete Fletcher, IT Manager at Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove. “ECMConnect converted our entire repository - over a half million objects - from eDOCS 6 to eDOCS 5.3 in 14 minutes. We kept downtime to under 15 minutes for the entire project, and we did not lose or damage any data in the process.”

Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove recommends SeeUnity’s eDOCS Conversion Utility on the basis of its ease of set-up, rapid conversion process, and reliable results.

For more information on the SeeUnity Conversion Utility for eDOCS, including a live demonstration, please contact sales@seeunity.com.

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SeeUnity is a leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration solutions. Our products enable short and long-term content co-existence strategies that increase the value of your Microsoft SharePoint and ECM investments. For more information about SeeUnity, visit www.seeunity.com.

SeeUnity and the SeeUnity logo are trademarks of SeeUnity, Inc.  SharePoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Brant Henne

970.776.8300

Additional Features, Improved Performance and Security Mark R1 Release

DENVER, COLORADO / October 3, 2011 — SeeUnity, the market-leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration products, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the R1 software update package to SeeUnity Version 5. R1 includes enhancements and updates across the SeeUnity family of products.

“Version 5 introduced new products and new functionality to available products,” says Ryan Bond, Director of Professional Services at SeeUnity. “R1 updates to these products are the result of collaborating with customers and partners to bring additional value and usability.”

R1 Highlights

The release contains a number of customer requested product enhancements. These include:

• Extended archiving functionality in Synchronize Express
• Additional options for SharePoint search result set customization
• Improved single-sign-on management and accessibility from integrated applications
• Enhanced web part customization and display options improve the user experience
• Extended SharePoint integration options for Open Text Content Server and EMC Documentum

How to Obtain Software

Users who have already licensed SeeUnity products affected by the availability of V5 R1 can visit http://www.seeunityportal.com for documentation and the latest downloadable versions. For more information on how to purchase any of the products featured in this press release, please contact sales@seeunity.com.

More Information

SeeUnity is a leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration solutions. Our products enable short and long-term content coexistence strategies that increase the value of your Microsoft SharePoint and ECM investments. For more information about SeeUnity, visit www.seeunity.com.

SeeUnity and the SeeUnity logo are trademarks of SeeUnity, Inc. SharePoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft. Documentum is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation. Content Server is a registered trademark of Open Text. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:

Brant Henne
Marketing Director
brant.henne@seeunity.com
970.776.8300

Increased Performance, Greater Application Functionality, Improved Support for SharePoint 2010 and New Connectors Headline Milestone SeeUnity Upgrade

DENVER, COLORADO / February 24, 2011 — SeeUnity, the market-leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration products, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SeeUnity version 5.0, or V5.  V5 represents a broad and substantial upgrade to several products and modules in the SeeUnity product suite.

“We’re excited about this release, as are many of our customers,” says Brant Henne, Marketing Director for SeeUnity.  “This release introduces new applications and features, many of them based on feedback and requests from our partners and customers.  SharePoint 2010 was a major release, with a lot of new functionality.  While we’ve supported it since 2010’s launch date, SeeUnity V5 takes greater advantage of SharePoint 2010’s new features.  This continues our strategy of using SharePoint integration to enhance and maximize a complementary ECM system.”

V5 upgrades are across the board including improvements to searching, archiving and distribution. Additional modules and web parts have been introduced, including greater ability to interact directly with ECM platforms from the desktop, without the need for SharePoint or native ECM clients.  V5 continues to expand the potential benefits of content integration.

How to Obtain Software

Users who have already licensed SeeUnity products affected by the release of V5 can visit http://www.seeunityportal.com for documentation and the latest downloadable versions.  For more information on how to purchase any of the products featured in this press release, please contact sales@seeunity.com.

More Information

SeeUnity is a leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration solutions. Our products enable short and long-term content coexistence strategies that increase the value of your Microsoft SharePoint and ECM investments. For more information about SeeUnity, visit www.seeunity.com.

SeeUnity and the SeeUnity logo are trademarks of SeeUnity, Inc.  SharePoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Brant Henne
Marketing Director
brant.henne@seeunity.com
970.776.8300

Improving performance and productivity with SeeUnity and KnowHow Consulting
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A major global entertainment network recently sought to improve how their corporate legal department accesses, creates, and manages content. Deployed by KnowHow and built using SeeUnity products for Microsoft SharePoint, this project is transforming how legal professionals interact with critical information, across more than 20 offices globally.

Attend this 60-minute presentation to understand both the technology (including 2 new SeeUnity applications, Archive Express and Upload Express) as well as the measurable business benefits of content integration. The customer profile will document their challenges and requirements, and illustrate how KnowHow leveraged SeeUnity products to built business applications with tangible benefits.

This comprehensive project brought together multiple platforms, including OpenText eDOCS DM, Microsoft Office and SharePoint, as well as local user desktops. This has resulted in faster performance, reduced strain on their network, a standardized MS desktop, safer and more effective information collaboration, and a streamlined process for how corporate attorneys find and submit content.
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We recently hosted a webinar that covered SeeUnity’s product innovation for 2010, and a peek at what to expect in 2011. We recorded the video, and posted it for viewing.

To view the webinar recording, visit us on Facebook and click on the “Product Update and Roadmap” video.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/SeeUnity/129011822055

SeeUnity is increasing the amount of training resources available throughout the year - starting with a monthly online session. This 2-day live online class will cover installation and configuration of all SeeUnity components normally used in your environment.

Each customer and partner has their own training requests and requirements; that’s why we are making these flexible and tailored to meet the needs of attendees, and specific topics covered will be based on relevance and interest to this session’s attendees. It’s a great way to learn about products you haven’t yet deployed, or as a refresher for products you’ve already worked with.

Register online here: www.seeunity.com/company/events.asp

New Offering Enables Migration of Data from eDOCS 6 to eDOCS 5

DENVER, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — SeeUnity, the market-leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration products, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its Conversion Utility for Open Text eDOCS (eDOCS). The Conversion Utility has been customized specifically for transferring an entire eDOCS 6 repository to eDOCS 5.

“Our Conversion Utility meets a specific demand from a fixed market – eDOCS migration from version 6 to 5,” said Brant Henne, Marketing Director at SeeUnity. “eDOCS users now have a turnkey option for moving their entire repository, including content, metadata, users and security, from eDOCS 6 to eDOCS 5.”

“We’re enthusiastic to have this product available,” said Antony White, Managing Partner at Lamite ltd. “Our customers using eDOCS 6 are examining alternatives. The Conversion Utility provides two important benefits. First, it allows them to move their content to a very similar ECM system. Second, it performs the conversion securely, quickly and with a minimum of disruption.”

This product represents a customization of existing content migration products available from SeeUnity. Conversion Utility has been optimized to accelerate a specific conversion of data from eDOCS 6 to eDOCS 5. Notable improvements included a streamlined admin interface, and library of pre-configured tasks that accelerate the setup process.

The SeeUnity Conversion Utility is unique in the market, providing a product-based offering that delivers a full conversion rapidly and with a minimum of services. Planning and testing can be completed in days, with the actual conversion process lasting hours.

As a conversion utility, content can be left in place, or physically moved to a destination repository, if needed. Through a library of pre-configured templates that can be easily copied and modified, eDOCS 6 customers should expect the following to be converted:

• Documents
• Document Numbers (if not in use, an offset will be used)
• System IDs
• Users
• Groups
• Security
• Profile Forms
• Applications (APPS Table)
• Launch Methods
• Lookup Lists (including any custom lists)
• Folders
• Network Aliases
• Versions
• Quick Searches
• Workspaces
• Related Items
• Audit Entries (Can be limited to x number of rows)
• SQL and Oracle eDOCS databases
• eDOCS 6 RM containers can be converted to eDOCS 5 folders

How to Obtain
SeeUnity’s Conversion Utility for Open Text eDOCS is priced according to content volumes, ensuring a reasonable entry point for a wide range of customers and content repository sizes. For more information or to obtain access to SeeUnity products, please contact sales@seeunity.com.

About Lamite
Lamite was established in 2008 to bring combined document, record and physical document management expertise to the marketplace. Lamite specializes in delivering high level technical skills to OpenText eDOCS clients. A broad range of skills within the legal, financial and government sectors make Lamite the ideal partner to work with your mission critical data.

About SeeUnity
SeeUnity is a leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration solutions. Our products enable short and long-term content coexistence strategies that increase the value of your Microsoft SharePoint and ECM investments. For more information about SeeUnity, visit www.seeunity.com.

SeeUnity and the SeeUnity logo are trademarks of SeeUnity, Inc. eDOCS is a registered trademark of Open Text. SharePoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Brant Henne
Marketing Director, SeeUnity

SeeUnity’s Content Connect Improves Performance and Flexibility for ECM Platforms

DENVER, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — SeeUnity, the market-leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration products, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SeeUnity Content Connect.  The latest release in the SeeUnity product family, Content Connect is a Windows-based alternative to native Enterprise Content Management (ECM) user interface clients.  Content Connect provides customers with greater flexibility, performance and control over their ECM platforms.

“Our latest offering is a direct response to specific customer demand,” says Brant Henne, Marketing Director for SeeUnity.  “Organizations have successfully used our SharePoint Integration products to enhance their ECM investments.  Content Connect goes in a new direction, giving customers a lightweight alternative to native ECM clients – independent of SharePoint and Internet browsers.  This lightweight, thick-client approach is satisfying customer requests for ECM enhancements.  Features such as offline editing, synchronization, and performance increases are driving interest in Content Connect.”

Leveraging a native API connection to ECM repositories, Content Connect provides a Windows-based, secure alternative to traditional ECM thick clients, offering key benefits, including:

• Offline Editing: external users, road warriors and other users with intermittent connectivity can check-out content, edit it offline, and queue content for upload when connectivity is restored.
• Access to multiple ECM repositories within a single interface.
• Broader support: with a lightweight install, minimal processing requirements and compatibility with Windows 7, Vista & XP, Content Connect is easier to administer and support.
• Improved performance: Content Connect can improve responsiveness for searching, browsing, downloading and uploading – sometimes with substantial gains.

How to Obtain Content Connect

For more information on how to obtain Content Connect, please contact sales@seeunity.com.

More Information

SeeUnity is a leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration solutions. Our products enable short and long-term content coexistence strategies that increase the value of your Microsoft SharePoint and ECM investments. For more information about SeeUnity, visit www.seeunity.com.

SeeUnity and the SeeUnity logo are trademarks of SeeUnity, Inc.  SharePoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact: Brant Henne
(978) 595-8495

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SeeUnity has recently completed a case study featuring Briggs and Morgan.  The case study details how this prominent Midwest law firm is using Microsoft SharePoint integration products, built by SeeUnity, to add portal collaboration functionality to their Open Text eDOCS enterprise content management investment.  The SeeUnity-authored SharePoint integration case study profiling Briggs and Morgan, P.A. can be downloaded here.

With the availability and popularity of SharePoint 2010, one issue seems to be on the minds of many customers, partners, and industry analysts – support for records management. As a provider of SharePoint Integration products for ECM platforms, it’s a relevant issue for us. Here’s some thoughts and observations of SharePoint 2010, records management, and how it might impact your plan for ECM and SharePoint integration.

1. No DOD certification. While it’s true SP 2007 was DoD certified, as of the writing of this article SharePoint 2010 is not DoD certified. In fact, DoD certification for 2007 lapsed in the spring of this year. In SPRM’s interview with Adam Harmetz, Lead Program Manager for the SharePoint Document and Records Management engineering team at Microsoft, it was stated that there they aren’t pursuing, but leaving in the means for partners to develop extensions and add-ons that are. That laissez-faire approach to DoD makes sense for a partner-savvy company like Microsoft, but it may come as no consolation to companies with rigid standards for compliance.
2. In Place Records Management. SharePoint opts to declare records in place – versus archiving them to a specific destination. That can make great sense for organizations looking to conserve maximum file space. That being said, it might not be the best fit for organizations who stress having a separate, remote archive – which is often the case for ECM customers.
3. Stronger tools for Records Managers. RM admins are going to like the new features that will help them setup and maintain the folder hierarchies. Compliance details are now available to view for documents – a big plus for RM admins and users alike.
4. RM features don’t have a 1 to 1 fit with what you’re using now. These new features are a powerful addition, but organizations are not going to find every feature available that they may be used to dealing with using their existing ECM platform. The disparity may be significant or negligible, based on the ECM platform and how extensively RM is being used.
5. The value of existing records management configuration. Records management isn’t an event; it’s a process. Recreating records management policies from the ground up can be a painstaking process. It also invites the opportunity for a policy oversight or other human error that can expose the organization for risk.
6. Adding another RM layer may make things worse.  Records management may already be a “Tylenol-inducer” for companies carrying multiple ECM platforms and LOB systems. Particularly for larger organizations that have inherited multiple platforms via mergers and acquisitions, this can be a painful process of aligning records management. Does adding SharePoint 2010 Records Management help, or hinder, your front-line records managers. Assess and strategize on a case by case basis.

Based on these observations, companies who are re-evaluating their SharePoint integration strategy in light of these RM features in SharePoint 2010, might want to consider the following practices.

Integrating records management into SharePoint from a native ECM system. If you’ve got strong retention and records management standards, and an ECM system that supports them – there’s no sense in abandoning that system. A strong content integration product will allow you to expose consumer-level access to viewing and setting retention. Basically the ECM interface is recreated in SharePoint, including retention and records management access. Power-users and RM admins will still want to use the native interface, but rank and file users can live in SharePoint, while benefiting from back-end retention from the ECM platform.
Another alternative is to recreate SharePoint retention policies and holds on SharePoint driven content, while retaining ECM-driven records management over content stored in the ECM repository. Again, any integration provider worth its annual maintenance will allow you a single view of content, so the user experience should be seamless and transparent.

Another option is archiving SharePoint content to the ECM system once it qualifies as a record. Strong integration products will allow companies to provide either manual archiving – or create event-driven automated archiving. Another plus is that combined with an integrated user interface, the archiving process can be automated and transparent. Users can go about their business of working with content, while RM admins can orchestrate detailed archiving policies.

There’s a wealth of choices available, and the introduction of Records Management on SharePoint 2010 adds some great new options. It’s important for companies who are using Enterprise Content Management platforms (like Documentum, eRoom, eDOCS, LiveLink, HP TRIM, Vignette, FileNet, or WorkSite) alongside SharePoint to realize: you can own your own content management roadmap. Content integration reinvigorates the concept of best of breed, where you can literally pick-and-choose functionality from various software assets, so that your using the best tools for the job. Optimizing a hybrid platform for features like searching and distribution can save money; optimizing to preserve records management standards can be even more critical to how your organization does business.

A search for Gartner’s take on content integration reveals that among analysts, it’s been recognized a growing trend and can provide an effective strategy for organizations looking to manage multiple content sources. Even with the addition of new features to SharePoint, many analysts, including Forrester, are touting the benefits of content integration as part of a broader SharePoint strategy. Part of the reason for this approach is that with the vast number and types of content management platforms, line of business systems, and, frankly, the types and location of information sources - the ability for a single product to properly house and leverage this information is looking slimmer and slimmer. After a long cycle of application consolidation in the market, the introduction of lower-cost applications, customers are taking a step back and asking themselves – do single vendor solutions work? Are my vendor solutions working? The answer in inconsistent at best.