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Workgroups(TM) 2006 provides process automation and management tools necessary to streamline, automate, and manage diverse workflows employed in creative, publishing, and prepress environments. Cross-platform process and productivity management suite includes Job Manager v4.0, Virtual Ticket v7.0, Digital Storage Manager v2.0, and Approval Manager v1.0. Using this suite, workers can find, share, and store files anywhere, connecting projects, people, and workflow.
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MetaCommunications Releases Workgroups(TM) 2006
Powerful new suite designed to help creative, publishing and prepress workgroups achieve better results, faster, and with less effort
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 12 -- Today MetaCommunications, a leading developer of software management solutions for the graphic arts industry, announced the immediate availability of Workgroups 2006, a powerful new cross platform process and productivity management suite for creative, publishing and prepress.
The Workgroups 2006 suite provides today's creative and production workgroups with process automation and management tools to help them achieve better results, faster, and with less effort. As creative and prepress environments seek greater efficiencies and diversify their product and service offerings, their workflows become more numerous and complex. Workgroups 2006 provides the unique tools necessary to streamline, automate, and manage the diverse workflows employed in these environments. The result is increased productivity, creativity, and efficiency.
Workgroups 2006 includes new versions of its tightly integrated flagship products: the award winning Job Manager 4.0, Virtual Ticket 7.0, Digital Storage Manager 2.0, and brand new Approval Manager 1.0 (see press release at www.meta-comm.com/news/releases/060912/approval_manager.htm ) solution. Key capabilities include:
- Financial productivity management
- Project & workflow management
- Collaborative approval management
- Document storage management
"Process automation and management are sorely missing in creative and production environments. While production tools have gone from the camera room to the digital desktop, the tools to automate and manage the process are still missing in most environments. Workgroups 2006 is the first solution engineered from the ground up to not only manage the process, but help the users excel individually and as part of a team." says Robert Long, Executive Vice President of MetaCommunications.
With Workgroups 2006, creative and production environments will:
- Improve efficiency, capture revenue, and put more on the bottom line
- Connect projects, people, and workflow
- Speed, organize, and automate proof approvals
- Find, share, and store files, anywhere
Workgroups 2006 is scalable from a few users to thousands of users over multiple locations.
SOLUTION LIBRARIES
Workgroups 2006 is the only solution that offers powerful built-in graphic arts functionality combined with the ability to fully customize and extend the product capabilities. Since one size never fits all, we made Workgroups extensible using Solutions Libraries. Solutions Libraries add customizable pre-built functionality and are available from MetaCommunications or third party developers. Solutions Libraries are currently available for:
- Brand Management
- Creative Workflow Forms
- Digital Asset Management Libraries
- Trafficking and Scheduling
- Prepress Job Tickets (Commercial, Gravure, Flexo)
- Preflight Integration
- Catalog Page Production
- Commercial Print
- Media Buying
- Sales Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Video Production
- Print Procurement
TECHNOLOGY & PLATFORMS
Workgroups 2006 is a multi-user server based solution built on Microsoft SQL Server and .Net technologies. Client applications are available for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.
PRICING & AVAILABILITY
Workgroups 2006 is available immediately and starts at $4995. MetaCommunications products are available from authorized resellers, system integrators, distributors and OEM partners.
ABOUT METACOMMUNICATIONS
MetaCommunications is a leading software developer of cross-platform management and process management and productivity solutions for the graphic arts industry. MetaCommunications has thousands of users of its software worldwide, helping some of the world's top creative agencies, corporate marketing groups, printing and prepress firms, and publishers work more efficiently and profitably. For more information, please visit http://www.meta-comm.com/.
CONTACT: Robert Long of MetaCommunications, +1-319-337-8599 x 180, blong@meta-comm.com
