July 06, 2009

SWING Software announces today the release of SWING PDF Converter for Lotus Notes - a software tool for Notes email and document archiving, sharing and web printing.

The basic idea behind the product is to make the PDF conversion an integral feature of the Lotus Notes client, or Notes/Domino applications. It doesn’t require a client side installation of a printer driver nor DLL files.

For end-users and administrators: Deployment is as easy as sending an email to users. SWING PDF Converter adds the PDF icon to the Lotus Notes toolbar, which lets users convert one or more Notes documents or emails. The user experience is fully customizable.

For application developers: LotusScript API is provided. Developers can enhance the out-of-the-box toolbar functionality, or can grab the PDF Converter libraries and insert them into any Notes or Domino application, using the PDF Converter as a software component in their solutions.

SWING PDF Converter introduces greatly simplified email archiving (and document archiving) capabilities to Lotus Notes and Domino. It creates PDF Packages from any email or document collection. A single PDF Package consists of any number of documents (or email messages) with their corresponding attachments. It also contains a view, so users can sort, search and navigate through documents/emails with ease - all this inside Adobe Reader.

Lotus Notes users can easily archive all documents and emails related to a project, case, or a customer into a single PDF Package. These PDF archives can be used independently or as a part of a corporate records repository for legal discovery and business uses. Because they are platform independent, they can be viewed or printed on any computer by authorized users.

Developers can also create server-based agents using the LotusScript API. Agents can be scheduled to produce PDF files unattended.

Domino web developers can use SWING PDF Converter to create print-quality output from their web applications.

More information and a product trial:
http://www.swingsoftware.com/pdf-converter/overview

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across 60 countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

March 02, 2009

Key Facts

• SWING Software has released DocPublisher 4.5 - a Lotus Domino-based software for managing Policies & Procedures and other company manuals for all departments. It helps companies ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
• Unlike other document libraries, SWING DocPublisher turns existing documentation into web browser readable e-manuals for company intranets or the Internet. Document authors can keep using their familiar authoring tools. The system notifies users and collects their sign-offs to ensure the documentation is read and understood by the right people.
• In addition, the DocPublisher Express Edition is now available at no cost for Lotus Domino users.
• The Express Edition enables companies to use IBM Lotus Domino for document publishing without any additional investments. An organization or department can greatly benefit from Express Edition if a single person is responsible for organizing and publishing document libraries or company manuals.
• SWING DocPublisher is also available as a Hosted Solution (SaaS), as well as a Software Appliance.

More information, screenshots and slideshows:
http://www.swingsoftware.com/docpublisher/overview

Article: Top 10 Signs You Need Document Publishing Software:
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About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across 60 countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

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July 9, 2008 - Vigilus LLC, a leading IBM Lotus Notes/Domino solution provider with consulting, training and customer relationship management (CRM) expertise announced that ACT! for Notes now integrates with Microsoft Office, powered by SWING Integrator from SWING Software. ACT! for Notes users can now easily generate complex reports and documents, based on predefined templates on demand.

ACT! for Notes is one of the leading Lotus Notes-based CRM systems with over 500,000 licenses sold since 1995 . The compact, single Lotus Notes database and apparent simplicity belies the power under the covers that it gives to users. Vigilus has created an add-on package called Advanced Features for ACT! for Notes that greatly extends the already feature-rich repertoire of ACT! for Notes.

When considering one of User’s most sought after feature, Microsoft Office integration, Vigilus turned to the experts at SWING Software and their SWING Integrator package. Vigilus embedded SWING Integrator’s powerful features into ACT! for Notes’ intuitive interface. Consequently, ACT! for Notes Users can now, quickly create complex letters, invoices, mail merge letters and labels, and Excel pivot table reports from predefined templates.

By partnering with SWING Software, Vigilus was able to leverage their expertise in Microsoft Office integration while allowing Vigilus to continue to add business driven features to ACT! for Notes.

About Vigilus

Vigilus has built a reputation as a progressive company with a solid customer–centric approach to business and a long history of providing easy to measure ROI solutions to organizations with a Lotus Notes infrastructure.

The founders of Vigilus have been involved with Lotus Notes and Domino since 1992. They have surrounded themselves with people who intuitively understand the expression “industrial strength” when it comes to providing and implementing commercial grade custom solutions. Key consultants and developers at Vigilus all have many years experience in building and managing enterprise-critical systems.

For more information please visit www.vigilus.net or email sales@vigilus.net.

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across 60  countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

This new partnership means that i-Seven will develop its future products on IBM Lotus platforms to use SWING Integrator, as opposed to using i-Seven’s own i-Office product.

SWING Integrator is a tool that allows for easy Office integration for Lotus Notes and Domino based solutions. It supports Microsoft Office, Open Office and, soon, Lotus Symphony. You can read more about SWING Integrator at http://www.swingsoftware.com/integrator/

The agreement also means that i-Seven can sell the SWING Software products to the Danish and Swedish markets.

Henrik Hansen, CEO of i-Seven:
“We’re excited about the partnership with SWING Software. Besides being able to resell a product that has become almost de-facto in Office integration, the partnership also enable us to move forward our applications in a more web-centric world.”

David Jakelic, CEO of SWING Software:
“We are delighted that i-Seven has chosen to add SWING Integrator to their advanced collaborative solutions. We feel that both parties will benefit greatly from this partnership.”

About i-Seven

i-Seven is a project-oriented IT company that was established in 2002. Focus is on the business-related needs of our customers as well as their demand for successful implementation of IT projects relating to portals, document-oriented solutions, and process-oriented solutions. For more information, visit http://www.i-seven.com.

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for document integration and collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across 60 countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

April 28, 2008 - SWING Software today announced the release of SWING DocPublisher 4 – policy and procedure management and document publishing software for intranets or the Internet. It enables business users to distribute and maintain internal documentation such as company manuals, training materials, and knowledge bases.

SWING DocPublisher helps organizations ensure compliance with government regulations and industry standards, as well as internal company standards.

For IT professionals, DocPublisher can serve as a web-based library of IT policies and best practices, helping the organization adhere to standards for IT governance such as COBIT, ITIL, and ISO 27001/17799.

Unlike a traditional document library, DocPublisher automatically converts MS Word documents to Web pages. It empowers users to create and update Web content with their familiar authoring tool - Microsoft Word. End-users need only a web browser to easily browse through the library and read published documents, according to their permissions. The entire document life cycle is supported: creation, review, approval, publishing, notifications, expiration, archiving, new revisions, and user feedback.

The new release brings a number of new features and enhancements, including folder and document level permissions, HTML editor (in addition to Word), dynamic navigation tree with “type ahead” search, export view to .csv, new custom properties, workflow guidelines, and other improvements.

SWING Software offers two deployment options for DocPublisher: on-site (standard license, IBM Lotus Domino server required) or on-demand (hosted).

Pricing and Availability

SWING DocPublisher 4 is available today directly from www.swingsoftware.com and from SWING Software’s authorized resellers. Pricing starts at $995 for one server and one publisher license, which includes an unlimited number of readers. License packs and volume discounts are also available.

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across 60  countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

November 29, 2006 - SWING Software announces today the release of SWING Integrator 5 – an Office integration toolkit for Lotus Notes and Domino developers. The new release adds OpenOffice integration with IBM Lotus Notes applications.

SWING Integrator 5 lets Lotus developers integrate MS Office Word and Excel, or OpenOffice Write and Calc to their own Lotus Notes solutions. 1,000s of developers have been using SWING Integrator for:

• Producing highly formatted documents with Notes data
• Carefree in-place editing of attachments (both Notes and Web)
• Updating Notes fields from Office documents (Field Exchange)
• PDF conversion
• Mail merge letters and labels
• Reporting, charting and data analysis
• Advanced document automation

“We have added OpenOffice support in response to strong market demand,” said David Jakelic, CEO of SWING Software. “Now our customers can choose between MS Office and OpenOffice suites for their Lotus Notes collaborative solutions.”

SWING Integrator does not require separate installation. Developers just plug it into their application, and add a single line of code for initialization.

As a result, users benefit from advanced document authoring, formatting, accurate printing, reporting and data analysis. Developers extend their Lotus solutions by adding new Office templates, or enable users to do so.

Open design elements and comprehensive API are provided for easy customization and localization. The look-and-feel can be adjusted or changed to comply with specific application standards.

SWING Integrator fits various usage scenarios, such as purchase approvals, invoicing, sales proposal automation, contract authoring, document libraries, personalized serial letters, and data analysis. For instance, ABB Group uses SWING Integrator for its Financial Planning System, Sigma-Aldrich for a Performance Appraisal System, and Schindler Group for PDF conversion and delivery. These case studies and other customer stories can be found here:
http://www.swingsoftware.com/customers

Pricing and Availability

SWING Integrator 5 is now available directly from SWING Software and its business partners. A 10-user pack costs $750 (USD). Substantial discounts are available on volume purchases, as well as special OEM licenses. An evaluation copy can be requested and downloaded from the company’s website: http://www.swingsoftware.com

About SWING Software

SWING Software delivers document integration and publishing software to over 1,000 organizations worldwide. Its solutions uniquely combine key collaborative platforms and standard document formats, making document production, publishing, and distribution processes more efficient.

The products include: SWING Integrator - an award-winning toolkit for Lotus Notes/Domino developers; SWING InOffice - Office integration for Lotus Notes; SWING DocPublisher - a web-based policy and procedure manager.

SWING Software’s customer base spans small to large organizations in every business sector. Over 100,000 professionals in more than 60 countries use SWING Software products.

For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com

May 9, 2006 - SWING Software today announced the availability of SWING DocPublisher 3 – policy and procedure management software for IBM Lotus Domino. The new release empowers organizations to easily move their documentation online.

With SWING DocPublisher 3 organizations can:

• Publish and maintain Policies and Procedures, and other company manuals, using only a web browser and Microsoft Word.
• Support customers, partners or employees with online FAQs, product information, instructions and training materials.
• Distribute internal documentation for ISO compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, and other regulations and industry standards.
• Create a company intranet, or integrate company manuals into existing one.

SWING DocPublisher supports the entire document life cycle: creation, review, approval, publishing, notifications, expirations, archiving, new revisions, and user feedback. Document authors are allowed to create and update documents with their familiar authoring tool - Microsoft Word. End-users need only a web browser to easily browse through the library and read published documents, according to their permissions.

DocPublisher helps organizations ensure compliance with government regulations and industry standards. It provides cost-effective and timely distribution of critical information across departments and remote locations, ensuring that end users always have current versions at hand.

The key new features include:

• PDF conversion allows users to view, download and print PDF copies of documents and forms. The conversion to PDF is fully integrated into the publishing process, and no additional software is required.
• Search by any property (in addition to full text search).
• Color schemes. Predefined and customizable color schemes which enable users to adjust the look and feel of DocPublisher to match their corporate visual identity.
• Property choices (drop-down list boxes or checkboxes) can be defined by Notes formulas.
• Improved sort for folder-based views. It is now possible to sort (ascending or descending) folder based views by any document property (custom or built-in).
• Improved Select Names Dialog.

Pricing and Availability

SWING DocPublisher 3 is available today directly from www.swingsoftware.com and from SWING Software’s authorized resellers. Pricing starts at $995 for one server and one publisher license, which includes an unlimited number of readers. License packs and volume discounts are also available.

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across 60  countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

December 7, 2005 - SWING Software today announced the availability of SWING DocPublisher 2 – agile content management software for IBM Lotus Domino. The new release improves the way companies organize, distribute and maintain their documentation online.

SWING DocPublisher targets companies that are standardized on Microsoft Office and Lotus Domino. Unlike traditional document libraries, DocPublisher automatically converts Word documents into web content, so no additional skills are required to publish to corporate intranets and websites. Original Word documents are retained for future updates.

“There are many companies that are faced with a dilemma: Office document libraries or pure web content. Now they can have both,” said David Jakelic, CEO of SWING Software. “We believe that SWING DocPublisher will change the way key documentation is published company-wide.”

SWING DocPublisher provides a secure, permissions-based access to documents, convenient in-place draft editing, and version control capabilities. It controls the entire document life cycle: creation, review, approval, publishing, notifications, expirations, archiving, new revisions, and user feedback.

Once the documents are published in a browser-readable format, end users can easily find needed information using only web browsers on any platform. They navigate through the DocPublisher’s library in a familiar way: with an Explorer-like table of contents, search, and cross-referenced topics.

The key new features include:

• Custom categories and properties (metadata), plus custom views. This provides means of classifying and browsing documents in the library according to taxonomies that differ from the one implied by the folder structure.
• Outline promotion. When a Word document is being published, its outline view can be promoted to the navigation frame for easier navigation throughout the document.
• Property promotion. Data exchange between Word document properties and DocPublisher document properties.
• Workflow routing, including email notifications in the edit/review/approval process.
• Document history with audit trail.
• RSS-based subscription to new or updated documents.
• Separate headers/footers for display and print.
• Bulk export. Companies can easily export the entire or any part of their DocPublisher libraries to disk, making the transition from DocPublisher to any other system as easy as possible. As a result, the risk of product lock-in has been removed.
• Usability improvements (Ajax-based).

Pricing and Availability

SWING DocPublisher 2 is available today directly from www.swingsoftware.com and from SWING Software’s authorized resellers. Pricing starts at $995 for one server and one publisher license, which includes an unlimited number of readers. License packs and volume discounts are also available.

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across sixty countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

The SWING Software portfolio is among the first products that have officially validated against new Lotus Domino 7 by IBM. The validation designates that the following products have met the compatibility and integration specifications established by IBM:

• SWING DocPublisher - Web-based company manuals and knowledge bases
  Easily organize, publish, and maintain online documentation, such as policies and procedures, work instructions and knowledge bases. Write in MS Word, read in a web browser, publish to intranets or the Internet.
• SWING Integrator - MS Office integration and document automation toolkit for Lotus Notes/Domino developers
  Integrate your Notes or Domino applications with MS Office and PDF, quickly and easily. Move data to/from Word and Excel producing highly personalized documents, reports, charts, or mailing labels. Conveniently edit and save document attachments. Reuse document templates, rich text fragments and images.
• SWING InOffice - MS Office integration add-on for Lotus Notes
  Merge any Notes data to Word and Excel templates or PDF, without database design changes. Provide business users with custom templates for reports, charts, documents, data analysis, or mail merge.

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across 60 countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.

February 7, 2005 - SWING Software today announced the release of SWING DocPublisher, content publishing software for IBM Lotus Domino. SWING DocPublisher simplifies publishing of Office documents to corporate intranets and websites. It enables business users to distribute and maintain internal documentation, such as policies and procedures manuals, training materials, and knowledge bases.

“In about ten minutes, non-technical professionals can become productive with SWING DocPublisher. Document authors can use Microsoft Word, so no knowledge of HTML is required to publish to the web,” said David Jakelic, CEO of SWING Software. “Other users need only a web browser to be able to read, search, and navigate through published documentation in a familiar way: just like with e-Books or Windows Help. This assures quick adoption throughout an organization.”

SWING DocPublisher is an out-of-the box solution which does not require training and implementation costs. It leverages existing MS Word documents, publishes them as web content, and retains them in the original format for effortless updating. Examples of its usage include:

• At departmental level - Training materials, best practices, call center scripts, project documentation, safety manuals.
• Company wide - Standard operating policies and procedures (SOP), business continuity and disaster recovery plans, employee handbooks, job descriptions, quality manuals.
• On the Internet - Document libraries that are available to partners and customers, such as product specifications, frequently asked questions and knowledge bases.

The key features and benefits include:

• Online document library for MS Word documents. Library features include version control, user permissions, document locking, convenient in-place draft editing, review and approval.
• Instant online publishing. Automatically converts Word documents to browser-viewable content.
• Enables non-technical users to publish and update information online.
• Easy book-style navigation and search through online documentation.
• Enforces document consistency by using document templates.
• Online documentation can include additional files (e.g. video, sound, spreadsheets) in their native formats.
• Email notifications, periodic reviews and document expiration are features which ensure that the documentation is easily distributed and is always current.
• Collects users’ feedback so the organization can continuously improve its policies and procedures.

Pricing and Availability

SWING DocPublisher is available today directly from www.swingsoftware.com and from SWING Software’s authorized resellers. Pricing starts at $995 for one server and one publisher license, which includes an unlimited number of readers. License packs and volume discounts are also available.

About SWING Software

SWING Software develops and markets award-winning software for collaborative document management. Its market leading products for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Office systems are helping companies across sixty countries worldwide make their document production, publishing and distribution processes more efficient. For more information, visit http://www.swingsoftware.com.