Overview

docBlock Ascend’s virtual and compound document capabilities extend the advances SharePoint Server 2007 and 2010 have made in document management. docBlock Ascend’s multi-file documents allows your organization to finally implement scalable, granular, and auditable document management processes on the SharePoint platform. docBlock Ascend enables exciting new document management usage scenarios in SharePoint such as:

Team-based document authoring (controlled concurrent authoring)

Document authoring with external users

Brand management

Compliance reporting

… and many more

You can now take advantage of unique applications that incorporate docBlock Ascend’s advanced usage scenarios. These applications provide a great way to speed up the adoption of advanced document management into existing business needs:

Proposal Builder – Lets the entire team work on the proposal together with concurrent authoring, integrated, task management, centrally managed and customizable content, reusable templates, versioning, and content approval. Support for partners, vendors, and sub-contractors.

Aggregated Asset Management – Extends digital asset management with tools needed to group digital assets into work products (aggregated assets). Attain a high degree of asset cost savings by reusing the same asset in multiple aggregated assets. Integrated approval workflow, task management, and version auditing ensures the integrity of each aggregated asset.

Brief Builder – Allows users to easily incorporate content from multiple departments or organizations into briefing slide presentations. Reusable content, partitioned workspaces, and granular security ensures that each department only alters their part of the presentation. , Integrated task management and version auditing ensures that all presentation content is ready on-time for the next status brief.

… and many more

Contact a Black Blade specialist to assess whether docBlock Ascend will be a good fit for your organization and get answers to common questions such as:

How are docBlock multi-file documents different from other document types?

How do SharePoint 2010 document sets compare with docBlock Ascend multi-file documents?

How does docBlock Ascend controlled concurrent authoring differ from Microsoft Word co-authoring?

How does document management differ from document collaboration

Will docBlock Ascend work with SharePoint 2007?

Download the Enhancing SharePoint Document Management with Virtual Documents black paper (registration required). The black paper discusses several key document management usage scenarios enabled through docBlock Ascend's virtual document enhancements to the SharePoint platform.

Ready to bring the power of docBlock Ascend to your document management experience? Get pricing and a no-obligation quote today.

For more information on the docBlock Ascend, please download the docBlock Ascend product brochure or contact sales@blackbladeinc.com / +1-703-260-1111. See the docBlock Ascend in action by scheduling a live web demo, or attend a public webinar, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm EST.