Usage Scenarios 

The docBlock Ascend enables key enterprise content management (ECM) usage scenarios in both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 by removing the requirement of opening an entire document to use any part of the document. Black Blade Associates’ docBlock Ascend removes this restriction on SharePoint document management through its innovative virtual document implementation and allows SharePoint to compete much more favorably with high-end document management systems, such as EMC’s Documentum.

Team-based document authoring

 

Document authoring with external users

docBlock Ascend allows content managers to speed up document completion by scaling out the team size, and allowing the team members to work on their document concurrently. Read more...
 

 

docBlock Ascend addresses several challenges particularly problematic to teams with user from within and outside of the organization, such as lack of coordination among external authors, multiple authoring applications, and lack of consistent bandwidth or access to SharePoint. Read more...
 

Geographically distributed document authoring  

Sensitive document authoring

docBlock Ascend allows organizations to effectively implement geographically distributed document authoring using two commonly desired approaches: a central SharePoint farm topology, and a multiple regional SharePoint farms topology. Read more...
 

 

Authoring sensitive documents can be very difficult for organizations to implement due to the requirements for dedicated resources authorized to work with sensitive information, different publishing or content approval process for sensitive documents, or separate storage location or authoring applications for sensitive documents. Read more...
  

Combined automated and human document authoring

 

docBlock Ascend makes systems that support both human and computer system document authors practical by simplifying the interaction between the human and computer authors. The docBlock Ascend enables complete document life cycle and eliminates the risk of either human or computer system authors overwriting each other's changes. Read more...
 

   


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.

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.