First Trace Delivers SP2 for Kinnosa Enterprise Document Management

By DE Editors

First Trace, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Enterprise Document Management (EDM), which is powered by Kinnosa. This release contains system enhancements and fixes for expanded solution performance. SP2 includes seamless integration and support for AutoCAD 2008 and SolidWorks 2008, providing comprehensive document management and process management capabilities with these complex CAD tools.

Advanced Windows Extension Service permits Enterprise Document Management features and functionality to incorporate into users Windows Desktop and Microsoft Office programs as well as OpenOffice. File search functionality has also been enriched to improve the user experience.

Kinnosa customers can easily install this new service pack to upgrade from previous software versions.

Enterprise Document Management, powered by Kinnosa, is a traceable, transparent, and distributed application built upon open standards, with an open data repository. Kinnosa organizes data into a “virtual repository” rather than a centralized data vault, allowing users to manage and search information scattered across a distributed environment as if it was stored locally.

Users can now easily execute simple and very advanced wild card searches across distributed workspaces and repositories for a rapid response. Search result windows can display additional document properties such as version number, author, document status, related parts, modification history and any other pre-defined or custom properties the user selects to make identification quick and easy.

Moving files from one repository, directory, or folder to another can be an extremely time consuming and labor intensive process during new product roll outs. A document loading utility has been included in SP2 to allow Kinnosa to smoothly transition large volumes of data from existing systems, like eChange and PDMWorks, into Kinnosa, helping to speed implementation while reducing installation and deployment costs.

For more information about Kinnosa or SP2, please visit First Trace, Inc.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.