FatWire ECM offering bulks up

FatWire Software has unveiled a new version of its flagship software, Content Server 5.5, which features DocLink, a new product said to provide a simple interface for managing documents and digital assets, as well as significant enhancements in the areas of workflow, template creation and platform support.

DocLink reportedly gives business users a transparent interface for working with documents and digital assets, making it easy for even infrequent content contributors to participate in content management processes. DocLink is an extension to Windows Explorer that displays the Content Server hierarchy as folders within the familiar Windows Explorer interface.

FatWire says users can add and update documents by dragging and dropping them between their local desktop folders and Content Server folders. Metadata can be added by prompting the user or by inheriting from parent nodes in the Content Server hierarchy. DocLink automatically invokes workflow processes, performs transformations and utilizes all the underlying content services.

The new version of Content Server enables customers to greatly reduce site deployment time by allowing designers and developers to create and edit templates with Macromedia Dreamweaver. Site designers can compose templates from page blocks, and select and format asset attributes for display. For developers, Dreamweaver provides support for auto-completion of Content Server tags and insertion of tags using custom dialogs, says FatWire.

Content Server's workflow capabilities have been further enhanced to simplify work processes that involve multiple content assets and span multiple sites. Users can now take actions on workflow groups. Users across multiple sites can participate in a workflow process to facilitate the management of content that is shared across those sites.

Content Server 5.5 supports the IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic and Sun Microsystems SunOne platforms.