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WORKSHARE PROFESSIONAL DELIVERS SINGLE MASTER TRACKING AND SECURE DOCUMENT EXCHANGE FOR MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

SharePoint Integration Option Drives Usage of Document Management with Office 2003

Orlando, Florida—Microsoft Tech Ed Conference—June 6, 2005— Workshare, the leading provider of document integrity solutions, today introduced integration between Workshare Professional 4.0 and Microsoft’s SharePoint Products and Technologies, guaranteeing single master tracking and enabling the secure sharing of documents inside and outside of the perimeter.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 enable users to easily create, manage and build their own collaborative workspaces and make them available throughout and beyond the organization. However, this additional channel of document distribution adds to the growing risks around document security, accuracy and compliance.

Workshare Professional 4’s SharePoint Integration Option is the only solution available that can ensure users are working off the correct master document, eliminating the errors and confusion resulting from multiple “masters” residing in multiple repositories.

“Guaranteeing users are working off the master document, whether online or even offline, is critical,” said Teresa Grote, CIO at Dinsmore & Shohl. “This issue can be a key hurdle to widespread adoption of SharePoint. Workshare Professional 4 uniquely identifies the master document from any filestore, whether emailed or posted to a portal, preventing many potential mishaps.  It’s a key piece of the puzzle to maintaining accurate and efficient document management with Exchange and SharePoint in the mix.”

In addition, only Workshare Professional 4’s SharePoint Integration Option enables secure document exchange inside and outside of the perimeter by enforcing document security policies, removing potentially damaging confidential information and providing an always-on audit of important document processes and events.

“Workshare, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is helping Microsoft users migrate to SharePoint Products and Technologies to make collaboration on documents more efficient and secure,” said Norm Thomas, Director for Professional Services Industry Solutions at Microsoft Corp. “By extending SharePoint Products and Technologies to link with email and content repositories, Workshare provides powerful master tracking and audit capability for every document channel, making document creation and collaboration more accurate, compliant and secure.”

Key Features and Benefits of the Workshare SharePoint Integration Option:
Workshare Professional 4’s SharePoint Integration Option integrates with Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003, ensuring document integrity by providing:

  • Single Master Tracking. Ensures that users are always working on the correct version, regardless if the single master is in a document management system, network file store or local copy.
  • Secure Document Exchange. Securely extends SharePoint Products and Technologies inside and outside of the perimeter by enforcing company policies for managing external document distribution and hidden data.
  • Accurate Review. Accurately captures all changes from all reviewers, regardless of whether they are made via email or SharePoint Products and Technologies.
  • Audit Visibility. Captures complete document history and runs powerful reports on document’s send, review and change activity.

“We needed a cost effective way to provide secure and compliant document production for the entire firm,” said Geoff Rhodes, IT director, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. “Workshare Professional and its integration with Microsoft SharePoint is a collaborative and safe solution to assemble, review and verify our documents throughout their entire active lifecycle.”

Pricing and Availability
The Workshare Professional 4 SharePoint Integration Option is available immediately. For current Workshare Professional 4 users, it is US $50 per seat for a perpetual license with volume discounts. Term licenses are also available. The SharePoint Integration Option can be purchased from Workshare Integrity Partners worldwide, including value-added resellers and major account resellers.

About Workshare
Workshare is the industry leading provider of Document Integrity software applications for professionals. Its products include Workshare Professional, DeltaView, DeltaView PE, Protect and TRACE! Workshare’s customer base spans small to large organizations in every industry segment with more than 50 percent of the Fortune 1000 and 85 percent of the ProServices 250. In total, more than 5,000 companies and over 750,000 professionals in 60 countries use Workshare software. The company has offices in London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Frankfurt, The Hague, Hong Kong and Sydney. Workshare is the sponsor of www.metadatarisk.org, the definitive source for content security. For more information, visit www.workshare.com.