vjoonity 2019: New DAM from vjoon and K4 Version 10

December 10, 2019

  • vjoon seven: State-of-the-art DAM platform presented for the first time
  • vjoon K4 version 10: New Content Editor and WordPress module
  • Practical experience: Exclusive insights from Adobe and integration partners

In November, international publishing and marketing experts met at vjoonity in New York and Hamburg to discuss current developments at vjoon and gain further insight into the company‘s product strategy. Andreas Schrader, CEO of vjoon, opened the conference with a keynote speech entitled “Time to Re-Invent”, covering the company‘s 30th anniversary, the 20th anniversary of K4 and InDesign, the founding of the US-based integrator, vjoon Inc., and the company‘s current transformation into a multi-product company.

Immediately after the introduction, Andreas Schrader presented a live demo of the all-new vjoon seven, a highly scalable, API-first platform for managing all types of assets. The next version of vjoon K4 was also presented in a live demo and scored particularly well with innovations for content first strategies and publishing via WordPress. The agenda was rounded off by exciting presentations and practical reports from Adobe and vjoon integration partners, which focused on topics such as user experience and the cloud.

vjoon seven: Highly scalable and state-of-the-art DAM platform

As well as a complementary product to K4, in addition to being a standalone product and independent application stack, vjoon will offer seven as a platform for the central management of assets. vjoon seven manages content using sophisticated metadata management that takes all current standards into account. Assets can also be assigned to specific users for editing, and the workflow can be controlled via an asset status. vjoon seven also has a lot to offer in the area of connectivity. Adobe InDesign, InDesign Server, InCopy, and Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are already integrated, and users can work with familiar applications directly from within seven. Easily configurable rights management controls access and protects sensitive data or even entire areas. vjoon seven is a highly scalable, multi-tenant platform and can therefore be used ideally across all business organizations, including publishers, agencies, and all corporate markets.

vjoon seven and K4 are already deeply integrated and update each other. All content from seven, including metadata, can be used in production with K4. Rights of use are controlled directly from seven. In addition, vjoon seven can be used as a digital archive with the possibility of repurposing after the production of various publications.

“K4 customers in particular benefit from our new DAM platform because the integration with vjoon K4 is unique and extremely efficient,” says Andreas Schrader. “Managing and exchanging assets between a DAM and vjoon K4 has never been easier”.

The stringent API-First principle in vjoon seven affords that such a broad range of extensions is available right from the start. Via a REST API, all functions of the platform can be accessed and their functionality greatly expanded and adapted to individual requirements. The platform provides decisive advantages to users, including that on one hand, they’re able to compress their schedule of time to market for new applications and functions, while on the other hand, they’re able to integrate seven within their already existing system stack.

vjoon K4 Version 10: New Content Editor and WordPress integration

The latest K4 version also scored several highlights. For example, the compatibility of K4 with the latest versions of InDesign, InCopy and InDesign Server was announced at the beginning of November in New York, almost simultaneously with its presentation at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles.

The new Content Editor and the integration with WordPress offered major highlights of the new version. The Content Editor in the browser is perfectly aligned for Content-First and WordPress content, and also offers optimizations in the collaboration of teams. Users now also benefit from track changes and comment functions in the digital channels. In collaboration with WordPress, users can expect a real preview of their online content rendered by WordPress. The new K4 WordPress integration is offered via the WordPress plugins module, allowing vjoon to maintain and update the module independent of K4. This distribution will allow customers to streamline their WordPress maintenance, saving time and money, while allowing vjoon to offer agile updates to the Web CMS integration.

Practical experience: Exclusive insights from Adobe and integration partners

Various exciting presentations rounded out the extensive program of vjoonity. Ingo Eichel from Adobe EMEA presented the latest developments in design and experience business. vjoon integration partners SNAP Innovation from Hamburg and Flux Consulting from New York presented various customer projects in which vjoon K4 is operated in the cloud under AWS. Joe Bachana from DPCI in New York provided deep insight into the introduction of the K4 system at “The Florida Bar”, where deployment via the cloud-based Microsoft Azure was employed. Detailed information on this customer project can be found in our blog.

Closing get-together: Pleased guests and exciting conversations

Whether in New York or Hamburg, guests and the vjoon team concluded the conferences in a comfortable atmosphere, with relaxed conversations, drinks, and delicious hors d-oeuvres. Guests were able to take along many new ideas and inspiration for their business – and the feedback of the guests to the vjoon team also offered several different starting points and proven-successful strategies across the customer base.

Carsten Althaber

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vjoon goes America

May 23, 2019

  • vjoon announces the foundation of vjoon Inc.
  • The new company represents vjoon in the Americas
  • vjoon Inc. will offer consulting, sales, and professional services for vjoon K4 in the USA and Canada

vjoon GmbH, one of the leading developers of software solutions for the management of digital content, today announced the foundation of vjoon Inc. – The new company represents vjoon in The Americas and, in addition to the existing integration partner network, will also offer consulting, sales, and professional services for vjoon K4 in the USA and Canada effective immediately.

The new company’s team has decades of experience and expertise in customer support and project management. Customers and prospects will receive first-class service and even closer contact with the company. This will also ensure that vjoon reacts in a more agile manner to ever-changing market conditions while driving innovation even faster.

“By founding vjoon Inc., we are strengthening our focus on customer satisfaction while planning further expansion in the American market,” says Andreas Schrader, CEO of vjoon GmbH in Germany. “vjoon Inc. is a one-stop-shop for customers looking for products and services from a single source.”

“vjoon has been driving technological development in publishing for close to 30 years and is now among this market’s one of the most successful software developers in the world. I’m excited to offer such experience and reliability directly to our numerous American customers,” says David Rheault, Business Development Manager at vjoon in North America.

Many American customers have relied on vjoon K4 for years – including AARP, Condé Nast International, Dow Jones, Highlights for Children, McGraw-Hill Education, National Geographic, Playboy Enterprises, Rolling Stone Magazine, RSNA, Smithsonian Enterprises, The New York Times, TVA Publications, Walch Education and many more.

Carsten Althaber

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vjoon K4 Version 9: Ready for Adobe CC 2019 and featuring an enhanced K4 Content Portal

December 6, 2018

  • New client for content-first strategies: Content Editor
  • Optimized UI and fine-tuned details: Web Editor
  • A central client for all approvals: Approval Manager

Just weeks after Adobe unveiled the latest version of Creative Cloud at the Los Angeles Adobe MAX conference, vjoon K4 version 9 is ready for Adobe CC 2019. One of the first publishing systems to support Adobe CC 2019, version 9 also offers optimized clients in the updated K4 Content Portal, alongside a host of other technical enhancements. It is now available worldwide from the vjoon partner network.

The revamped K4 Content Portal’s three plug-ins, Content Editor, Web Editor and Approval Manager, provide precision-tailored clients to suit content writers, editors and decision-makers’ needs. Content Editor integrates CKEditor 5 to provide an up-to-date user experience that supports content-first strategies. The revamped Web Editor comes with a UI makeover and several technical touchups. Approval Manager is the go-to hub for all kinds of approvals. All three plug-ins now incorporate File Manager functionality.

Other technical upgrades include support for Java version 11. Imaging tools and the like may now be launched right out of External Task Dispatcher for an even faster and more elegant way of accessing third-party applications.

Content Editor: The new client for content-first strategies

Capturing and editing content-first stories is an exercise in convenience with this Content Editor. Its new interface treats users to an unprecedented experience. Instead of using a central toolbar with many control elements as before, paragraph and character formats, for example, can be edited directly on the text object. For the user, intuitive, context-dependent control elements are provided directly on the text.

Another new feature comes in very handy: Users can adapt the Content Editor view via Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) so that the content appears in the publication’s designated look and feel. They can adjust the format, font and font size, number of columns, and the color of text passages using CSS to adopt the publication’s unique style in a responsive way.

Web Editor: Optimized UI and fine-tuned details

With the facelift, the Web Editor has been optically streamlined and now has a lighter user interface. In addition, detailed improvements have been made and sources of error reduced. These include, for example, numerous improvements in so-called Precomposed Characters and special characters.

Approval Manager: The client hub for all approvals

Designers simplified and streamlined the Approval Manager by merging its two components and their functions into one client. Decision-making is more intuitive now. One click is all it takes for an editor to give a thumbs-up to layouts and contents that meet specifications – or a thumbs-down to those that do not. Approval Manager is the go-to hub for approving layouts and articles. This productivity-booster makes working life a lot easier for people who coordinate and monitor layouts and content across departmental or company boundaries. It accelerates approvals and fast-tracks feedback to save time and money.

vjoon K4 version 9 R1 is available now from official vjoon integration partners.

Carsten Althaber

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vjoon supports ACS to implement its workflow

June 26, 2018

  • Increase of efficiency by vjoon K4 upgrade and additional tools
  • Flexibility through XML Exporter
  • Different server systems and databases

The American Chemical Society (ACS), established in 1876, is a leading provider of chemical and scientific information to its member base of over 150,000 subscribers.

When the ACS looked to upgrade its content presentation across all media – print, web, and mobile – upgrading vjoon K4 played a significant role in the success of the project. Their member benefits magazine, “Chemical & Engineering News” (C&EN) distributed to a subscriber base, evaluated a number of alternative print and digital options. None of the alternatives were able to offer the benefits of vjoon K4 – ease-of-use, flexible workflows, and the ability to integrate with their existing platforms. The ACS decided that in addition to upgrading the vjoon K4 system, taking advantage of some of the newly introduced tools and modules that vjoon K4 offers would help to add efficiencies to their delivery of content destined for print or web – or both.

Print content is generally delivered to the online platform following the print run, however, using vjoon K4’s XML Exporter tool and refined content transforms, vjoon K4 is now used for posting web-exclusive content, print content the staff wishes to publish prior to the print run, as well as the update of its weekly print content from C&EN.

C&EN uses a vast network of remote writers and editors, so the upgraded solution had to account for the staff in Washington DC as well as home-based users across the United States. Deciding to move from a Microsoft Word-based workflow to Adobe InCopy and vjoon K4 has helped by both standardizing the content, as well as streamlining the workflow as the production editors and graphic designers place content on Adobe InDesign pages. Using Adobe InCopy with standardized templates has furthered the ease of delivery of XML to the web content platform.

Since the design starts in vjoon K4, once text is placed on the page, vjoon K4 allows both designer and editor to collaborate simultaneously. The writers and editors – or any other users with the appropriate permissions – are able to add images and related content to the article for the designer and approvers to review.

“We had already upgraded our web content management platform (WCM) to Adobe’s AEM, so we were focused on how we could prioritize a ‘digital first’ workflow without sacrificing any of the efficiencies we’d been using vjoon K4 for,” said Kim Bryson, C&EN’s Director of Operations. “Along with the upgrade, we decided to use vjoon K4 to tag content and organize metadata, allowing us to export clean XML, producing more accurate content – with fewer staff in less time. We’re able to get breaking stories on the website faster than ever.”

In addition to the production efficiencies, Bryson noted how the collaborative nature of vjoon K4 allows their staff to work together, no matter where they work. “vjoon K4 helps our staff, who are located all over the U.S. and the world, to stay connected and on task with an accurate picture of the status of story production.”

vjoon K4 demonstrates its flexibility with XML and Open Architecture

The American Chemical Society uses vjoon K4 to publish its content to several sources – increasing its revenue stream on existing content. While much of the C&EN content is produced primarily for its member-benefits magazine, there are countless articles that are converted to XML to be monetized on its journal platform as well.

“We needed a solution that would allow us to repurpose our C&EN content on other platforms, making
that content available in a form that our other platforms and media could easily bring into their systems”,
noted Amanda Yarnell,  Editorial Director. “When we upgraded vjoon K4 and started leveraging vjoon K4’s XML Exporter, we were able to provide our writers easy to use InCopy templates, and that helps us easily transform our content through XSLT with the requirements of all our platforms in mind.”

vjoon K4 database architecture and OS support have helped ACS IT staff comply with company requirements and directives. vjoon K4 supports all the major platforms – Windows, Mac, and Linux – and all major databases – MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle.

John Blanchard, Director of Global Publishing Services at ACS, noted vjoon K4’s open support of SQL databases has been a major factor in the ACS’s adoption and retention of vjoon K4. “The ACS runs a lot of Linux servers where we can, but we often run MS SQL Server to take advantage of our expertise with Microsoft Enterprise products. In addition to that and other priorities, vjoon K4 fits well within our Enterprise Architecture.”

ACS will be at the Association Media & Publishing Event in Washington, D.C. from 25th to 27th June 2018 with exciting guest contributions and speeches.

Carsten Althaber

Director of Marketing Corporate Communications
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Carsten Althaber

Director of Marketing Corporate Communications
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vjoon K4 Version 8 supports Adobe CC 2018, features two new modules

April 10, 2018

  • Enhanced user experience with Java-less browser access: K4 KickOff
  • Import articles automatically: K4 Drop Folders Advanced
  • Speed up jobs: Batch Start Workflow

Now in its eighth generation, the latest version of vjoon K4 supports Adobe CC 2018 and features two new modules. Many details have been refined to streamline tasks and simplify working life. Version 8 is now available worldwide across vjoon’s global partner network.

One of the two new modules is called K4 KickOff. Browser- and technology-agnostic, it conveniently connects various vjoon K4 modules and third-party solutions by way of a central client. The second new module, K4 Drop Folders Advanced, makes it so much easier to import articles, for example, from a Web CMS or Word documents. And a new function named Batch Start Workflow expedites multi-object workflows.

Following in the footsteps of the popular vjoon Overset Manager and vjoon Notes Manager plug-ins, the entire publishing platform supports Adobe CC 2018 with Version 8. These two small yet very effective plug-ins help authors and editors write text to fit, easily spot overset, and quickly navigate through notes. Both plug-ins are available as free 30-day trial versions.

Enhanced UX: K4 KickOff

Featuring a state-of-the-art UI, K4 KickOff is the new dashboard for everyone tasked to work on content. It treats writers, editors, project managers, and the head of production to an unprecedented user experience. Remarkably easy to handle, K4 KickOff frees publishing staff of many of the constraints imposed by technologies at the user level.

Browsers are getting increasingly restrictive and technology-dependent. Some no longer support Java. IT departments have to remain vigilant, constantly checking and updating users’ browsers and all their many extensions. The new vjoon K4 client connects the K4 Overview, K4 Web Editor, K4 File Manager and K4 Admin modules to a central hub, regardless of what browser happens to be running on the computer and without having to enable Java in the browser. It also accommodates third-party solutions such as JournalDesigner and Timone page planning systems, or email clients.

K4 KickOff readily adapts to the customer’s requirements. Icons, titles, and descriptions may be replaced and the startup configuration can be set up as the user sees fit when the client launches.

K4 Drop Folders Advanced to import articles from Web CMS

The new K4 Drop Folders Advanced module automates the routine for importing articles. It converts text-based file formats such as .doc, .docx and .txt into HTML or ICML on the fly during the upload. The company does not have to have a dedicated Adobe InDesign server on hand to do this. Once this automated routine imports files in HTML format from web content management systems, for example, they are processed further in HTML mode, but may also be converted to ICML. Either way, the integrated customizable wrapper assigns objects, uniform structures, and formats to provide the perfect package for downstream editing.

This straightforward yet efficient way of connecting a Web CMS to vjoon K4 affords users some very convenient options. They can automatically port articles that were drafted in programs such as WordPress and Drupal to vjoon K4, add styles as they see fit, and edit content that much faster.

Batch Start Workflow to expedite tasks

The new Batch Start Workflow feature accelerates the workflow for multiple objects in a layout. One command is all it takes to launch a workflow for all selected objects; say, multiple images in a layout. This streamlines and speeds up routine tasks to lighten the workload.

vjoon K4 Version 8 R1 is available now from official vjoon integration partners.

Carsten Althaber

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New vjoon K4 Version, integrated with Twixl Publisher

March 23, 2017

  • Premium-quality mobile apps thanks to vjoon K4’s integration with Twixl Publisher
  • Secure login: Single sign-on for the entire platform
  • Amazon Cloud Access: New data centers, higher performance

vjoon GmbH today presented Version 7 R3 of its multichannel publishing platform vjoon K4®. This latest release is integrated with Twixl Publisher to enable content marketers and publishers to edit and publish all their content in one professional, highly automated ecosystem centered on vjoon K4. With the benefit of single sign-on, users can log in to the system and automatically access all vjoon K4 modules with just one strong password. This version also makes it easier to connect with new Amazon data centers, which in turn facilitates vjoon K4 data management in the cloud. Customers are free to choose the data center that best suits their needs at any time to fully enjoy the higher performance that comes with improved cloud services.

High-quality mobile apps for Twixl Publisher

Readers want premium-quality content. They don’t like to comprise simply because it is delivered to a smartphone or tablet. And they want their reading material to be enriched with videos, galleries, and other interactive features. Compelling visuals and high-resolution images are expected on every device. vjoon K4 helps streamline and automate content publishing without adversely affecting the quality of the presentation. Its lean publishing capabilities allow content marketers and publishers to port their designed content via Twixl Publisher to mobile apps ― quickly, easily, in rich detail, and in the proper resolution. What’s more, vjoon K4 paired with the Twixl solution can make the publishing process even more robust and reliable. For example, the user could opt to integrate Extensis® Universal Type Server® to add powerful font management capability to the toolset.

Holger Kraemer, Director of Business Development at vjoon, comments: “Readers of mobile devices demand high-quality content. With Twixl on board, publishers and marketers can easily port this kind of content from vjoon K4 into a mobile app ― quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.”

Secure login with SSO

Users seeking even more convenient access to vjoon K4 multichannel publishing platform may enable single sign-on for the various vjoon K4 modules. With SSO, one authentication per session with the password and name is all it takes to access all resources. vjoon K4 takes care of the rest with an encrypted login performed in the background on a central server. K4 Overview, K4 Approval Manager, and any other module configured in the system may then be launched without having to log in again. Using a single strong password rather than several weak passwords saves time and enhances overall security.

Higher performance with new cloud data centers

This version of vjoon K4 also optimizes data management in the Amazon Cloud. A key advantage of this cloud service is that Amazon is constantly adding new data centers, especially in hubs of commerce and industry, to meet growing demand for cloud services, cut latency and boost performance. With vjoon Storage Engine and Amazon S3, customers can access the data center that best suits their needs whenever they wish. With this new release, it is even easier to react on Amazon’s growing network of data centers to enjoy even better performance in the cloud.

vjoon K4 Version 7 R3 is available now from official vjoon integration partners.

Carsten Althaber

Director of Marketing Corporate Communications
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Carsten Althaber

Director of Marketing Corporate Communications
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vjoon K4 version 12 R5: Even more security for customers

January 20, 2022 

  • Adobe Creative Cloud 2022: More creativity. More security.
  • Java 17 and Apple M1: Cutting-edge technology.
  • vjoon seven: Enhanced integration with K4

vjoon, one of the world’s leading developers of industry-independent digital content management solutions, today announced vjoon K4 version 12 R5. The new release optimizes important criteria in terms of security, technologies used and compatibility.

vjoon K4 version 12 R5 is available immediately via your respective integration partner.

Adobe Creative Cloud 2022: More creativity. More security.

One of the most important new features is support for Adobe Creative Cloud 2022, enabling customers to bring their creative ideas and team workflows to life based on the latest versions of InCopy, InDesign, and InDesign Server. At the same time, vjoon thus meets the high security demands of its customers, as the latest Adobe updates for Creative Cloud 2022 and 2021 have, among other things, closed critical and important security gaps.

Java 17 and Apple M1: Cutting-edge technology

Other enhancements include support for Java version 17 and the Apple M1 processor – Apple’s first Arm-based system-on-a-chip for its Mac computers. Java 17 is the next release with Long-term Support (LTS) after Java 11. LTS versions are attractive in environments that change infrequently and are therefore used by some of our customers. Among many other features, native support for macOS has been improved. Furthermore, according to Apple, the M1 delivers significant performance gains while consuming less energy.

“Thanks to our agile processes within the company, we can react very quickly to relevant security criteria and a rapidly evolving technological environment,” said Christian H. Hollstein, K4 Product Owner and Senior Product Manager at vjoon. “By extending the smart connection between K4 and seven, we are also simultaneously meeting our customers’ demand for a modern integration between a DAM and a publishing system.”

vjoon seven: Enhanced integration with K4

With the new release of K4, seven 3 R2, which was only released last December, also receives maximum support. The steadily growing range of functions in the Digital Archive in particular represents a major benefit for customers. One new feature, for example, is a view that collates the entire content of an issue or project. Assets provide information about their relationship to each other as well as their respective affiliation to brands, projects and teams (or K4 publications, issues, departments). Another important feature of the Digital Archive is that archived assets are protected against subsequent editing and are therefore audit-proof.

The powerful interaction between seven and K4 is now completed by the convenient InDesign command “Reveal in ...”. “Reveal in seven” displays the linked assets directly in seven. In this way, users can check or change related information and the file in seven. With “Edit Original”, Linked Assets can be opened in the appropriate application for editing, for example images with Photoshop or graphics with Illustrator. seven automatically ensures that the files are versioned and saved in the right place when they are closed. As of seven version 3 R2, Edit Original is also possible in batch.

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vjoon K4’s new approval management: Go or no-go with a quick click

November 6, 2016 

  • Speed up promotional materials production and content marketing projects
  • Approve layouts and their contents via a browser client
  • Automate the use of template components

vjoon GmbH today released Version 7 of its cross-media publishing platform vjoon K4®. Featuring two new browser-based approval management modules, it affords brands, agencies and publishers the opportunity to produce content in a remarkably intuitive way. Version 7 also offers an added measure of convenience when working with templates. Now automated routines can extract frequently reused content such as corporate design elements or even the structure of entire articles out of the template and embed this content in the workflow.

Simplified decision-making, faster feedback with approval management

Decisions have to be made at key junctures in publishing workflows, for example, to grant approvals at short notice or make minor corrections. In many enterprises, such decisions are often made by people who otherwise rarely work with the publishing system. K4 Approval Manager and K4 Web Editor ICML Advanced were developed specifically to expedite this process. These modules enable executives, marketing directors, purchasers, and the like to review layouts and content to determine if they meet specifications and their expectations. They can make their verdict known in a flash—a simple mouse-click is all it takes to give their go or no-go. This makes it so much easier to coordinate with agencies and service providers and handle content across departmental and company lines. It accelerates approvals and gets feedback that much faster, thereby saving time and cutting costs.

K4 Approval Manager enables designated decision-makers to approve individual layouts and even entire layout sequences using an intuitive, browser-based interface. K4 Web Editor ICML Advanced adds another layer of simplified approval management on top of K4 Approval Manager. This separate and independent entity was designed specifically for approving individual text objects and images. However, the two modules interact. For example, a product manager can update prices and edit descriptions in K4 Web Editor ICML Advanced and then request approval from the given line manager, who then receives an email with a clickable URL that automatically opens this layout in the browser-based K4 Approval Manager. The line manager can view the entire layout at a glance and make the decision without further ado.

“Marketing and product managers often have to make quick decisions to determine if their promotional and marketing materials comply with specifications and contain the right product information, pictures, or prices,” says vjoon GmbH CEO Andreas Schrader. “With the new approval management in vjoon K4, they can get the picture at a moment’s notice and make that decision with a single click.”

Lightening the workload with the automated use of template elements

Maintaining a consistent look and complying with the given corporate design rules across all media is imperative for every brand. This is why enterprises frequently reuse logos, images, and even entire layout grids in printed publications and digital channels, especially for public relations and promotional purposes. For example, if an agency wishes to format an offer to match its corporate style guide, it can simply launch the workflow with a stored template. This also triggers the appropriate workflows for recurring objects such as logos, dummy texts and sample images. Links to recurring objects are retained. All this takes place automatically to lighten the day-to-day workload and save considerable time. Users enjoy the same benefits for all recurring sections of financial reports, employee newspapers and any business collateral that provides information on products.

The latest version of vjoon K4 is available now.

Carsten Althaber

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vjoon signs DPCI as an integration partner in the U.S. market

April 26, 2016 

Veteran content technology companies deepen strategic ties to offer superior multichannel content technology integrations for publishers and content marketing firms throughout the United States.

vjoon, a leading developer of software solutions for managing digital content and the maker of vjoon K4®, has signed DPCI as a direct integration partner in the U.S. market. DPCI is a veteran multichannel technology integration firm with 17 years of broad experience connecting print and digital workflows to organizations’ content management platforms.

New and existing vjoon customers throughout the United States will be able to leverage DPCI’s broad experience in integrating vjoon K4 with other innovative solutions such as Drupal content management system, Entermedia digital asset management system, Adobe AEM Mobile, Adobe InDesign Server, and other state-of-the-art multichannel technologies.

“In the past year, vjoon asked to step up our relationship so that we could offer a more strategic technical partnership, given our expertise in interrelated content technologies,” states DPCI President and Founder, Joe Bachana. “We had been working with vjoon K4 for nearly a decade, so this is a good fit for the portfolio of technologies that we offer.”

With this partnership, vjoon continues to expand its global network of highly qualified industry experts for integration and services. vjoon K4 facilitates secure and efficient collaboration, highly automated workflows, an easy-to-handle administration and delivery of content to any channel. vjoon maintains an impressive list of famous American publishers such as American Lawyer Media, Bloomberg, Condé Nast, McGraw-Hill Education, ESPN, National Geographic, Rodale, The New York Times, Wenner Media and many more. Some of them, as for example The Daily Racing Form and the United Federation of Teachers, already benefit from DPCI’s extensive expertise in integrating Drupal with vjoon K4 to manage website content.

“Our strategy is to further enhance our global network with selected partners that add special capabilities,” said Andreas Schrader, CEO of vjoon. “With its broad expertise in vjoon K4 and interrelated content technology, DPCI will enable publishers and content marketers to quickly convert to new collaboration strategies resulting in lean and agile production environments.”

The partnership is effective immediately.

Carsten Althaber

Director of Marketing Corporate Communications
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Carsten Althaber

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vjoonity 2016: A drone in flight, Version 7 and new data management

April 26, 2016 

  • Next-gen software: vjoon K4 Version 7
  • A new module for browser-based approval processes: K4 Approval Manager
  • Data backup and recovery at the touch of a button: vjoon Storage Engine
  • Amazon S3: all data in the cloud

It was the twelfth time vjoon invited an audience of experts to attend presentations of real-world solutions, share experiences, and network at vjoonity. Some 150 publishing and marketing specialists heeded the call. The drone flying over the audience’s heads during the Swiss agency Medianovis’ presentation was certainly spectacular, but the day’s biggest highlight was the unveiling of the latest-generation vjoon K4. Version 7 was treated to a major facelift and now comes with many new features and a new module enabling effortless approval of layouts and articles in a browser. Another focal point was the presentation of the vjoon Storage Engine, which lets users back up and recover data on the fly and at the touch of a button.

The new software generation with K4 Approval Manager and vjoon Storage Engine

The new K4 Approval Manager streamlines coordinative workflows by enabling layouts and page elements to be approved in a browser. This benefits many companies, and most of all those that need to coordinate their content across departmental or even company lines, for example, when working with agencies. Thumbs-up or thumbs-down—CEOs, CFOs, marketing managers, purchasers, and project leaders can determine if text, images, and page layouts meet their specifications and expectations, quickly and conveniently, in a browser without requiring InDesign.

What’s more, Version 7 also comes with a powerful data management entity, the vjoon Storage Engine. It meets the pressing need for the means to rigorously downsize databases, to back up data on the fly, and to quickly recover these snapshots when needed. The customer is free to decide if data are archived locally, in the Amazon S3 cloud, or even in mixed environments. More details on vjoon K4 Version 7 and the vjoon Storage Engine will be released in the weeks ahead.

In the spotlight: award-winning success stories

The SIEMENS annual report drafted by the media service provider ccs.Tirol has garnered accolades for being the best-integrated report and for its efficient production. What makes this solution special is that vjoon K4 serves to automatically format the entire financial report for the Federal Gazette database so it can be delivered for publication with remarkable speed. The FOX Special Award for Workflow Efficiency went to ccs.Tirol for this efficient publishing process.

The tech-savvy audience looked on in amazement as a drone took flight over their heads in an indoor air show staged by the Swiss media agency Medianovis. Its small team uses vjoon K4 and Adobe DPS for a bilingual magazine commissioned for the wandern.ch project to promote hiking, and drones to produce exciting videos for its apps. As a content marketing agency, Medianovis relies on vjoon K4 for its projects and has won many awards for its outstanding products. The breakout sessions featured presentations on professional font management with the integrated Extensis Universal Type Server and advertising media production with vjoon K4 and EasyCatalog at Globus, a specialized DIY retailer. In another session, the agency b:13 demonstrated a vjoon K4 template’s ability to automatically generate layouts for several different publications directly from InCopy, in compliance with rules of a stringent style guide.

Comments on the event:

“Topics such as approval processes and data management figure prominently in users’ day-to-day business. With vjoon K4 Version 7, K4 Approval Manager, and vjoon Storage Engine, customers can make these key workflows even more efficient than ever before. And all that positive feedback at vjoonity tells me that the new concepts hit the spot,” says vjoon CEO Andreas Schrader.

“With vjoon K4, we can automate tasks that were once labor-intensive. The SIEMENS annual report is now published in record time in the Federal Gazette. We’re on an innovative path here, as the award and the positive feedback from other vjoon K4 users at vjoonity go to show,” says ccs.Tirol CEO Claus Heinrich.

ProzessPiraten CEO Tobias Heimpel: “Efficient IT support is elementary in the digital age. It is gradually permeating practically every flow of everyday life. But beware: Technology is merely an implement for putting visionary ideas into practice. The ways in which IT and technology create space for these ideas were shown at vjoonity.”

Wrap-up and evening event:

An interesting day chock-full of real-world success stories, new products, and a glimpse of the future wrapped up with an evening get-together on the panorama deck of EMPORIO Hamburg’s 23rd floor. Guests gathered at the buffet to meet, greet, and swap stories, letting the day wind down while taking in views of the city and the port of Hamburg.

The partnership is effective immediately.

Carsten Althaber

Director of Marketing Corporate Communications
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Carsten Althaber

Director of Marketing Corporate Communications
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