K4 Integrations: Pre-built & PoC
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State-of-the-art concepts and technologies, as well as extensive experience gained from customer projects and our partner network, are incorporated into the further development of the platform. Maintained integrations with solutions from established vendors and proofs of concept for the integration of innovative tools complement comprehensive standard functionality, thereby expanding the range of possibilities for making your content supply chain more efficient.
Description
K4 integration with OIDC; optional module
Keywords
Authentication, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Single Sign-on (SSO)
Provided by
vjoon
Identity and access management with OIDC
In modern IT infrastructures, information about users and authorizations is often managed centrally via Identity & Access Management (IAM). K4 integration with OIDC (openID Connect) enables organizations to deploy their customized IAM solution.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, system managers, administrators
User value & Benefits:
- Organizations can deploy their custom IAM solution, such as Amazon Cognito, Okta, Microsoft Azure AD.
- Among others, IAM solutions can be used to streamline single sign-on requirements (SSO) in a K4 environment.
- When it comes to authentication methods, you can use authentication apps, SMS, email authentication, or FIDO, for example.
Integrate Directory Services
This module implements access to information administered by Directory Services. This information is used for managing user accounts in vjoon K4, and can optionally be used for user authentication.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, system managers, administrators
User value & Benefits:
- Administer settings centrally in your K4 Server Admin.
- Assign these settings to the desired publications as default presets.
- Configure the settings you want to use for each publication individually.
Description
K4 integration with Directory Services; optional module
Keywords
Directory Services, LDAP, user account management
Provided by
vjoon
Description
K4 integration with seven; included by default
Keywords
Digital Asset Management (DAM), collaboration, digital archive
Provided by
vjoon
Extend K4 with digital asset management
The integration of K4 with seven DAM is probably one of the smartest connections between a professional publishing system and a next-gen DAM.
Who is this for?
Creatives, content managers, digital marketers, operations managers
User value & Benefits:
- Free your publishing system from the data of older productions and archive all your publications in seven DAM.
- Repurpose content from your digital archive and generate additional profit by reusing well-performing stories.
- If an asset managed in seven may no longer be used due to image rights or licenses, the users in vjoon K4 are also informed.
- The annoying mounting of file or cloud servers is a matter of the past with seven, because assets used in the layout are simply referenced via a real URL.
- When you’re working on a cloud-based or external network with a low-bandwidth VPN, then “QuickLoad” is the perfect feature to use preview images with high quality but small file size.
Task external applications with automated content processing
Take content processing to the next level of automation and delegate tasks to AI-powered solutions and third-party systems. Let K4 XTD take care of that.
Who is this for?
Creatives, editors and content managers, marketing teams
User value & Benefits:
- Translate texts easily outside of K4 using AI powered solutions such as DeepL, for example. The translated text is automatically returned to K4, saved as a new version, and made available for further use.
- Transfer images to tools for automatic image processing. After the image has been forwarded to Pixometry (formerly Elpical Claro) and edited there, for example, it returns to K4 as a new version and back into the actual workflow.
Description
K4 External Task Dispatcher (XTD); optional module
Keywords
Automation, AI powered solutions, third-party systems
Provided by
vjoon
Description
K4 XML Exporter; optional module
Keywords
XML, web CMS, content export, automation
Provided by
vjoon
Automated content export
With K4 XML Exporter, you can implement any online-first strategy. Create and manage editorial content professionally and make it available to any web CMS.
Who is this for?
Content managers, publishing teams, digital marketers, operations managers
User value & Benefits:
- Export content to third-party systems. Automated and embedded within the workflow or at the touch of a button – depending on your preferences and without using the API.
- Easily export your great stories in media-independent XML format and repurpose them for websites or social media.
Automated content import
Import articles, layouts, images, Microsoft Excel files, and any other content from third-party systems, such as web CMS or ad management.
Who is this for?
Content managers, publishing teams, digital marketers
User value & Benefits:
- K4 enables you to import content from third-party systems. Automated and embedded within the workflow or at the touch of a button – depending on your preferences and without using the API.
- Import content via monitored hot folders.
- Create dedicated hot folders as needed to obtain content from various external systems, such as web CMS, or ad management.
Description
K4 Drop Folders; optional module
Keywords
Automation, Hot Folders, web CMS, third-party systems
Provided by
vjoon
Description
K4 integration with WordPress; optional module
Keywords
WordPress, web CMS, content export, automation
Provided by
vjoon
Publish online with K4 and WordPress
Create your brilliant content in K4 and publish it with WordPress at the push of a button or via automated tasks in the workflow. Take advantage from a maintained integration.
Who is this for?
Editors and content managers, publishing teams, digital marketers
User value & Benefits:
- Publish your brilliant content with WordPress at the push of a button or via automated tasks in the workflow.
- Images, videos or social media posts included in the story are also transmitted and appear in the text at the same position as seen in K4’s Content Editor.
- Depending on the configuration, a content story can be reserved exclusively for K4 for editing, using WordPress as a headless CMS.
- While creating the content story, a preview rendered by WordPress allows the K4 user to verify how the story will look like in WordPress.
- K4 Integration with WordPress is offered via a serviceable WordPress plug-in, allowing vjoon to maintain and update the plug-in independently of K4.
Publish online with K4 and Drupal
Benefit from many years of project experience with Drupal Web CMS. Integrate your Drupal with K4 and optimize your digital content supply chain.
Who is this for?
Editors and content managers, publishing teams, digital marketers
User value & Benefits:
- Publish your brilliant content with Drupal at the push of a button or via automated tasks in the workflow.
- Your individual requirements are defined in advance and professionally implemented by an experienced integration partner.
- Depending on the project specifications, the partner will take care of maintaining and updating the integration.
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
Drupal, web CMS, content export, automation
Provided by
Partner
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
Plone, web CMS, content export, automation
Provided by
Partner
Publish online with K4 and Plone
Benefit from many years of project experience with Plone Web CMS. Integrate your Plone with K4 and optimize your digital content supply chain.
Who is this for?
Editors and content managers, publishing teams, digital marketers
User value & Benefits:
- Publish your brilliant content with Plone at the push of a button or via automated tasks in the workflow.
- Your individual requirements are defined in advance and professionally implemented by an experienced integration partner.
- Depending on the project specifications, the partner will take care of maintaining and updating the integration.
Flatplan creation for magazines & newspapers
JournalDesigner from dataplan creates your flatplan for your print publications considering adverts, inserts, templates and individual layout.
It integrates with editorial systems such as K4 and in operation at many customer sites worldwide.
Who is this for?
Media planners, editorial teams
User value & Benefits:
- Integrate K4 with JornalDesigner to align editorial, advertising, and design from the very first structural plan to the final layout.
- Synchronize planning and production in real time – including topic status, ad placement, and layout preview.
- Control each step at any time. Monitor deadlines, validate production against plan, intervene if neccessary.
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
dataplan JournalDesigner, editorial and page planning, automation
Provided by
Partner
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
TIMONE System, editorial planning and controlling, automation
Provided by
Partner
Editorial planning and controlling
TIMONE is made for planning and controlling the production of editorial and advertising contents of magazines, tabloids, newspapers and books. It integrates seamlessly into editorial production environments, such as vjoon K4, enabling multi-channel publishing.
TIMONE is a product designed and developed by TELL, and covers the entire process for the creation and publication of issues – from planning, to production control, up to the creation and delivery of PDFs for printers and for digital outputs. It also has a portal for collecting and managing advertising, ad reconciliation for billing and digital video walls.
Available both on premise and in the cloud.
Who is this for?
Media planners, editorial teams
User value & Benefits:
- Integrate K4 with TIMONE System to align editorial, advertising, and design from the very first structural plan to the final layout.
- Synchronize planning and production in real time – including topic status, ad placement, and layout preview.
- Control each step at any time. Monitor deadlines, validate production against plan, intervene if neccessary.
Catalog production
EasyCatalog creates catalogs, price lists, or calendars from a structured data source. Designed for InDesign and integrated with K4, it unleashes its enormous power.
Who is this for?
Product managers, layout designers, marketing teams
User value & Benefits:
- Integrate K4 with EsayCatalog to instantly populate InDesign templates with structured product data.
- Reduce errors, minimize manual entries, and ensure data accuracy across all pages.
- Shorten production cycles with sophisticated automations and reduce design workloads.
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
EsayCatalog, catalog production, Adobe InDesign, automation
Provided by
Partner
Description
Customized integration; Proof of Concept
Keywords
DeepL, AI, translation, automation
Provided by
vjoon/Partner
Translations powered by AI
Integrate DeepL’s comprehensive language platform with K4, drive productivity and efficiency with secure, AI-powered, high-quality translations in multiple languages.
Who is this for?
Editors and content managers, publishing teams, digital marketers
User value & Benefits:
- Let AI handle your translations, quickly and automatically.
- With K4 XTD, you can integrate DeepL directly into your workflow and have all translations done in the background.
- The original text is automatically transferred to DeepL, translated into any language using AI, and returned to K4 as a new version.
Image enhancement
Whether the image is displayed in print or online, Pixometry’s technology enables content producers to deliver enhanced images automatically and in seconds.
Who is this for?
Image editors, creatives, digital marketers
User value & Benefits:
- Integrate Pixometry with K4 to accelerate and simplify image processing across the entire workflow.
- Whether it’s thousands of product images or content for editorial media – Pixometry lets you deliver high quality images for print and digital faster.
- Save time and lower your production costs by reducing manual processing and outsourcing.
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
Pixometry (form. Elpical Claro), image enhancement, automation
Provided by
Partner
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
SAP, ERP, annual reports, financial data, automation
Provided by
Partner
Precise financial statements
Export and update financial data for accurate layouts from one of the world's leading business suites. This integration was implemented for renowned customers in the financial sector.
Who is this for?
Project managers, investor relations, creative teams
User value & Benefits:
- Automate your workflow to create designed financial statements with up-to-date data from SAP Business Suite.
- From controlling to the CFO, investor relations, and creative agencies – let all stakeholders collaborate in one streamlined workflow.
- Export structured and tagged financial tables directly from SAP to convert them securely and automatically into the desired file format.
- Automatically import all tables, replace older ones, or start a workflow for completely new tables.
- The latest data is always available for all reviews and approvals by investor relations and executives, accurately versioned and securely stored.
- Thanks to the automated processes in K4 and integration with SAP, enterprises and customers in the financial sector save a significant amount of time and effort in the production of designed financial reports.
Floating Excel tables for InDesign
Benefit from the sophisticated integration of Microsoft Excel with K4. Tables that flow with the layout and update automatically always provide accurate figures in the right place.
Who is this for?
Editorial teams, designers, investor relations
User value & Benefits:
- With K4, you can link figures from Microsoft Excel tables to InDesign layouts. Producing accurate financial reports is therefore a simple task.
- Design your tables in Adobe InDesign, but the figures come from Excel – always synchronized and up to date.
- The tables can also be anchored in the text so that they always remain in exactly the section of text where they belong.
- In addition, you can of course define your own workflow for your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, allowing different stakeholders to collaborate on them, review the content, and approve it. Needless to say, the Excel documents are also versioned, and you can see when each version was saved and by whom.
- Using Microsoft Excel in K4, you increase production efficiency by eliminating the need for manual data entry into Adobe InDesign tables, reducing the risk of errors when transferring data, and ensuring that changes are transparent.
Description
K4 Integration; included by default
Keywords
Microsoft Excel, Adobe InDesign, spreadsheets, layout design, anchored objects, own workflow, financial statements, automation
Provided by
vjoon
Description
Customized integration; various customer projects
Keywords
System collaboration, production ecosystem, automation
Provided by
Partner
Connect various systems
Enfocus offers simple, robust connectivity and connects many leading production systems and data processing tools to form larger system landscapes.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, operations and production managers
User value & Benefits:
- Enfocus connects seamlessly with leading applications and systems in the printing and media industry, enabling consistent, automated workflows without media discontinuity.
- The solution is ideal for professional media printing and supports, for example, smart preflighting using dynamic parameters, picking up and processing web-to-print jobs, processing job data and status from MIS systems, online quality control and approval of print data, or even the control of print sheet assembly.
- In an exemplary customer project, a magazine with a cover and regional section is created. To this end, large quantities of Word files and images are delivered on a regular basis – a workflow in Enfocus ensures that the Microsoft Word and image files are received, processed, placed in InDesign templates, and automatically transferred to vjoon K4. This part of the workflow alone saves the customer a lot of manual work, such as saving data, and thus an enormous amount of time. In combination with K4, the savings increase even further.
Export solution for Adobe InDesign
The integration with MadeToPrint automates print jobs, generates PDF, Postscript or EPS files. It allows a semi- or fully-automated output of layouts and articles from K4. There are two versions of MadeToPrint products available: MadeToPrint Auto K4 and MadeToPrint Server K4.
Who is this for?
Production managers, publishing teams
User value & Benefits:
- MadeToPrint Auto K4 allows automated output of layouts and articles from vjoon K4. The objects are exported via an automated task together with a job ticket into an appropriate folder. The print jobs are executed automatically using the AdobeInDesigndesktop application. Afterwards status information is given back to the vjoon K4 system.
- MadeToPrint Server K4 allows a task-driven fully-automated output of layouts and articles from vjoon K4. They are exported via an automated task together with a job ticket into an appropriate folder. The print jobs are executed automatically using InDesign Server. Afterwards status information is given back to the vjoon K4 system.
- K4 integration with axaio MTP saves a tremendous amount of time when generating professional print files.
Description
K4 integration with axaio MTP; optional module
Keywords
Export content, PDF, EPS, Postscript, layout design, Adobe InDesign, automation
Provided by
vjoon
Description
K4 Layout; InDesign Plug-in
Keywords
Layout design, Adobe InDesign, collaboration, workflow, variants, versions
Provided by
vjoon
Layout design powered by K4
K4 Layout is an extension for Adobe InDesign that allows you to create and edit K4 layouts based on Adobe InDesign documents.
Who is this for?
Layout designers, creative teams
User value & Benefits:
- Create any kind of engaging content whether it is for Print or Digital and take advantage of the full range of creative possibilities in Adobe InDesign, including generative AI.
- Place multimedia elements, images, graphics, articles, Excel tables, or layouts (layout-in-layout) – all of this can be managed in K4.
- Use collections to research and gather content for your layout.
- Work with layout and text variants and switch between them effortlessly to make adjustments to the layout.
- Designers can work on the layout in parallel with editors who are working on the articles. Thus you achieve lean workflows and save time.
- Create queries to search for tasks, images or articles or any other specifications you want. Use List View, Thumbnail View or Layout View to present query results.
- You have an “inbox” for your tasks, so you always know what needs to be done. You can complete your work securely or simply pause it – K4 ensures that everything is safely returned to the system. It doesn’t matter whether you want to forward the layout in the workflow or reserve it for later editing.
- With email and assignment notifications, inline or sticky notes, teams effectively communicate and collaborate in one system.
- Versions are used to save changes to the layout, and you can see exactly who saved a new version and when.
Text editing powered by K4
Designed as a text editor, Adobe InCopy enables the separation of text and layout. K4 extends InCopy with additional functions for a professional environment.
Who is this for?
Editors, content writers
User value & Benefits:
- Create any kind of engaging content whether it is for Print or Digital.
- Structure your Article right from the start with headlines, bodytext and much more.
- Use collections to research and gather content or URLs for your story.
- Work with text variants to represent different languages.
- By the way, you can also track changes made by other users and accept or reject them.
- Editors can work on their text in parallel with designers who are working on the layout. If there are changes to the layout, you will be informed and can immediately view the latest version.
- Overset is of course also displayed as soon as it occurs, and K4 warns you if you try to return an article with overset to the system.
- Create queries to search for tasks, or articles or any other specifications you want. Use List View, Thumbnail View or Layout View to present query results.
- You have an “inbox” for your tasks, so you always know what needs to be done. You can complete your work securely or simply pause it – K4 ensures that everything is safely returned to the system. It doesn’t matter whether you want to forward the article in the workflow or reserve it for later editing.
- With email and assignment notifications, inline or sticky notes, teams effectively communicate and collaborate in one system.
- Versions are used to save changes to the article, and you can see exactly who saved a new version and when.
Description
K4 Edit; InCopy plug-in
Keywords
Text editing, copy writing, Adobe InCopy, collaboration, workflows, variants, versions
Provided by
vjoon
Description
Integration
Keywords
Automations, scripting, Adobe InDesign Server, workflow
Provided by
vjoon
Process InDesign documents automatically
InDesign Server (IDS) offers all the features of InDesign, but without a graphical UI. It is the ideal tool for processing InDesign documents automatically, and at high speed.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, system managers, administrators
User value & Benefits:
- Adobe InDesign Server software delivers a robust and scalable engine that leverages the design, layout, and typographical capabilities of InDesign to let you programmatically create engaging automated documents.
- It shares the same core engine as the desktop product. Plugins and scripts written for desktop will run on InDesign Server too.
- vjoon K4 supports Adobe InDesign Server to process a variety of internal tasks, such as generating page pictures and thumbnails for previews, or running InDesign Server scripts as automated tasks. Other IDS jobs can be performed if additional K4 modules are used, for examle generating PDF files for K4 Overview, automating output for MadeToPrint, or K4 External Task Dispatcher (XTD).
Cloud storage for fast backup and recovery
vjoon Storage Engine supports IT teams in fast backups and recovery of their content, optionally with the cloud-based object storage Amazon S3.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, system managers, administrators
User value & Benefits:
- vjoon Storage Engine brings the “agile” to agile data management. It helps IT teams by storing layouts, videos, images, text and tables in a highly efficient way. All this happens in the background, at the push of a button or triggered by a scheduled automated routine, while users continue their work.
- Back-up of large publication databases often takes hours, enforcing long off-line times due to saving a consistent data state. Using a storage area reduces database sizes up to 90% or more, because objects are kept in the publication database as references, while the corresponding assets are stored in the local file system or a (regional) cloud bucket.
- Besides storing data in a local file system, vjoon Storage Engine takes advantage of cloud storage by supporting Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). For each publication, you may decide to place the storage and/or snapshot areas in the cloud. In this case, vjoon Storage Engine saves incoming data in the cloud, while outgoing data is directly provided by Amazon S3.
Description
vjoon Storage Engine; optional module
Keywords
Cloud storage, Amazon S3, backup, recovery, snapshots, agile data management
Provided by
vjoon
Description
Integration; optional
Keywords
Database, SQL
Provided by
vjoon
Powerful database by ORACLE
The Oracle database offers a variety of advantages, including high performance, scalability, and reliability, as well as a wide range of features for data management.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, system managers, administrators
User value & Benefits:
- ORACLE can be used as the basic database for vjoon K4.
- Customers have a free choice between three different and powerful databases with high performance scalability.
Powerful database by MySQL
MySQL is a relational open-source database management system (RDBMS). It is renowned for its reliability, performance, scalability, and user-friendliness.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, system managers, administrators
User value & Benefits:
- MySQL can be used as the basic database for vjoon K4.
- Customers have a free choice between three different and powerful databases with high performance scalability.
Description
Integration; optional
Keywords
Database, SQL
Provided by
vjoon
Description
Integration; optional
Keywords
Database, SQL
Provided by
vjoon
Powerful database by Microsoft
Microsoft SQL Server offers numerous advantages, including robust performance, and scalability. It is particularly suitable for business-critical applications.
Who is this for?
IT professionals, system managers, administrators
User value & Benefits:
- Microsoft SQL Server can be used as the basic database for vjoon K4.
- Customers have a free choice between three different and powerful databases with high performance scalability.
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K4 integrated with seven
The integration of vjoon K4 and vjoon seven is probably the most intelligent connection between a next-Gen DAM and a leading workflow system.
vjoon seven DAM
seven is your central content hub and single source of truth. Its intelligent use of metadata lets your assets become valuable parts of your brand.
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