Information Bulletin 2009/11

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- Digital Asset Mgmt
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- Digital Distribution
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DBIB NOVEMBER 2009

In this issue:

• *** Canto Cumulus 8 Workgroup Upgrade Discount Offer ***
• *** GASAA Christmas Special Offer for Canto Cumulus Single User ***
• Canto News and Updates
• Dynagram FREE Promo Offer for inpO2 Wizard
• Technical Hints & Tips - Cumulus

*** Canto Cumulus 8 Workgroup Upgrade Discount Offer ***

Canto is offering a year-end promotion to make it easier to upgrade to Cumulus 8 for customers whose maintenance coverage expired more than two years ago, or who never had maintenance coverage.

If your Software Maintenance Agreement expired more than 2 years ago, you would normally only be eligible for a 5% discount if you wanted to upgrade. Now with this offer, you receive a discount of 35% of the License Value of the expired maintenance agreement until 23th December 2009.

The offer includes the next 12 months Software Maintenance to cover all new releases, upgrades and technical support.

Contact DataBasics or your local reseller if this offer is for you!

*** GASAA Christmas Special Offer for Canto Cumulus Single User ***

GASAA has joined with DataBasics to provide a Special Christmas Discount Offer to all subscribing GASAA members. For complete details, see GASAA online.

Purchase now at the exclusive 30% off RRP $594 for GASAA subscribers!

That's just $415.80 and savings of $180!

You can buy online via CCNow using DataBasics eshop with your credit card - and receive either just a download or a download plus CD Box package.

Once you have placed you order and paid via CCNow, DataBasics will check your subscription details with GASAA to confirm eligibility and send you the software download link and License details - plus courier the box if selected. Technical support is free!

Canto News and Updates

Compatibility Note: Cumulus 8.0.2 has been successfully tested with Microsoft Windows 7, released in October. If you use Windows 7 (or Apple's Snow Leopard), please make sure you upgrade to Cumulus 8.0.2.

For full details of fixes in 8.0.2 see the Release Notes.

Canto Technical Support has advised that System Administrators should note that Cumulus server editions are 32bit applications not 64bit. Although this does not affect the running of Cumulus it is important to note if upgrading.

For full list of technical system requirements see the respective Readmes and Administration Guides for Cumulus Workgroup, Enterprise and Web Publisher Pro (for Java release compatibility) - downloadable from Canto Support.

Dynagram FREE Promo Offer for inpO2 Wizard

Speed up your imposition process with inpO2 Wizard, at no cost!

Dynagram is offering DataBasics customers the opportunity to download a complimentary copy of their all-new inpO2 Wizard product - with the offer to buy the full version at a discount.

inpO2 Wizard is the foundation of the modular inpO2 product family. With the inpO2 Wizard, clients are able to impose PDF pages of any size or run length into plate ready layouts for most common sheet-fed jobs. This includes layouts for saddle stitch, perfect bound, step and repeat, cut and stack and N-up layouts. The Wizard uses a six-step process to complete a job making it very easy to learn and use.

inpO2 Wizard is the entry-level module of the inpO2 product line - the market's only professional modular imposition solution. It's modularity allows you to pick and choose only the functionalities you need, creating just the right product for your PDF production environment. And if you wish to add powerful features along the way, you can then unlock their advanced features with a simply code.

Get your Wizard Now! To get your free copy of the inpO2 Wizard, click the Wizard Promo link and fill in the registration form with promo code AUDB1109E Watch the short movie online to see how it works.

More information about Dynagram products and local pricing online.

Technical Hints & Tips - Cumulus

• Interactively Find Assets that Share Categories

  Canto Cumulus tracks relationships between files, including which files are assigned to all or some of the same categories. Thanks to real-time search technology, learn how you can take advantage of asset relationship tracking in Cumulus to interactively fine-tune your search results - even when you're not sure what to look for!

  Make it even easier to find what you need, fast!

  Download the PDF for full details and screenshots...

• Asset Cross Referencing (AXR) - Your Asset Collection's Family Tree

  Cumulus can track relationships between layouts and presentations and the external files they reference, enabling you to perform associative searching to find anything you need. This Term of the Month explains everything you need to know about one of the most powerful technologies Cumulus offers!

• Did you know..? Email Notifications Based on Metadata Values

  Did you know Cumulus can notify you via email when certain metadata values are entered into asset records? This Power Tip shows how easy it is to set up email notifications to keep your workflow flowing!

  Download the PDF for full details and screenshots

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