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Aspire CCS tech analysts rate SMASHDOC’s collaborative word processing as unique in the world

Aspire CCS tech analysts rate SMASHDOC’s collaborative word processing as unique in the world

– Aspire CCS publishes analysis of SMASHDOCs’ technology and market position

– Unique and powerful features

Munich, 3 November 2020 – SMASHDOCs is the world’s leading development and marketing platform for collaborative word processing solutions. And, based on a recently published analysis by the market research company Aspire CCS, no other company in the market offers collaborative word processing solutions to match SMASHDOCs. According to Aspire CSS, no other word processing vendors have implemented version control, change tracking or access permissions at a higher level of usability and security than SMASHDOCs. “SMASHDOCs technology fits best in environments that have demanding collaborative document needs as a result of a high number of edits, stringent tracking and auditing requirements, or the involvement of a large number of collaborators”, says Kaspar Roos, Chief Analyst and CEO of Aspire CCS. Typical applications here include, for example, the creation of documents in demanding sectors such as the legal and public sector, capital markets, pharmaceutical industry, banking and insurance, industry and publishing.

SMASHDOCs’ unrivalled technology and market position

“Traditional word processing solutions offer collaboration and light review capabilities but they quickly run into limitations”, explains Roos. Compared to SMASHDOCs, other vendors’ support for critical collaborative word processing capabilities, such as change tracking and management, version control, real-time collaborative editing, user-based control, archiving, auditing, format control and rules-based publishing automation is either extremely limited or non-existent. “Furthermore, these features are unlikely to become an area of focus for vendors of traditional word processors in the future since they would require a fundamental re-design of their technology”, adds Roos.

SMASHDOCs goes far beyond the capabilities of traditional word processing. SMASHDOCs has been designed from the ground up to support collaborative word processing and document production using a modern cloud-optimised architecture that stores, manages, and processes content at an extremely granular level. “Word processing vendors or other players offering collaborative authoring software often offer strong co-authoring but are weak on version control, or they may excel at file sharing but offer subpar collaboration”, explains Roos. If they do both well, they tend to be part of a highly specialised industry solution, which severely limits their application and its usefulness outside that one vertical. SMASHDOCs’ technology is horizontal in nature, so it can be used across many different markets and can even be integrated with industry-specific solutions when required.

SMASHDOCs’ unique differentiators

SMASHDOCs comes with certain unique features that help collaborative teams create documents efficiently and effectively. The major ones are listed below:

• Database-driven content management that automatically smashes a document into content sections (text paragraph, image, table) and manages and versions each section separately (section-by-section versioning; patented functionality)
• Offline verification with Microsoft Word. This is a unique and powerful function to enable offline users to export an MS Word file, edit it locally and re-import the revised file into a SMASHDOC. All content changes and comments are automatically recognised and logged in the SMASHDOC in an audit-proof manner.
• Intelligent change tracking (“Adaptive Redlining”): This unique, patented feature ensures that every user can immediately see all changes and comments that are new to him or her; manual version comparisons are completely eliminated
• Extensive commenting features, including private comments that can only be read by certain users, thereby eliminating the need for parallel email communication.
• SMASHDOCs is available as an app within Microsoft Teams. Teams is Microsoft’s online collaborative working platform. This integration extends that functionality into document creation and collaboration.
• SMASHDOCs includes other usability features, such as bi-directional cross-referencing, API-based integration with language translation services, and a setup wizard that helps users quickly create documents from scratch or by relying on other business systems.
• Detailed reporting and auditing. Both in regulated and non-regulated industries, there is a growing need to track and store changes for auditing and transparency. SMASHDOCs meets this demand through its patented “history per paragraph” feature.

About SMASHDOCs
SMASHDOCs is a web-based development and marketing platform for collaborative word processing solutions for professional teams and is based on a unique, patented versioning and change tracking technology. The platform developed by smartwork solutions GmbH, a Munich-based software company, makes challenging word processing projects easy to manage and enables teams to be more productive. For more information on SMASHDOCs, please visit: www.smashdocs.net

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