M-Files 9.0 Released For Document Management

M-Files 9.0 is the new version of the flexible cloud and on-premise enterprise content management (ECM) solution used by thousands of customers around the world in a variety of industries. M-Files is easy to deploy, learn and use, and has enabled customers in over 90 countries to make dramatic gains in efficiency and productivity by improving the way they organize and manage their business documents, information and processes.

M-Files 9.0 offers a variety of new features and enhancements, including:
• Collaboration, file sharing and "co-authoring" via Windows Live SkyDrive
• Support for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Office 2013, and Autodesk AutoCAD 2013
• Advanced support for multiple document vault deployments enabling sharing of documents and information between different vaults, whether installed on-premise or hosted in the cloud
• New vault replication capabilities that efficiently support businesses with geographically distributed operations, and enable flexible archiving, backup, publishing and collaboration in the cloud or on-premise

• "Hit highlighting" of search words in search results. M-Files also highlights search words in the viewer and properties pane. Click the image on the right to enlarge an example search result
• Automatic saving to PDF/A-1b format for efficient archiving and long term preservation of electronic documents
• M-Files OCR now provides barcode support (optional paid add-on module required)

• A new "UI Extensibility Framework" enabling extensive customization of the M-Files user interface and metadata card using HTML, which is ideal for branded or custom solutions based on the M-Files platform. Click the image on the right to enlarge an example metadata card for HR use
• File data can now be decoupled from the M-Files central SQL Server database and saved to a new location for specialized search, backup, and other purposes. M-Files also supports all the SQL Server editions.
• M-Files can now display which users are currently logged in to the system. If necessary, such as when all concurrent licenses are in use, administrators can force certain users to logout in order to allow other users to log in.
• Automatic PDF file creation is now possible as part of state transitions in workflows. It's also now possible to perform a state transition with read-only access to the associated document or object.

• M-Files Web Access performance and UI layout options have been greatly improved. You can also create a hyperlink for a view. Click the image on the right to enlarge an example Web Access with listing pane view.
• Enhancements to M-Files Mobile Access that allow for direct editing of metadata from mobile devices.
• Automatic login with M-Files credentials.

About M-Files
M-Files Corporation (formerly Motive Systems) develops M-Files, an award-winning enterprise content management system (ECM) and M-Files Cloud Vault, which runs on the Windows Azure platform. M-Files is easy to deploy, learn and use, and has enabled thousands of companies and organizations of all sizes in over 90 countries to make dramatic gains in efficiency and productivity by improving the way they organize and manage their business documents, information and processes. M-Files is available in 24 languages and is in use at customers such as AstraZeneca, the United Nations Environmental Program, Securitas, EADS, Flybe Airlines and Parker Hannifin. For more information, visit www.m-files.com.