* Updated 6/14/2016: AX 8.1 is now generally available. Stay tuned for upcoming AX 8.1 webinars. *
Our very own Mark Hanson gave the following ApplicationXtender update for 8.1 at our 2016 annual conference held May 4-6 in Las Vegas, NV.
What’s New with AX 8.1
- Client side email
- Password policy
- User/group privilege reporting
- Global UDL
- New query expression for date field
- Display timestamp field with local time zone
- Audit event reporting
- SYSOP password synchronization across data sources
- Security option “Allow Submit to Workflow”
- Application full text and OCR queue configuration
What’s Back in 8.1?
- Workflow Manager (WFM): includes the latest generation of Skelta technology, HTML5 and browser independence
- Software retention management (SRM) features
- Full Text Search Result Term Highlighting
- Hotkey Support
- Viewer Drag and Drop support
- Cancel Checked out Documents
What’s Improved with AX 8.1
- Administration: multi-tenant admin, password policy admin, WFM password synchronization
- Document thumbnail enhancements
- Improved document viewing and printing
- ReST service improvements
- ImageScan improvements
- Improved performance when upgrading a data source
- Active directory security search improvements
According to Mario Duckett, MetaSource VP Enterprise Content Solutions, “The release of AX 8.1 builds nicely upon the recent release of 8.0. Together, they represent an incredible opportunity for MetaSource and its 150 partners to provide a clear path to the future for our 3,000+ customers as well as creating a pathway to introduce this content management technology to unlimited new prospects. The ability MetaSource and its partners have to be able to deliver solutions built on this new ApplicationXtender platform, with browser independence and REST APIs, means we can deliver AX to more organizations and integrate to more core business applications. This new release of AX by EMC’s ECD team also provides a clear message to the markets both here in North America and abroad that EMC is committed to ApplicationXtender and its future.”