IT-Enquirer just released the results of an in-depth report comparing the three most important editorial workflow and management systems —QPS 7, Smart Connection Enterprise, and Softcare K4 — focusing in particular on productivity, ease-of-use, ease-of-management, and efficiency. The aim of the report was to ascertain how the three systems compare in different editorial environments, and how easily they integrate with third-party solutions.
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The report finds that the open source based Smart Connection Enterprise has superior integration with Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy, thus enabling users to learn the system with virtually no training. It finds that K4 is relatively similar in nature to Smart Connection Enterprise, although it is more difficult to set up and manage, and is built on a proprietary database.
Quark Publishing System 7 comes out as a radical and dramatic break from the past. “Here is a system that performs even better than Smart Connection Enterprise,” said Erik Vlietinck, publisher of IT-Enquirer and writer of the report. “It is based entirely on open source technologies and integrates with Microsoft’s SQL Server database, while certification for MySQL, Oracle, etc, is being worked on.”
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The report applauds Quark’s decision to include a locked-down version of QuarkXPress Server. “I was also impressed by QPS 7’s scalability, granular control, and visual feedback,” said the author. The report states Quark Publishing System 7 has more obvious XML support, and even less training should be required than Smart Connection Enterprise.
The report concludes that Quark Publishing System 7 is the most flexible and all-round solution of the three systems under review, closely followed by Smart Connection Enterprise. Quark Publishing System 7 could be used even as a digital asset management system (DAM) and a content management system (CMS), simply by changing some of the setup parameters for a ‘publication’, the report states.
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