Features at a Glance



Easy to Use
- No user desktop software install – users need only a network connection and web browser
- Intuitive home page layout with personalization options based on UX design principles
- Simple to navigate categories – “bread crumb trail” and multiple hyperlinks
Document Management
- Effective document lifecycle: draft, reviewed, issued, approved, published
- Version control – latest, approved version as default; full history on-demand
- Create new documents from company-wide or team document templates
- Create, search, download and edit files directly from Microsoft Word 2007
- Automated workflows for document access control, reviewing, approving, etc.
- Email notification alerts of document and category changes, customer downloads, etc.
- Bulk import of existing documents from users' PCs
- Quickly download sets of documents for off-line work in a user briefcase
- Automatic PDF conversion from commonly-used file formats
- Compare versions of PDF files for differences
- Discover and highlight broken document links and invalid part numbers
- Drag & drop documents into CogniDox from network folders using WebDAV
- Multiple document file types – suitable for CAD drawings, software release packages, HTML/XML compound documents (such as User Guides), etc.
- Store and play Adobe® Flash® video directly using in-browser player - useful for company training and product marketing videos
Categorisation
- Repository organized around any structure that best describes your enterprise taxonomy
- Individual documents can be linked to multiple categories, and tagged with additional metadata
- Search by document content or meta data; save searches for later use or RSS feeds
- Power users can set up new categories and select individual access rights
Access rights
- Manage user groups with fine-grained control over access to documents
- Restrict rights to documents based on security profiles containing users or groups
Security
- Single sign-on / creation of users or groups from LDAP / Active Directory
- Configurable SSL encryption (from 128-bit to 256-bit) of connections to CogniDox
- Automatic MD5 hash checking used to check the integrity of files
- Audit tracking of user actions within CogniDox
- Fine grained user and group based access controls on document operations
Content Licensing / Knowledge Transfer
- 'Extranet-in-a-Box' instant web solution for document download and trouble ticket tracking
- Sophisticated access control using tagging by License, Licensee and License Acceptance Agreement
- User download reporting and document watermarking for additional security
Easy to Manage
- Manage user sign-on using existing network directories (LDAP, Active Directories)
- Easy installation – server install and no client PC software
Low Cost of Ownership
- Open source software and server/storage virtualisation reduces cost of technology
- No per-Server/CPU or named user licensing – flexible network configurations including multi-site clusters, hosted or on-premises
- No proprietary technology lock-in, yet fully supported, commercial code
- No expensive add-on modules to achieve minimum level functionality
Regulatory Compliance / Auditing
- Document control for ISO 9001:2008, ISO 13485:2003, GMP CFR 21 Part 11 and 820
- Auditability records for e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act 2002
Easy to Integrate
- Generic plug-in framework and pre-integrated support for engineering tools (SVN, CVS, Perforce, Bugzilla); sales tools (SugarCRM, Salesforce.com) and help desk tools (OTRS, RSTickets)
- Extranet portal managed using Joomla! CMS with CogniDox integration
- Accessible through command line (CLI) and SOAP interfaces