Some cool stuff happening with Docova ... We've extended the relationship we had with Ardexus - creating a joint solution to tackle extended Sales Team collaboration. Below is the formal announcement. Video demo should be published soon.

Formal Announcement: DLI.tools Inc and Ardexus Extends Relationship
Creates powerful solution for Sales Force Effectiveness & Optimization

Burlington, ON, July 15, 2008 – DLI.tools Inc, workplace collaboration specialists, and Ardexus Inc today announced the alignment of DLI.tools’ Docova Collaborative Document Management technologies with the Ardexus CRM and SFA solutions.

The combined solution addresses the collaborative needs of extended sales teams by simplifying and consolidating the myriad of sales-related processes, documents, emails and files often scattered across the organization. While conversations, emails, purchase orders and final contracts tend to encompass the customer knowledge stored in the CRM system, items like proposals and RFPs are responses to that customer knowledge and tend to fall outside the CRM system. These supportive processes and documents should be aligned with the CRM system, thereby extending the CRM experience to the entire extended sales team.

“We selected Docova to address the document management needs for extended sales teams and CRM processes because (1) the shear ease of using Docova from an end user perspective, (2) ease of working with the underlying technology, and (3) the level of support we’ve received from DLI.tools in the past,” said Glenn Carnegie, CEO Ardexus. “When you can deliver a total solution that drives productivity, end customer revenue and customer satisfaction, the benefits of return on investment beyond that of the CRM become tangible.”

“Ardexus is another great partnering story. Ardexus can deliver a more comprehensive solution that extends beyond their core offerings into adjacent business areas – while staying focused on developing their own sales force automation, effectiveness and optimization solutions,” adds Gary Walsh, VP Solutions, DLI.tools. “The good news is that Ardexus has already deployed the joint solution to a number of customers in North America and Europe, proving that both the partnership model and the customer benefits are real.”

About Docova Collaborative Document Management

Docova envisions a day where the ‘Is this the right version of..?’, ‘Who authorized that…?’, and ‘Where can I find …?’ can be retired. Docova is driving progressive organizations to realize the dream today, enabling their workers to do ‘more with less’ around Organizing, Controlling and Sharing the collective business documents, emails, files, and other digital content artifacts in a manner that does not impede the way they work. See how Docova delivers on the spirit of ‘doing more with less’ at www.docova.com

About DLI.tools Inc.

DLI.tools is a leader in User Interface component technologies for Lotus Notes and Domino web applications. Well regarded throughout the Lotus community, DLI.tools has received 10 lotus-based award recognitions since 2003. Over 400 organizations have reported a ROI as high as 1,000%.  Experience the difference our technologies will make to your productivity at www.dlitools.com/WebToolsForLotus

About Ardexus Inc.

Ardexus provides front office solutions that revolutionize the way small to mid-sized companies do business. Aberdeen, ISM, and The Denali Group all agree - Ardexus is an innovative company with outstanding products. Ardexus offers a full range of sales-centric software, including Ardexus MODE® - a professional suite of marketing, sales, and customer service modules. Ardexus is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. For additional information on Ardexus or their products, visit http://www.ardexus.com or call toll free (888) Ardexus.

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Scott Tomlinson July 15th, 2008 09:01:00 AM

The latest release provides enhancements in over 20 areas of the product.
Selected enhancements include:

  • improved security & privileges controls,

  • system messaging,

  • web printing capabilities,

  • document searching.


  • Customers are encouraged to download the latest release in the Docova Support Center. As well, a video detailing the latest functionality can be found inside Docova Support Center.

    Download the Press Release (contains additional information and resources)

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    Scott Tomlinson May 20th, 2008 03:13:29 PM

    Anyone who actively markets their business online knows the importance of search engine optimization. The right optimization strategy can drastically improve awareness and revenues; a strategy that can fall apart if you restructure your web site. That was the risk DLI.tools faced when we ‘moved’ our Collaborative Document Management solution, Docova, from www.dlitools.com to its own domain: www.docova.com. The risk: Losing our optimized results we had worked so hard to build. Based on SEO best practices, we knew that we had to implement a 301 redirection plan for all the affected pages, one that proved to be not so straight forward on our Domino R7 environment.  Note: Domino R8 does provide rules for proper 301 redirects, so this workaround is applicable to R7 and below.

    301 Redirect Requirements


    In order to create a 301 redirect in Domino R7, you need to respond to clients with the HTTP status code of 301 to tell the browser the requested resource has moved permanently.  Domino by default allows you to customize HTTP header fields but it generates the HTTP status codes itself preventing you from customizing these. Therefore, a workaround process is required to re-turn the status code of 301 and to populate the HTTP header field called "Location" with the URL that you would like to redirect to.

    One way to accomplish this in Domino R7 is to use a Java Servlet.  Servlets are able to respond with their own HTTP response codes, so they are a good candidate for this. Note that any envi-ronment that permits you to customize the response code and HTTP header can be used.

    To handle a redirect you will want to be able to respond to the GET requests from the browser with the status of 301 and the also provide the location to redirect the user to.  The browser han-dles the actual redirection based on the response and http header field (location).

    Appropriate Java Classes


    The class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/2.1/api/javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.html has methods for handling each of the http request types, the one we are concerned with is GET, doGet allows you to respond to those client requests through a servlet.  This method has two parameters passed in the javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest and javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.  These classes allow you to process the client request and compute a response, to do this create a new java class that extends this class (HttpServlet) in order to respond to the client requests using your custom servlet response.

    A typical response would be....

    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
    import java.io.PrintWriter;

    public class SAMPLE1 extends HttpServlet
    {
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     {
             try
             {
             //return the html below to the browser, Status OK
             response.setContentType("text/html");
             response.setStatus(200);
             response.getWriter().println("This is the response page");
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
             response.getWriter().println(e);
             }
     }        
    }

    A 301 redirect response would look like...

    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
    import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
    import java.io.PrintWriter;

    public class SAMPLE2 extends HttpServlet
    {
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     {
             try
             {
     //tell the browser to redirect the client to the new permanent URL below, 301 Redirect
             response.setContentType("text/html");
             response.setStatus(301);

     //the browser will redirect to the location specified in this header field
             response.setHeader("Location","http://www.docova.com");
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
             response.getWriter().println(e);
             }
     }
    }

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    Jeff Primeau May 2nd, 2008 01:16:27 PM

    Development Update: The Docova 2.5.6 is pending release.
    Customers with up-to-date Docova Support and Maintenance will receive upgrade, update instructions soon.

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    Scott Tomlinson April 21st, 2008 12:16:35 PM

    Our draw for the final Nintendo Wii at Lotusphere drew a good-sized crowd. Congratulations to Ryan Bohman of Selina Insurance as our final winner. Hope to see everyone next year at Lotusphere, where the plans should be bigger and better.

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    Scott Tomlinson January 24th, 2008 01:15:00 PM

    Docova brings fresh perspective to Document Management
    Web Platform for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino rebrands as Docova


    Lotusphere, Orlando, Fl. January 21, 2008
    – DLI.tools Inc today announced DocLogic Document Manager has been renamed to Docova (doc-oh-va) as a core component of a rebranding initiative for the web platform for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino.

    “Rebranding DocLogic was a result of our research indicating there was simply too much marketplace confusion around the name ‘DocLogic’. Some customers believed we were only providing logic or business intelligence around documents, while potential markets contained technology products with similar names,” states Gary Walsh, Vice President, “The Docova rebranding initiative will help solidify our position as a leading web platform for extending and enhancing Lotus Domino environments. Docova’s intuitive interface and integrated security, auditing, workflow, RSS, and archive controls lends itself nicely to Document management, file sharing, process collaboration Domino web applications requiring a consolidated view of documents, emails, files, workflows and other event information.”

    Docova’s award-winning functionality makes Lotus Domino web applications feel like a traditional desktop environment, providing capabilities like drag-and-drop, in-place editing, Lotus Notes mail integration, full-text search and right click action panels.

    “Organizations approach us to help them address a specific process or operating issue.
    Leveraging Docova’s intuitive user experience and Notes development skills, organizations can get a tailored, functional solution up quickly – often delivered in days, not weeks or months,” adds Walsh, “People enjoy using Docova – it delivers without being aggravating to end users. This enjoyable experience creates a grass roots adoption by Knowledge Workers, reducing the conflict between Knowledge Workers and process owners over the change effort.”
    Docova will be showcased at IBM Lotusphere 2008 (booth #608), and will complete in various IBM Lotus Awards and Lotus Advisor Awards in 2008.

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    Scott Tomlinson January 21st, 2008 10:00:00 AM





    Image:Lotusphere Celebrates 15 years of Success
    Lotusphere Celebrates 15 Years of Success
    It all begins Jan 20 to 24th, 2008






    Wow, where has the time gone? What started out as a small conference serving a few hundred Notes Fanatics, exploding quickly to tens of thousands, then only to fall and experience a recent resurgence over the last few years celebrates 15 years at this years Lotusphere.

    I can remember Ray Ozzie (now with you-know-who) walking into the tradeshow area at an early Lotusphere and being completely amazed at the sheer volume of people passionate about Notes. While I doubt Ray Ozzie will be there (if he showed up, would he be welcomed??) for the anniversary, DLI.tools will be there again in an exhibitor. I hope to see you there!

    Lotusphere 2008 Registration and conference information can be found here







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    Ryan Johnson November 22nd, 2007 01:32:00 PM

    DocLogic Wins Lotus Advisor Award
    Wins for third year-in-a-row for Document Management Excellence

    Burlington, Ontario, March 27, 2007
    – DLI.tools Inc announces that for the third consecutive year, DLI.tools has been awarded the Lotus Advisor Award in the “Document Management” category for DocLogic (Note: DocLogic was rebranded as Docova in January 2008).

    Combined with an earlier finalist achievement (‘Mid-market Solution’) at Lotusphere 2007, DocLogic is recognized as one of the leading document management platforms for IBM Lotus Domino by many of the thought leaders in the Domino community.

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    Scott Tomlinson March 27th, 2007 10:00:00 AM