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January 22, 2014

VivaDesigner Server

What is the VivaDesigner Server?

The “VivaDesigner Server” (VDS) is a server technology which the typesetting and layout program VivaDesigner can be used in a browser, whereby neither JAVA nor Flash nor any Plug-in is needed. The only pre-requisite is an HTML5 compatible browser*. Since for communication with the “VivaDesigner Server” just standard ports (Port 80 or Port 443 with SSL) are used, the software can in almost all cases be used by every computer, even by corporate computers with appropriate restrictions.

With the “VivaDesigner Server”, suppliers of Internet shops, CMS, PIM, CRM, ERP systems or Asset Management Software can offer their customers tailor-made solutions that in the realms of layout and typography go far beyond the functionality and capability of HTML, Flash and JAVA applications. With the combination of Desktop and/or Web, completely new processes of customer communication can be created.

For whom is the technology suited?

	Agencies, printers and Media Service providers can develop completely new and streamlined processes in the layout, editing and proofing of documents and of communication with their customers.
	End users and corporations world-wide can jointly edit, manage and exchange documents with complex layouts in every functionality, every typographic quality and every language in a simple way.
	Solution providers and software developers can provide programs or Websites with which users can create new documents or edit existing ones. Thus software developers can complete the product portfolio.
	Internet providers and IT departments can offer public or private Cloud services around the subject of publishing, graphic design and editing.

What advantages does the technology offer?

	Every operating system With the “VivaDesigner Web Edition” it makes no difference if you are working with a Mac, Windows or Linux computer. You get the same result on all operating systems.
	Every browser Many “Web-To-Print” applications look different according to the browser in use. This can have fatal consequences for the display of fonts and hyphenation. With the “VivaDesigner Web Edition” you ALWAYS get the same result and ALWAYS the same quality, irrelevant of which HTML5 compatible browser* you use!
	No Installations To use VivaDesigner in the Web, you just need an up-to-date browser. NOTHING must be installed, neither Plug-ins nor “Java” or “Flash”. You just need the naked browser.
	No updates or viruses Since nothing has to be installed, no “Java” or “Flash”, you will never get a virus problem. You don’t have to update or upgrade any software to newer versions.
	No font problems If you use VivaDesigner in the Web, there are no more font problems. The days are gone in which the corporate font had to be installed on every computer and you had to work with software that allowed only a limited font range. In many cases, all the fonts required can be embedded in the documents, so that often no installation is necessary.
	No language problems With VivaDesigner, you edit text in every language in the world, including Asian and Middle-Eastern languages. Furthermore, all VIVA programs have a multilingual user interface in many languages, which may be changed at will.
	Support for Mobile Publishing You can even use the “VivaDesigner Web Edition” in a rudimentary way on mobile devices such as Tablets or Smartphones. VIVA will be extending this functionality in the future.
	No redundancy Many users of “Web-to-Print” solutions have to construct their documents twice: Once in the layout program and a special Template Editor. With the VIVA technology this is no longer necessary.
	Open standard With VivaDesigner you don’t have to rebuild your designs. Just import documents from “Adobe^® InDesign^®” and if required re-export them in this format. Thanks to the open XML format, the VIVA technology is accessible for everyone. VIVA documents can be created, saved, managed and edited in every third party application.
	One solution for pros and beginners With the additional module “Distributed Publishing”, you have the option as the document creator/administrator of defining access rights for individual sections of documents. You can define exactly which layout and editing rights your colleagues or customers may have in a VIVA document. Thus with just one software product and depending on requirements, the user has the functionality of a layout program, a word processing or a photo book application at his fingertips.
	Protect your documents As a graphic designer or a printer, you can protect your documents and even individual layers from third-party access with a personalized password. In this way, the user can only make changes according to your wishes. Without the password, no-one can edit or print the document.
	Work in the Cloud With VivaDesigner you define whether a user can use the documents locally or just open them in a network or the Internet. You can define how the documents are returned to you fully automatically or are saved in a network or the Internet.
	No training Due to the compatibility with comparable layout programs, professionals will soon find their way without any major training. If you limit the functionality of the program with access rights, beginners too will not need to learn any new software. In this case, general knowledge of word processing will be sufficient, even for complex layouts.
	Optional editing system If the possibilities provided by access rights are not sufficient for you and several users are to work on a document simultaneously, you can extend VivaDesigner to make a complete editing system.
	Optional Database Publishing If the possibilities provided in the manual creation of documents are not sufficient for you, you can extend VivaDesigner into a “Database Publishing” application and automatically or semi-automatically produce catalogs or price lists based on a database.
	Optional publishing server If the possibilities of “Database Publishing” are not sufficient, you can use VivaDesigner in a server version to produce catalogs, packaging, posters or price lists fully automatically from SAP, a database or a Website.
	Simple Integration VIVA is the perfect tool for software developers, who want to extend their application with publishing functions.

License model

The license model for the “VivaDesigner-Server” relates to a maximum number of users (Instances) with simultaneous access to the server (“Concurrent User Model”). The server registers the number of instances applied and provides each registered user with access to the application. If all the instances are in use, an additional user must wait until another user has closed his instance and thus this instance has become available. Since the usage behavior, i.e. the number of instances required for VivaDesigner, cannot always be exactly predetermined, VIVA offers the so-called “Plus Package”. Please see the details in the section entitled “Plus Package”.

Price model

The “VivaDesigner Server” is a completely open and transparent standard software solution that can be configured and extended according to your individual requirements. Compared to other vendors’ products you can either rent or even buy the “VivaDesigner Server”. Whether you rent or buy the software, you can decide for yourself how/where you want to run the “VivaDesigner Server”. You can host the “VivaDesigner Server” on your computers, in your data center or in our data center.

Thus the following combinations are possible:

	BUY and host on customer’s premises or in any data center
	BUY and host with VIVA.
	RENT and host on customer’s premises or in any data center
	RENT and host with VIVA

If the software should be run on your computers, the initial installation will be carried out remotely by our technicians. As with all Viva servers, the execution of a service and support contract is obligatory. The annual service and support charge is 16% of the purchase price.

* Note: Internet Explorer (IE) is NOT an HTML-5 compatible browser

January 22, 2014

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January 21, 2014

Publishing solutions and concepts for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry

VIVA publishing technology helps national and particularly international companies in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, as well as their national and international representatives to optimize their marketing processes.

With constantly rising costs and sinking margins, pharmaceutical and chemical companies worldwide must act faster and be more flexible. What should one then do, when you have to save on costs and time, present a professional front and at the same time work efficiently?

VIVA provides you with flexible publishing technologies and solutions for manual, semi or fully automatic creation of marketing documents such as catalogs, packaging and labelling, user manuals, instruction leaflets, price lists and business documents.

Our publishing technology and products help pharmaceutical and chemical companies to optimize their communication, co-ordination and creation processes and reduce their marketing costs.

Optimize processes – but how?

Even though the significance of the Internet has increased, no pharmaceutical or chemical company can do without the creation of catalogs, price lists, packaging, instruction leaflets, etc. The creation of catalogs and particularly of packaging with regard to the legal requirements for categorizing and marking involves long lead times and high costs.

To be sure of maintaining the Company’s CD (Corporate Design), the necessary documents for the company as well as for its trading channels are generally produced by ad agencies or internal graphics departments.

As well as the actual graphic production, extensive organizational processes are necessary for the creation of the documents. Communication and co-ordination between the internal and external product managers and the graphic designers with regard to content and appearance is costly and time intensive. To achieve a saving effect, both the internal and external work processes must be accelerated dramatically and investment reduced to a minimum. This is just where the VIVA technology comes in.

The solution with VIVA Publishing technology

With the help of VIVA publishing technology, it is no longer the graphic designer who produces the necessary documents. Instead, the employees in Sales/Marketing or even employees of national or international representatives produce the necessary marketing documents themselves.

This happens right away and without any prior knowledge of graphics programs or technical printing requirements. The graphics designers just ensure that the employee has the appropriate templates at his disposal.

Optimize processes according to your requirements

VIVA is one of the leading technology companies worldwide in optimizing marketing processes. Hardly any other manufacturer of standard software offers more options for optimizing marketing processes. Even competing products can be integrated into our workflow processes.

Click here for more information about general WORKFLOWS and PROCESSES with VIVA Publishing Solutions.

Click here for more information about general PRODUCTION TYPES with VIVA Publishing Solutions.

Conclusion

With VIVA publishing technology you have the chance of saving a lot of time and money by decisively optimizing the communication, controlling and creation processes in the creation, editing and management of marketing documents.

Corporations that are active worldwide achieve a particularly high degree of saving, as the VIVA technology can handle all languages (incl. Chinese, Japanese and Korean as well as Arabic and Hebrew) in one document.

Act now!

With over 200,000 users and customers, VIVA today is one of the leading suppliers of media services and software products. Service bureaus and end users worldwide use our publishing products to create catalogs, books, posters and billboards and print products of all kinds, and put their trust in our services. Millions of pages and documents are produced with VIVA products every year.

We are experts in our field and know and understand your problems, requirements and wishes based on 20 years of experience. We speak your language! Benefit from our know-how and discover the many possibilities for optimizing your marketing processes. We would be happy to show you the advantages of our technology.

Any questions?

Call us today or send us a message with our contact form.

December 11, 2013August 22, 2023

References

Leading companies trust our products, service providers and printers who use VIVA on Mac OS, Windows and Linux or in the Web:

Automotive:
Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Daewoo, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Hummer, Jaguar, Jeep, L&P Automotive, Lancia, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Saab, SEAT, Skoda, Smart, Suzuki, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Volvo.

Food & Beverage:
apetito, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Müller Milch, Nescafé, KFC (Kentucky), Knorr, Kellogs Cornflakes, Mars, Magnum, Toblerone, McCain, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Fosters, Becks, Red Bull, Bacardi.

Industry & Trading:
AEG, Bosch, IKEA Spain, Phywe, Karstadt, Procter & Gamble, Soft-Carrier, Quelle, Marks & Spencer, Mettler-Toledo.

Publishers:
Bergmoser & Höller (BUHV), Röser-Verlag.

Financial:
Cortal Consors, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Postbank, Schroders Investment, HSBC, Mastercard, Barclaycard, Maestro, Halifax.

Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Medicine:
Bayer, Pfizer, Aesculap, B.Braun Melsungen.

Transport & Freight:
Deutsche Bahn, DB Regio, Schenker, Eurostar, DFDS, SNCF.

Fashion & Cosmetics:
Armani, Chanel, Calvin Klein, Versace, Wrangler, H&M, Nivea, Boss, Nike, Adidas, C & A, Gucci, Levis, Puma, L’Oreal, GAP, Esprit Bodywear, Triumph, Palmolive, Colgate, Ariel, Gillette.

IT & Communication:
AGFA, CREO, Microsoft, O2, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Vodafone, T-Online, Océ, Deutsche Telekom, British Telecom, Tiscali, Orange, VIAG Interkom, Debitel, FujiFilm, EBAY, Kodak, AOL, Epson, Intel, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Yahoo, BBC, Canon, Discovery Channel, Logitech.

Tourism:
Alltours, Olimar Reisen, British Airways, AirFrance, Easyjet, Virgin Holidays, P&O Cruises, Singapore Airlines, Continental Airlines, Icelandair, Aer Lingus.

Service Providers (printers, agencies, etc.)
We have deliberately not included a list of service providers, because many of them do not want their names to be mentioned. Many customers, particularly larger corporations, also want to avoid it being made public with which service providers they co-operate and how these products are produced.

December 10, 2013

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December 7, 2013

Training & Support

Training and Workshops

With its training sessions and workshops, VIVA helps you to help yourself. Therefore we train both end users in the use of the software as well as graphic designers, system integrators, developers, consultants and agencies. The training sessions offer both an introduction to the technology and also concrete assistance in the completion of specific tasks. Within the framework of the workshop, we identify with the customer exactly what is needed and develop the strategies and solutions for a successful application of the publishing products in the organisation.

Service and Support

With and after the implementation of VIVA products, the customer has an extensive service and support offer available. Starting with a day, night and weekend service, right up to guaranteed reaction and solution times, VIVA offers »First Level« and »Second Level« support in different languages. A concrete example: A multinational corporation implemented the VIVA technology in fourteen languages. VIVA gave the customer worldwide support in several languages.

December 7, 2013

EINLADUNG — 25 Jahre VIVA

Liebe Kunden,

Seit 25 Jahren gehört VIVA zu den weltweit führenden Entwicklern grafischer Softwarelösungen.

Als Kunde, Lieferant oder ehemaliger Mitarbeiter sind Sie ein wichtiger Teil unserer Geschichte. Deshalb laden wir Sie mit Ihrer Familie am 17. November 2019 herzlich ein, mit uns auf dem Rhein bei Sankt Goar zu brunchen und zu feiern.

Unternehmen Sie mit uns eine mehrstündige Schiffstour und informieren Sie sich optional über unsere aktuellen Produkte. Genießen Sie mit VIVA das Weltkulturerbe Oberes Mittelrheintal. Der Check-in für unser Schiff „Loreley-Elegance“ ist um 11:00 Uhr am Schiffsanleger 6 in St. Goar.
Das Schiff legt um 11:30 Uhr ab.

WICHTIG: Die Anzahl der Plätze auf dem Schiff ist begrenzt! Bitte bestätigen Sie Ihre Teilnahme mit Angabe der Erwachsenen und Kinder (mit Alter) mit dem Formular auf dieser Webseite. Sie erhalten dann von uns eine entsprechende Reservierungsbestätigung.

Die Kosten für den Brunch werden von uns übernommen, hierbei sind alle antialkoholischen Getränke wie Kaffee, Tee, Kakao, sowie diverse Säfte inkludiert. Sie tragen also nur Ihre Kosten für An- und Abreise. Die Einladung gilt für zwei Erwachsene mit Kindern und ist nicht übertragbar.
Für eine Kinderbetreuung an Board ist gesorgt, wenn Sie uns vorab Anzahl und Alter der Kinder mitteilen.

Lage und Anfahrt

Sankt Goar liegt im oberen Mittelrheintal zwischen Koblenz und Mainz und ist mit der Burg Rheinfels zentraler Bestandteil des UNESCO Welterbes.
Sie erreichen den Schiffsanleger in St. Goar sowohl über die A 61, als auch über die B 9 am Rhein entlang. Von der östlichen Rheinseite (B 42) kommend, können Sie alternativ die Fähre zwischen St. Goar und St. Goarshausen nehmen.

Es sind entsprechende Parkplätze vorhanden. Es gibt keinen Dresscode. Kommen Sie bitte in legerer Kleidung. Allen Gästen steht auch das freie Oberdeck zur Verfügung. Das Rauchen ist nur auf dem Oberdeck gestattet.

December 7, 2013

Project Management

Security with »Proof of Concept« (POC)

In many cases, customers have problems imagining how a computer can produce a catalog or packaging fully automatically. Sometimes a competing supplier promisedmuch but delivered little. A concrete example: For such cases, VIVA offers a »Proof of Concept« (POC). Within the framework of a prototype it is proven that the software can fulfil its task. If the software is unsuccessful, the customer does not pay a cent. If the solution works, VIVA includes the cost in the project pricing. Thus the customers buys a solution that is tailor-made to function for his specific application. This achieves security and trust.

Project implementation and management

Depending on the order, VIVA takes over the complete management of the project and the responsibility for its implementation. Here we help corporations and service providers to enter easily into an efficient technology showing the way forward. A concrete example: A service provider and his customer wanted to implement the complete VIVA technology and to replace all existing systems in just three months. For time reasons, VIVA took over the project management, built up all the databases, created the templates for the Publishing Server and in the meantime trained the service provider and his customer within the framework of the project implementation (Keyword: »Training on the job«). After all work was completed the service provider and his customer were able to further develop the templates and the databases.

Supply

VIVA offers customers who are worried about large investments or whose resources do not allow a fast project turnover to supply the software within a hosting framework. A concrete example: A corporation wanted to introduce the VIVA publishing technology, but had no resources free in his IT department to manage the project or provide support. The solution: VIVA set up the appropriate servers in its computer centre and offered the service in the form of an ASP/Hosting agreement. The customer received FTP access to the server so that he could organise his data.

Purchase, Financing, Rent and Hosting

A further plus for the application of VIVA products is provided by the financing models. As developer of the software, VIVA can offer financing, rent and hosting options.

Successful History

Since its founding in 1994, VIVA has completed all projects successfully and within the agreed deadlines. This speaks for itself.

December 6, 2013

Consulting & Development

Design Consulting

Many graphic designers produce excellent layouts, but seldom take any automation into consideration.

A concrete example:
A concern asked a layout Professor to create a concept for a new catalog layout. The result looked excellent, but for the customer’s application unusable. Our experienced designers and experts in automatic design show you how your layout can be better automated and how you can save even more space – and thereby also money.

Organisation Consulting

After an extensive analysis, we show you how you can improve your processes in the creation of documents and printed material. If the product information system »VivaGate« is applied, VIVA can use the extensive concept of user rights and roles to improve organisation and processes. With »VivaGate«, all the employees, freelancers, customers, dealers, local country reps, suppliers, and even internal as well as external service suppliers (agencies, printers, translation bureaus) can be organised perfectly.

Data Consulting

Experience has shown that the preparation of company data is a truly critical point in the implementation of publishing projects. Together with the customer, VIVA explores the possibilities of using existing databases and data sources, checks the data quality and provides ways and solutions to raise the quality or get around quality problems.

A concrete example:
A customer had over 30,000 images, of which a great many had the same content, but had been saved with another name. The solution: VIVA developed a program, in just a few days, to analyse all images electronically, compare every pixel, rename recognised duplicates automatically and copy them to a predefined folder. This was a task for which a single person would need months to complete.

Project Management

At the start of a project, VIVA creates a specification document, in which the project, its goals, the equipment required, the technology, the organisation, deadlines and the data basis are described exactly. The subsequent implementation of the project is made according to this specification.

Software Development

VIVA offers inexpensive solutions on the basis of its standard products. Within the framework of new customer requirements, VIVA if possible develops new modules, which after development are available to all customers. Thus the costs of a possible program extension are reduced considerably.

A concrete example:
A customer needed to be able to combine his images in a specific order. For this, VIVA developed the universal tool »VivaGate Composer«, with which any elements can be laid out according to requirements.

Developer support

All VIVA products possess an open interface which may be used by third party suppliers and software developers. VIVA offers software developers who want to integrate VIVA products in their developments or organisations an extensive developer service. This includes the supply of the source code for different applications. A concrete example: A customer wanted to combine his product database with the VIVA Publishing Server to produce catalogs. VIVA provided the customer’s development department with suitable examples in source code text that the developer then only needed to integrate into his application. Within one day, the control of the VIVA Publishing Server was integrated into the customer’s database application.

December 6, 2013August 28, 2023

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