NetDocuments launches an Apps Marketplace

Cloud-computing content management provider NetDocuments has had a busy year so far. After two major releases they recently announced availability of a NetDocuments' Apps Marketplace. For those unfamiliar, NetDocuments is a big cloud-based provider of document management services to large enterprise companies as well as law firms and financial services firms — and is used 140 countries. Today's news should be of some interest to those readers that are also users of the Schwab Performance Technologies turnkey Integrated Office platform. That platform includes a customized version of Salesforce CRM. For those not on the platform, the NetDocuments piece acts as an advisory firm's document management and e-mail archiving system, and thereby provides a firm's advisers with a centralized, searchable and outsourced online hub for storing client documents and communications. And the NetDocuments Apps Marketplace is a centralized location for third-party software developers to create apps that integrate with the company's existing systems and services. So, in short, this should end up meaning that as yet unimagined applications might just be developed to further simplify an adviser's life (or perhaps the more likely scenario is that other apps are designed for CPAs or lawyers, etc., that can be adapted). I'm not yet sure how analogous it is to Salesforce's own App Exchange, but the firm does support a pretty diverse client base. As part of the launch of the marketplace, NetDocuments is rolling out the 13.2 release of the firm's content management and collaboration service. A big part of this release is availability of the firm's new application programming interface called the REST API, which gives developers a second means of integrating with Netdocuments applications in addition to the older SOAP protocol abilities already available. With any document management or document storage system, search becomes a quintessential component, and with this latest release, the firm has updated its NDSearch system. For more information visit Netdocuments online. More information specific to the marketplace can be found online: NetDocuments' Apps Marketplace Related stories: eFileCabinet update Hey, you, get onto my cloud: Hosted PortfolioCenter pilot in the works Tamarac announces availability of Advisor Xi; the firm also names first set of third-party integration partners Making sense of document storage confusion Evolving into a virtual practice can help cast a wider net for clients Advisers embracing 'cloud computing'