New Updater Tool Allows Update Policies to Be Set in the Cloud


AVAproject users will be the first to receive a brand new Updater tool that will not only make the process of updating applications and subscription content completely automatic – but allow complete control of it through web-based settings.


AVAware developers are always searching for ways to improve and streamline the way our products are deployed to our growing base of users. Nearly all software developers today offer some form of online update system; some applications check for new product releases automatically, while others require users to periodically check a website or their email for notifications.

AVAware employs many the same procedures used by other software companies throughout the industry, dealing with the usual issues of efficiency and security. Our developers have always made an effort to go even further; AVAware’s notification and deployment tools offer a number of options and facilities that are specifically designed to accommodate the individual policies of many of our user companies. Many companies wish to exercise control over when application or catalog updates are deployed, as well as limit which individuals are able to download those updates.

For that reason, AVAware has made several software “switches” available both in the applications themselves as well as in the AVAware.com customer portal; administrators can restrict which users are given notifications of updates. Last year, AVAware launched a revolutionary new download facility that allowed those same administrators to create customized deployment packages by selecting any collection of catalogs they wished (from those being subscribed to) and having a self-extracting installer created for them automatically. This year, the process is taking another giant step forward.

In the last issue of AVAwire, we announced new cloud-based user accounts for all AVAware users. These secure and fully-encrypted accounts feature, amongst many other things, the ability to set update download policies for each individual user. When users launch AVAproject without logging into their online account, the update notification screen works essentially as it always has – displaying update information based on global or application-specific settings.

When users do login to their accounts, and they have been given “permission” to do so, this impressive new updater tool is presented.

Once again, based on the permissions granted to that user by the administrator, they can not only update their entire catalog library with a single mouse click – but they can download entirely new catalogs as well as update any AVAware product installed on their system.

This is only the first in a growing number of tools being developed that will leverage the new cloud-based user accounts, that are accessible to all clients via the AVAware.com customer portal – right now. The updater is currently being tested by select AVAproject users, and will be featured in a May update.


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