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Version Comparison / Function Overview
Media Management
In order to meet the requirements and needs of our clients, we rearranged
our portfolio of media management software and created different editions. The editions differ significantly in functionality and price.
Home Edition
This edition is best suited to the needs of the starter or hobbyist. Beside the standard functionality to maintain a media collection it includes a lend management and the ability to complement data from the web.
Premium Edition
The Premium Edition is a very extensive and powerful tool for your media management. The functionality
to quickly enter media, the media search and the consistently implemented support for Scanner makes this
edition the preferred solutions for the ambitious collector or smaller library.
Premium Edition MB
The Premium Edition MB based on the "simple" Premium Edition and supports additionally the creation of
media collection databases on network shares and contains a user management functionality - means - this
edition can be used as a multi-user system.
Enterprise Edition
The Enterprise Edition is a multi-user system for libraries, schools, companies with their own library, etc. with a large
volume of media. It will also suit collectors who want to enjoy the benefits of a professional database. This edition can use either
a Microsoft SQL Server or a MySQL server database and allows therefore the maintenance of a virtually unlimited volume of media.
Highlights of the editions include extensive and dynamic grouping functions, very powerful search functions,
a new intuitive user interface, statistical charts and diagrams, reports and report generation (Premium or Enterprise Edition)
We created a comparison table with some core functionality for the different editions to allow a direct comparison:
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Home Edition |
Premium Edition |
Premium Edition MB |
Enterprise Edition |
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General technical information
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Used database system
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Microsoft Access
(only local access)
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Microsoft Access
(only local access)
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Microsoft Access
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Microsoft SQL Server
or
MySQL Server
(see note below)
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Recommended max media records |
5000 per media area
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5000 per media area
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5000 per media area
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only limited by the used server version and hardware
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Volume of inventories that can be created
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unlimited
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unlimited
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unlimited
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unlimited
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Multi-User System with user management
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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General information
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Media categories maintained
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Books, Music, Movies, Software
Combinations possible |
Books, Music, Movies, Software
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Books, Music, Movies, Software
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Books, Music, Movies, Software
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Entry of general media data (like title, author, etc) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Entry of special media data (like location, condition, etc) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Contact area with lend management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Automatic data complementation via web query
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Userdefined fields |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Export on main overview
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Text, Microsoft Excel |
Text, Microsoft Excel |
Text, Microsoft Excel |
Text, Microsoft Excel |
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Bulk change
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sort and filter in main overview
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Grouping / Sup-Grouping in main overview
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Quick Entry ISBN or EAN
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Report Administration
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Customizable Report Menu
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Creation of user defined reports
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Statistical Information Charts
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Note for the Enterprise Edition
The solutions requires an installed and addressable instance of either Microsoft SQL Server
(from Version 2005) or MySQL Server (from Version 5.1)!
Microsoft SQL Server
If you don't have a Microsoft SQL Server licence, you can also use the free
Microsoft SQL Server Express version. (as of 01/09/2011)
You will find addition information on the different Microsoft SQL Server version here:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql
MySQL Server
You can access information on the database system MySQL here:
http://www.mysql.com/
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