Iowa City, IA - MetaCommunications today announces Workgroups 2011, the latest edition of its project workflow & productivity management suite. Workgroups 2011 will ship on Friday April 15th, 2011. Workgroups 2011 is a major upgrade to MetaCommunications' flagship software suite used by advertising, marketing, creative design, packaging and prepress organizations worldwide. Workgroups 2011 includes over 100 new and enhanced features including major new additions to its project management, production automation and developer capabilities.

"On the heels of two major releases in 2010, the new Workgroups 2011 release marks the first of another year of major upgrades and new products," said Robert T. Long, President of MetaCommunications. "We invested heavily in R&D over the past three years, and the fruits of those efforts are now presenting themselves."

A list of key new and enhanced features available in Workgroups 2011 can be found on the product's features page.

Join a Live Webinar Demo of Workgroups 2011

MetaCommunications is hosting live online demonstration of the new Workgroups 2011 including first-hand look at its many new features. Register for a webinar on the MetaCommunications website.

About Workgroups 2011
The Workgroups 2011 suite is a tightly integrated collaborative process and productivity management suite for marketing, advertising, creative design, packaging and prepress. Workgroups 2011 is comprised of four key modules. This provides an open and flexible solution so that users can adopt the modules of the suite that meet their initial needs, yet retain the ability to later expand the solution.

The four core modules of Workgroups 2011 are:

- Virtual Ticket, a configurable project and workflow solution that brings together all the components of your work to a centralized location, including project briefs, job tickets, schedules, customer information, associated document files and more.

- Approval Manager, an approval management workflow tool for managing, tracking, and scheduling any proof review process within and across marketing, advertising, creative design and production environments.

- Digital Storage Manager, a powerful storage management solution designed to integrate a workgroup's file management into the overall creative design and production workflow. The solution associates files with projects, archives & retrieves files, and enables users to quickly find digital files for creative design or production processes.

- Job Manager, a powerful suite of financial management tools that enable users to accurately create estimates and quotes, monitor job costs, quickly generate on-demand reporting and invoices, and share information with industry leading accounting systems.

Pricing and Availability

The Workgroups 2011 suite is available immediately. Free upgrades are provided to customers who participate in the Meta Assurance support and upgrade program. New systems are priced affordably with complete multi-user suite bundles starting at $3,995. MetaCommunications products are available from authorized resellers, system integrators, distributors and OEM partners. For more information, visit the Purchase page for details.