The Future of Circulation and Distribution Has Arrived

The future of DISCUS® is a move toward web applications.  The newest DISCUS® features, such as a browser-based user interface, web dispatch, and address verification take advantage of Neasi-Weber International’s Common Application Programming Interface (CAPI), providing functionality through web applications that can be accessed from within DISCUS®.  By creating new plug-ins and enhancements as web applications, NWI ensures that DISCUS® users will enjoy a user-friendly experience and an unrivaled level of functionality.

DISCUS® Web features:

• Browser-based user interface
• Web address verification
• Web dispatch interface
• Mobility solutions

DISCUS® is growing thanks to the development of exciting new plug-ins.  PCI compliance is easy to achieve thanks to our new credit card services, increase your subscriber base with our customer self-service portals, and keep track of electronic and hybrid subscriptions with eEdition.  Please click on these plug-ins for more information about how upgrading to a newer version of DISCUS® can help with your ever-changing circulation and distribution needs:

• PCI compliant credit card services
• Customer self service portals
• Integrated document management
• Multi-Site Architecture
• eEdition

DISCUS® Enhancements

Browser-based user interface

Browser based user interface which grants the user access to DISCUS® from anywhere with web access. It also provides real time drop down list updates for code changes.

Address verification

Verify subscriber addresses immediately with this Post Office integration.

Web dispatch interface

Allows access to dispatch functionality from any location with web access.  Now you can see the summary, detail, and route-on-alert information all on one page. 

Mobility solutions

Start subscriptions and accept payments in real-time from anywhere with web access and let sales crews enter subscriptions and take payments in the field using tablet devices, ruggedized handhelds, or even smart phones, thus maximizing revenue and increasing efficiency.

PCI compliant credit card services

Enables real-time credit card authorizations and charges and helps you become fully PCI compliant by completely eliminating any traces of the credit card number from the DISCUS environment.

Customer self service portals

Customer self-service portals enable potential customers to quickly and easily start and manage their own subscriptions from your website.

Multi-site architecture

Save money through commonality of your software.  DISCUS® offers a true consolidation solution by allowing corporations with multiple DISCUS® sites to use the same database and same DISCUS® application.  Customer call centers can easily access all supported sites from one interface where switching from one client to the next can be done with the click of a button and reports can be generated for all properties at the corporate level.

eEdition

Can your circulation and distribution system support electronic and hybrid subscriptions? Can it keep track of your mobile app distribution?  Your mobile website?  Your iPad app?  Thanks to DISCUS®, you can rest easy knowing your interactive media is accounted for.

Integrated document management

Gives DISCUS® users the ability to view pertinent documents (PDFs, word docs, text files, etc.) from within DISCUS® via hyperlinks.  It enables auto linking, which is the ability to automatically find and convert URLs (web addresses) to clickable links.  The URLs (web addresses) can be stored in the new universal URL database, which is included with this enhancement.