Thursday, April 23, 2009

Momentum: Take advantage of Microsoft resources to boost your productivity

Momentum, the midsize business center newsletter
Momentum, the midsize business center newsletter
Christoph Wilfert, General Manager, US Midsize Business, Microsoft  
Boost your productivity by developing a gamePLAN
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Dear Subscriber,

This month, we're spotlighting gamePLAN, a new Microsoft resource that can help you and your team get more done. You'll find strategies to optimize your technology budget and better manage your business costs, so you can do more with less.

Improve desktop productivity:
.• Improve business performance with tools that connect teams
.across the organization
.• Search, organize and find information with greater ease and less
.frustration

Stay connected to your business:
.• Access your files and programs conveniently and more
.securely from another computer or a mobile device
.• Communicate and collaborate on the road with anytime,
.anywhere access to business e-mail, contacts, calendar and
.business documents

To start on your gamePLAN, you'll find some great resources below in this issue of the Momentum newsletter.

Featured articles
gamePLAN   
With the right productivity solution, you and your team will spend less time hunting for answers and more time delivering results.
Technology at work
Improve Productivity, Insight & Collaboration   
Go beyond business as usual by extending access to critical information across your organization. Take the next steps now to discover how Microsoft Dynamics GP can help you do more with less.
Sharing Large files?   
Office Live Workspace lets you securely store documents on the Web and share large files with anyone you want from virtually anywhere. Now with 5GB of storage!
5 Ways Smartphones Boost Productivity   
There are a lot of things your mobile device can do—probably a lot more than you thought they could. Here are 5 ways your Smartphone, PDA and server can keep you productive while you're away from the office.
7 steps to good work habits away from the office   
Your laptop was built for doing work away from the office. Make sure your self-discipline comes along for the trip.
Spotlight
   Heel
Business intelligence system delivers essential insights on global operations
Heel, Inc., is the U.S. subsidiary of a German-based company that is one of the world's largest manufacturers of homeopathic medications. Until recently, Heel lacked a single view of its operational performance to evaluate its sales and marketing efforts and make meaningful forecasts. The U.S. subsidiary in Albuquerque, New Mexico, needed to provide reports to its managers and to the company headquarters in Baden-Baden, Germany, but consistency was almost impossible to obtain.

"Everybody was using the same raw data, but you could talk to three different departments, and they would give you three different formulas for making calculations," says Scott Mitchell, Senior IT Manager, Heel.

Late in 2005, the Heel office in Albuquerque began looking for a business intelligence (BI) solution for its data management and reporting problems. The company briefly considered a couple of third-party solutions, including one from SAP, but ultimately decided to build its solution using Microsoft software. Read more.
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Now available in an on-demand format, this 30-minute event features demonstrations of how an integrated Microsoft platform can help you solve real-life business challenges. We will show you Microsoft solutions that can help you drive innovation, minimize costs, and improve productivity even in challenging times for business. The event also includes a panel discussion of Microsoft business leaders, customers, and Microsoft Gold Certified partners. Register today.
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Go beyond information sharing, and empower your organization to take action with the combined power of Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Office, and Office SharePoint Server. Read how you can increase your access to information, facilitate better process management, and improve collaboration and productivity.
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