Thursday, May 14, 2009

Momentum: Tough times strengthen the case for maximizing your technology usage today

Momentum, the midsize business center newsletter
Momentum, the midsize business center newsletter
Christoph Wilfert, General Manager, US Midsize Business, Microsoft  
Cut costs and streamline communications with a hosted Microsoft solution
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Dear Subscriber,

There's a good business case for optimizing your infrastructure in any economic climate, but it's more important than ever when money is tight. That's why the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite makes so much sense.

The Business Productivity Online Standard Suite helps you deliver powerful messaging and collaboration capabilities through hosted solutions, avoiding upfront capital investment and reducing operational costs. You can control the costs of upgrading and migrating to new versions of software. Microsoft hosted solutions make it intuitive and affordable to share information, files, business processes, calendars, instant messages, and more. Read more about the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite in this month's issue of Momentum, and see what this flexible solution can do for your business.

Featured articles
Business Productivity Online Standard Suite   
The Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is a set of messaging and collaboration solutions hosted by Microsoft and designed to give your business streamlined communications with high availability, comprehensive security, and Online Solutions management.
Technology at work
Office Live Workspace   
With 5 GB of storage, Office Live Workspace enables you to securely store documents on the Web and share them with others. It's easy—and it's free.
Sharing Large files?   
You can now get Microsoft Dynamics as a hosted online resource planning solution. Go beyond basic accounting with Microsoft Dynamics financial management software. For a low monthly cost, you can get robust functionality, along with sophisticated reporting and decision-making tools to handle the requirements of your growing business.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online   
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online delivers on a rapid innovation cycle and has announced a 99.9 percent uptime service level agreement.
Windows 7   
Over the past few years, you've asked us to make some changes to Windows. We listened closely. Now it's time to share an early look at how we've used your feedback. Windows 7 is faster and more reliable, making it easier to do what you want—both the everyday things and the killer "Is that really possible?" things. Visit the Windows 7 preview site to see what's coming.
Spotlight
   Conceptus
Medical device company gains cost-effective business intelligence solution
Conceptus, a medical device manufacturer, needed more visibility into its sales data. Conceptus engaged Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, to help it deploy Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 business intelligence software, which integrates with the company's existing Microsoft software, including Microsoft Dynamics CRM and its enterprise resource planning system. Today, Conceptus has gained easy access to key data, and the writing time for each report has been cut from four hours to four minutes.

   Gregory Greenfield & Associates, Ltd.
Management firm keeps costs low and boosts productivity with hosted ERP solution
Gregory Greenfield & Associates, Ltd., (GG&A) needed a more robust financial accounting system to deliver an increasing number of sophisticated reports. The company chose Microsoft Dynamics GP because of its intuitive interface and strong financial management capabilities. GG&A also worked with a local Microsoft partner to host the solution, minimizing upfront acquisition costs and ongoing IT maintenance concerns. With Microsoft Dynamics GP, the company enjoys dramatically increased productivity and can choose between a hosted or on-premises deployment according to the needs of its business.
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Community
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Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is a set of messaging and collaboration solutions hosted by Microsoft. The suite consists of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting, and Office Communications Online. Register for a free 30-day trial.
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