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- Zoho's pivot and macro capabilities: tipping point?
- Today's addition of VB Macro and pivot table support to Zoho Sheets is possibly the most important step forward for the Zoho suite of business applications. These two capabilities are top of list for keeping Microsoft Office customers loyal. Pivot tables are extensively...
- Tags: Business Application, Microsoft Visual Basic, Zoho, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Microsoft Office, Financial Accounting, Office Suites, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Frustrations with development languages
- Last week's discussions of Java suggested to me that most of the response people have to programming language choices is driven first by the lack of real choices and secondly by issues of scale and perception. Setting aside embedded uses of Java, I get the clear impression...
- Tags: Business Application, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- MSDN Webcast: Overview of Office business applications and Visual Studio Tools for Office (Level 200)
- This webcast is designed to help developers learn how Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system enables them to leverage Microsoft Visual Studio and the Office platform to build scalable, Line-Of-Business (LOB) solutions based on Microsoft Office.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Office, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts 2008-02-28
- MSDN Webcast: Developing Office business applications: From Client to SharePoint and Beyond (Level 300)
- Office Business Applications (OBAs) are a new breed of composite solution that leverages the Microsoft Office platform to integrate line of business systems, such as SAP, PeopleSoft, and Microsoft Dynamics, with the Microsoft Office system. This webcast address the why, what, and how in regards to developing and deploying OBAs,...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft SharePoint, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Office Business Applications, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts 2008-01-29
- Developed and Maintained a Suite of business applications for IATA
- MindTree Consulting leveraged its expertise in the airlines domain to develop and maintain a large set of business applications and initiatives for IATA. These applications gave IATA the flexibility to enhance their internal processes and implement new initiatives faster and with reduced overheads. By partnering with MindTree, IATA was able...
- Tags: MindTree Consulting, Business Application, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software/Web Development, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-24
- Point Of Sale business application (exe)
- A unique POS application (Inventory, Point-Of-Sale and Accounts Receivable) built using a proprietary network distributed database methodology. This permits the POS client stations to be used for taking sales even if the POS Server and/or the Network hardware has failed - other POS systems would be inoperable during such conditions....
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Business Application
- Software downloads 2008-01-16
- MSDN Webcast: Developing Office business applications (Level 300)
- This webcast shows an Office Business Application built, incorporating a Line Of-Business (LOB) system, the Business Data Catalog (BDC), Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Web parts, workflow, custom Ribbon, custom task pane, and document manipulation through the Office Open XML Formats.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts 2007-11-21
- business application UIs matter...to users
- Business application UIs matter...to usersNothing new here[i]The people who buy enterprise software aren’t the people who use enterprise software. That’s where the disconnect begins. And it pulls and pulls and pulls until the user experience is split from the buying experience so severely that the software vendors are building for...
- Tags: Enterprise software, Operating systems, Business application UI, Business application UIs matter, business application
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Office business applications Momentum Book (EXE)
- Read the success stories in this book to see how companies have created Office Business Applications (OBAs) to develop and strengthen customer relationships, create innovative products and services, improve operations, reduce costs, and build higher value connections with partners and suppliers. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-19
- Managing Big Projects: Software Provider Delivers Help to Major Organizations With Office business application
- Dekker is an IT solution firm founded in 1984 by Simon Dekker and two partners to address a critical need of large organizations - a software solution that could be used to integrate schedule, cost, resource, performance, and financial information. This information is used to meet government reporting criteria for...
- Tags: Software, Financial, Microsoft Office, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Dekker, Government, Business Structures, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Productivity, Finance, Management
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- International Consultants Create Office business application to Help Assist With Disaster Response Management
- Based in Perth, in Canada's Ontario province, Catalyst is a consulting firm that specializes in the design, development, and deployment of emergency planning and response systems. A key goal of Catalyst has been to find ways of using technology to help speed communications during disasters. To assist in this effort,...
- Tags: Cisco Catalyst, Microsoft Office, Business Application, Microsoft Corp.
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- Information for the Best Decisions: IT Solution Provider Employs Office business applications to Get Enterprise Data to User Desktops
- Professional Advantage provides enterprise solutions built on top of Microsoft business software to help customers manage internal business data, customer relationships, and retail systems. The solutions tackle the complexities of managing people, products, supply chains, and fluctuating markets. And they provide powerful ways to capture and collate data so that...
- Tags: Desktop, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Business Application, Data, Microsoft Corp., Professional Advantage, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- WorkflowOne: Printing and Promotion Company Uses Office business applications to Improve Internal Processes and Customer Services
- A large, rapidly growing provider of print and promotional solutions, WorkflowOne offers comprehensive supply chain solutions in the areas of commercial, digital, and on-demand printing; document management; promotional products and specialty cards; marketing and direct mail services; warehousing, packaging, fulfillment, and distribution; and other services. WorkflowOne use Microsoft software because...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Customer Service, Microsoft Office, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Direct Mail, Printing, Document Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Office business applications Yield Rapid Returns for Print and Promotional Solution Provider
- When WorkflowOne set out to implement a comprehensive portal strategy, the print and promotional solution provider evaluated Microsoft software, IBM WebSphere, and custom development using Java 2 Enterprise Edition. The company chose Microsoft software and, with help from Composable Systems, created several Office Business Applications that build on Microsoft Office...
- Tags: Solution Provider, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Office Suites, Software, Management
- Case studies 2007-07-31
- MASHUPS: Understanding Mashup Building Platforms for business applications
- This paper explores trends past, current, and future in the mashup space and surveys the types of tools used to build and distribute mashups. The goal is to develop a set of criteria for the reader to use when evaluating mashup platforms for the development of business applications. Where appropriate,...
- Tags: Business Application, Goal, Mashup
- White papers 2007-06-01
- An Office business application Is Improving Sales at Microsoft by Providing "Anywhere, Anytime" Access to Customer Data in Siebel Through Office Outlook 2007
- The salesperson working at Microsoft spends their entire day with customers and, because they are rarely in the office, must be able to access and act on customer information regardless of location. The official repository for such data and the source of Swanson's past frustration is a Siebel CRM system....
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Business Application, Siebel Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Office Business Application, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Sales, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- Office business applications Improves Sales Force Productivity, Helps Increase Sales
- Microsoft is the world's largest software company, with 71,000 employees and more than U.S.$44 billion in annual revenues. Microsoft needed to make customer data stored in Seibel customer relationship management and other line-of-business systems easier for salespeople to access and update so that they could spend less time managing information...
- Tags: Sales Force, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Office Business Applications, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Office, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- Ballmer talks up Office business applications solution
- Integrating software and services with Office appsAt Software 2007 in Santa Clara, Calif., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer looks at an OBA prototype from Dassault Systemes. The lifecycle management software is built on Office 2007 and features a composite application that uses SharePoint Server 2007 and Communications Server 2007.
- Tags: Enterprise software, Microsoft Office, software, business application
- Videos 2007-05-09
- Software 2007: Ballmer touts Office for composite apps
- At the Software 2007 conference in Santa Clara, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer paced across the stage explaining Microsofts software + services platform strategy to the crowd of IT execs and software vendors and promoting the business value of Office Business Applications (OBAs), which uses Office as a front end for...
- Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, Office 2.0, Microsoft, General, ERP, Enterprise 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- My favorite Web 2.0 themes: SOA and business applications as advertising platforms
- In my winding discovery tour at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week Im sniffing out two of my favorite themes these days. Im looking for how SOA and Web 2.0 relate, and Im listening for the rumblings of how innovative advertising will augment the subscription model for...
- Tags: Web Services, SOA Governance, SOA, search, SaaS, Microsoft, IT Management, IT Service Management, Google, Enterprise 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
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