SAP Releases New Version of SAP Business ByDesign

August 2, 2010 · Filed Under Business Software, Productivity Software, Software News · Comment 

Feature Pack 2.5 for SAP Business ByDesign Solution Generally Available; Innovative Starter Packages Speed On-Demand Suite Adoption

SAP AG announced the general availability of the feature pack 2.5 for the SAP Business ByDesign solution beginning July 30, 2010. This comprehensive, fully integrated on-demand business management suite is now available in China, France, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. SAP also announced the introduction of three new predefined starter packages that provide customers a compelling starting point for their adoption of the complete SAP Business ByDesign solution.

General Availability of Feature Pack 2.5 for SAP Business ByDesign

The general availability of the feature pack 2.5 for SAP Business ByDesign delivers significant customer-centric innovations including real-time, in-memory analytics, support for mobile devices, customizable rich user interface and increased flexibility.

The new feature pack provides the mature customer lifecycle management capabilities necessary to support a large volume rollout and reduce the cost of delivery. In addition to being fully enabled to provide multi-tenancy, it has been engineered for customer- and partner-specific business extensions, and provides flexibility to easily make changes to the default user interface, report and forms. It also leverages the proven life cycle management system from SAP, protecting all changes during upgrades.

Partners continue to be a core part of the go-to-market strategy for SAP Business ByDesign, and solution partners as well as solution resellers leverage the new business model and opportunities to the advantage of customers. Read more

FileMaker Launches Free Business Productivity Kit With 30-Day Trial Download of New FileMaker Pro 11

May 15, 2010 · Filed Under Productivity Software, Software News · Comment 

Takes advantage of charting and reporting features in FileMaker Pro 11 and more

FileMaker announced the latest FileMaker Business Productivity Kit, an easy way for businesses selling both goods and services to become more productive and tackle everyday business tasks. Optimized for FileMaker Pro 11, the new Business Productivity Kit offers ready-to-use templates for businesses that streamline a variety of operations, from managing contacts and suppliers to tracking projects to processing sales and service orders. Two versions are available: a Standard Edition for companies that sell physical goods and a Services Edition for companies that provide services to clients.

“The free Business Productivity Kit is a fast-track way for small businesses to get instant results and grow their businesses,” said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president of marketing and services with FileMaker, Inc. “Our upgraded kit for small businesses combines charting and reporting features in FileMaker Pro 11 with pre-designed, ready-to-use templates to make businesses instantly more efficient and enable them to easily manage the data essential to small business success.”

Small businesses can use the Business Productivity Kit immediately for tracking customer and vendor contacts, sales, product information, invoicing, shipping and other key business data – all in one database solution. The kit is an integrated set of business tools and each module ties to the other, eliminating any need for duplicate fields, tables and data re-entry.

Packed with new and innovative features led by charting, “on the fly” reporting, a Quick Find capability, Portal Filtering, and a host of productivity tools for easier database creation, FileMaker Pro 11 makes using databases easier and quicker than ever. The Business Productivity Kit leverages the strengths of FileMaker Pro 11 by allowing businesses to easily manage the following tasks: Read more

Microsoft Delivers the Future of Productivity With Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010

Microsoft announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, as well as Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, for business customers worldwide. More than 90 million businesses can now deploy the 2010 suite of products, and customers can expect to see significant productivity gains and greater return on their software investments.

Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 define the future of productivity,” said Stephen Elop, president, Microsoft Business Division. “With the 2010 set of products, organizations will save, innovate and grow as their people benefit from working across the PC, phone and browser.”

Microsoft’s Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 beta programs were the largest ever, with three times the number of participants compared with the Office 2007 beta program. As a result, 8.6 million people are already using Office 2010 and related products. In addition, more than 1,000 partners are already building solutions for the 2010 set of products. Read more

ComponentOne offers Controls for Microsoft Silverlight 4

A Fast Grid and Feature-packed Silverlight Text Editor Hit the Market

ComponentOne, a leading component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner program, has announced ComponentOne Studio for Microsoft Silverlight fully supports Silverlight 4 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight is a suite of custom controls that take advantage of the features and functionality Microsoft has built into Silverlight 4.

“Microsoft is pleased that ComponentOne has shown support for Silverlight and the next-generation application development platform, and is today simultaneously announcing ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight,” said Brian Goldfarb, director of the developer platform group at Microsoft Corp. “Products like ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight help developers use their existing skills to create unique experiences that run across many and varied devices.” Read more

JetBrains releases ReSharper 5.0

April 13, 2010 · Filed Under Productivity Software, Software News · Comment 

A Leading Developer Productivity Tool Simultaneously Ships With Visual Studio 2010, Provides New and Improved Features for Web Development, Code Analysis and Project Maintenance

JetBrains(R), creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools for software developers, have announced the general availability of ReSharper 5.0, its award-winning productivity tool for .NET Framework development in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and earlier versions.

Simultaneously shipped with Visual Studio 2010, ReSharper 5.0 adds full-scale support for the IDE and the latest .NET Framework trends and technologies, including ASP.NET MVC 2.0, C# 4.0, and VB.NET 10. Major productivity improvements include an extensive toolset for web development, new features to support working with large projects, and numerous code analysis enhancements.

“As always, JetBrains is committed to making the latest and greatest productivity support available to all .NET developers,” said Oleg Stepanov, ReSharper project lead. “As Visual Studio 2010 is quickly securing its position as the foremost .NET IDE, we’re making sure ReSharper is there with it all the way. We’ve got ready-to-use support for new language features, a new and improved suite of capabilities for web development, and many code editor updates you are looking forward to – or already using – in Visual Studio 2010.”

ReSharper 5.0 provides the following key features and improvements:

1) Web Development: A greatly extended toolset available to ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC developers, including code inspections, navigation and code generation tools, and highlighting.
2) Project Maintenance: Teams working with large, complicated projects can now view, change and maintain project structure with more ease.
3) Support for Visual Studio 2010: ReSharper users have never enjoyed support for a state-of-the-art Visual Studio version that  early.
4) Code Analysis: Includes many new code inspections and tools that help track sources of erratic application behavior and adopt best  coding practices.

“Microsoft is pleased that JetBrains, a Visual Studio Industry Partner, has invested early in supporting Visual Studio 2010 and our next-generation application development platform, and is today simultaneously shipping ReSharper 5.0,” said Dave Mendlen, senior director of Developer Marketing at Microsoft Corp. “ReSharper 5.0 helps customers simplify their development process from design to deployment when using Microsoft products, particularly Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.”

To learn more about JetBrains ReSharper and download a free 30-day trial, visit http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper

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