Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Cloud Service Launched Globally
Steve Ballmer introduces the new service that delivers the Power of Productivity to customers worldwide.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, the cloud version of the new Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 release that delivers new levels of productivity to sales, service and marketing organizations. The on-premises and partner-hosted versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 will be globally available on Feb. 28, 2011.
For the first time outside North America, customers can access Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online in 40 markets and 41 languages and signup for a free trial at http://crm.dynamics.com. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is available today at a promotional price of $34 per user per month for the first 12 months of service to qualified customers that sign up by June 30, 2011.
“Sales professionals are at the heart of almost every successful business,” Ballmer said. “Microsoft Dynamics CRM redefines productivity by offering an industry-leading product that is fully embracing the cloud. The things that make Microsoft Dynamics CRM an industry leader include giving sales professionals a familiar user experience, enabling greater collaboration, streamlining of processes and access to real-time data so they can improve their customers’ experiences and effectively compete in the market.”
Based on the new Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 release, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online delivers breakthrough productivity by providing familiar, intelligent and connected experiences to users across the organization: Read more
FileMaker Bento 3 Event Planner
FileMaker announced the Bento 3 Event Planner, a customized set of six new templates that make it easy and fun for Mac users to organize event details all in one place.
The Bento 3 Event Planner includes a free 30-day trial of the popular Bento 3 for Mac personal database, plus six professionally designed, ready-to-use templates including Events, Tasks, Expenses & Invoices, Locations & Venues, Contacts, and Vendors. The Bento 3 Event Planner is available today by free download from the Bento Template Exchange.
All six templates in the Bento 3 Event Planner are linked together, allowing information to flow from one template to the next, without the need for repetitive data entry. To organize events on the go, the new Bento 3 Event Planner lets customers synchronize information between their Mac and Apple iPad or iPhone devices running either Bento for iPhone or Bento for iPad, both sold separately. Read more
Microsoft Announced Office 365
New cloud service brings together Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync for organizations of all sizes.
Microsoft announced Microsoft Office 365, the company’s next generation in cloud productivity that brings together Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online in an always-up-to-date cloud service. Office 365 makes it easier for millions more organizations to get and use Microsoft’s award-winning business productivity solutions via the cloud. With Office 365, people can work together more easily from anywhere on virtually any device, while collaborating with others inside and outside their organization in a simple and highly secure way. As part of today’s news, Microsoft is also opening a limited beta program for Office 365 in 13 countries and regions.
Office 365 is built on years of experience delivering industry-leading business cloud services ranging from the first browser-based e-mail to today’s Business Productivity Online Suite, Microsoft Office Live Small Business and Live@edu. Moving to the cloud with Office 365 means people don’t have to change the way they work, because Office 365 works with the most popular browsers, smartphones and desktop applications people use today.
“Office 365 is the best of everything we know about productivity, all in a single cloud service,” said Kurt DelBene, president of the Office Division at Microsoft. “With Office 365, your local bakery can get enterprise-caliber software and services for the first time, while a multinational pharmaceutical company can reduce costs and more easily stay current with the latest innovations. People can focus on their business, while we and our partners take care of the technology.” Read more
Senomix Timesheets for BlackBerry
Senomix Timesheets connects over the internet to a server program running on an office’s own network. Once time tracking information is saved from a BlackBerry, it is then available to assist in billing and project management from any Windows or Mac OS X computer.
Senomix Timesheets links your BlackBerry to your own office network, recording effort hours for billing and project tracking in a single database.
The Senomix BlackBerry timetracker communicates directly with your office’s server, so no cables, e-mails or SMS messages are needed to load data or synchronize devices.
More than a BlackBerry App
Senomix Timesheets isn’t a BlackBerry program alone: It’s a system which joins your office’s handheld and desktop computers into a single network.
You can enter project information and generate reports from any desktop system and track your time from your Mac, Windows computer or BlackBerry as suits your preference.
Ready for QuickBooks, Peachtree, MYOB and More!
Ready to work with Microsoft Excel and your office’s accounting system, Senomix Timesheets can be used on its own or as a streamlined front-end for your billing and payroll process.
Free Trial Available
If you would like to try Senomix Timesheets for yourself, you can download a free trial and install it on the computer you’re using right now. Full office trials are also available if you would like to try the system on a larger scale before purchasing.
New Bento 3 Project Manager from FileMaker Makes Project and Time Management Easy
Free download includes trial version of Bento 3 personal database for Mac
FileMaker announced the Bento 3 Project Manager, a brand new set of templates designed to make it easy for Mac users to track their personal projects and manage their time within one integrated, intuitive place. The Bento 3 Project Manager includes a free 30-day trial of the popular Bento 3 personal database for Mac, plus two professionally designed, ready-to-use templates.
Templates in the Bento 3 Project Manager include:
• Project Dashboard, with forms for project overview, milestones, tasks, communications, related files such as photos and presentations, and time sheets; and
• Time Sheets, with pre-defined Smart Collections for hours billed, hours to be billed, and amounts due. All of this detailed information can be located quickly using iTunes-style searching. Read more