Comprehensive Project Management Solutions with the.NET Server family

Agenda Introduction The Business Challenge Addressing that “challenge” (with MS Project 2002 and MS Business Solutions) myGroupWorks™ - an integrated approach to Project Management Document Management in a Project environment Thanks

Business Challenges Difficult to locate and share company data which reduces productivity Typical Enterprise solutions don’t fit needs or budgets of medium businesses or of departments in enterprises Limited IT resources Security and protection of data

Technology Challenges Diverse User Needs –Meeting the different needs of each department –Implementing technology that everyone can use –Providing a common infrastructure across locations Scarce Resources –Doing more with less –Keeping up with new technologies –Training IT and end users Integration –Bringing together complementary data from a variety of sources –Restricting access to sensitive data –Scaling systems as business grows

What Do Businesses Want? Better collaboration –Communicating across teams and locations, partners & clients –Sharing real time project, event and task based information –Aggregating intellectual property and building best practices Improved productivity –Boosting efficiency in spite of fewer resources –Analyzing financial and sales data in real-time –Improving response time to customer inquiries

Portal-based Solutions Can Help Improve Collaboration –Enable teams to share documents, calendars and tasks on line –Begin collecting Best Practices and Project Plans –Distribute news and information on secure websites Increase Productivity –Mine existing resources with powerful search technologies –Catalog existing files for improved discoverability –Enable real-time analysis of data with familiar tools

Business Problems Solved Help users improve productivity –Adopt a flexible and fully customizable solution –Standardize your productivity platform –Deploy Web-based systems that can be accessed anytime Foster business growth while economizing resources –Empower end users to manage their content and workspaces –Establish relationships with other partners and resellers –Reduce development time with out-of-the box solutions Speed technology integration and adoption –Build on a reliable, proven and known platform –Protect assets with role-based security –Deploy systems built to scale

Business Scenario Windows Active Directory - File Servers Project Server 2002 SQL 2000 Exchange 2000 Web Storage System Project 2002 Web Access Outlook Web Access SharePoint Portal Server Digital Dashboard myGroupWorks Outlook XP Internet Explorer Additional Integration With:

myGroupWorks ™ Aurora’s Comprehensive Project and Business Information Management Solution

Our Approach Leverage the full power of existing tools that many organizations already have –Microsoft Exchange & Outlook –Microsoft Project –Microsoft MSDE or SQL Server –Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft IIS –Microsoft NT/2000 Security Use a common and familiar interface to reduce training and maintenance costs (Outlook and IE Browser) Leverage web technologies (XML, CSS, Digital Dashboards) to make the system easy to extend

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Document Management with Sharepoint Portal Server

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