Microsoft Office Launch

Date: 6th Nov 03
Venue: Suntec Exhibition & Convention Hall, Level 3

6th November 2003 – Today, Microsoft Singapore releases it's flagship product - Office 2003 - with a big bang at Suntec Exhibition & Convention Hall, Level 3. We see a good participation of attendees for the launch as the crowd just swamp in from 4 corners of Singapore . A healthy size of close to 3000 pax flooded in to what Microsoft proclaims to be the biggest launch of the year!

Microsoft Office 2003 has evolved from a suite of personal productivity products to a more comprehensive and integrated system. Building on the familiar tools that many people already know, the Microsoft Office System includes programs, servers, services, and solutions designed to work together to help address a broad array of business problems.

The benefits of Microsoft Office System is in providing the building blocks for creating solutions that will help :

• Provide business users better access to information so they can gain deeper insights and take more effective action.
• Improve an organization's ability to anticipate, manage, and respond to changes in the marketplace.
• Enable teams and organizations to work together with speed and agility.
• Improve individual productivity and enable more business users to contribute in increasingly demanding environments.

Chass Computer Consultants is one of the important stakeholders to this launch as we are referred constantly in Microsoft's presentation. We were featured in

• Winner for Microsoft Office Solution Builder Program using Office 2003 system with Infopath to develop a sales management tool call Prospect Management Systems (PROMS)
• Rapid deployment case study of Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare for adopting Microsoft Exchange 2003.

We also have the largest lured crowd to our booth – all compliments to F&N Fruit Tree's sponsorship of apple and orange juices. The juices are given out free to participants upon completion of a quick survey form about their business pains depicted by 3 “O's & 1 “S” (OOOs) and it mainly represents:

• Office Productivity
• Office Information Worker
• Office Security
• Services

Office Productivity Solutions

• Prospect Management Systems (PROMS), the winner of the Microsoft Solutions Builder Program. It is a powerful MS.NET developed Sales automation and management tool that consolidates all your customer details from lead generation to sales closure. This tool allows your sales functions to efficiently manage their prospects, as well as their customers. For the manager, its analytical reporting functions make forecasting trends and analysis effortless.
• Human Resource Information System is a MS.NET developed office tool that HR manager cannot do without. It assists the HR Manager in managing his processes including leave applications, claims, appraisals etc. This system rides on MS Exchange workflow designer thus allowing users to process requests online anytime, anywhere… even whey they are on the road.
• Microsoft Exchange 2003 is an enhanced over the last version with new features added like remote access and mobile support as well as a wide range of integration with other Microsoft solutions for pervasive collaboration and productivity. Chass implemented for Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare Centre and messaging is a very critical tool and communication to them esp the doctors during the SARS outbreak.

Office Information Worker Solutions

• Microsoft Project Server 2003.
• Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2003

Office Security

• Howler – it is a pre-emptive monitoring and auditing tool that allows you to track and manage your PCs and servers more effectively.
• Email & Web management tool – Clear Detect Services help to protect yourself against email and web-based threats, meet legal and regulatory requirements, implement productivity-saving policies and manage intellectual property passing through your network.

Services

• Disaster Recovery services – for those whose Exchange Server remains extremely critical to the operations of the organization, a Disaster Recovery Service/Plan will provide you with a peace of mind.
• Managed Exchange Hosting – for those who have concerns about running your own in-house mail infrastructure, Chass offers you Managed Exchange Hosting services that provide you better manageability and savings at the end of the day.

If you have missed out on this day, and would like us to assist you, please email to Sales@chassasia.com .