What's Happening

Happy New Year - We wish you everything great in 2008

Wow, there’s a lot happening here at IMPACT Management. We’re excited to begin the year with so many great things to talk about.

For starters be sure to sign up for the 2008 IMAGINE SharePoint Conference and Showcase on February 12th, NYC.  Take a look in the Events Worth Checking Out section for details.

We're also getting around. This year we'll also be participating in the SharePoint Summit in Redmond, AIIM in Boston and Convergence in Orlando, I hope to see you there.

"Out with the old and in with the new" applies at IMPACT too.   Read on to see what I mean... and let us know what you think!

New branding…

We’ve been hard at work putting the finishing touches on our new branding. We’re maintaining our positioning of being the company that makes your technology do more but have changed our packaging to reflect our commitment to SharePoint products and technologies. You’ll experience our new look and feel in our communications, collateral, and website.

And while our new branding is a signal of great things happening at IMPACT Management, you can be assured that we will continue to deliver the best SharePoint design, development and deployment projects in the marketplace.

Go to www.impactmgmt.com to check out our new website in early February.

New Microsoft specializations and certifications…

We recently were awarded our Microsoft Search specialization certification. Way to Go!

We’ve been chosen to participate in Microsoft’s SharePoint Deployment Planning services (SPDS) pilot program. Microsoft recognized IMPACT Management as a SharePoint subject matter expert and was certified to offer this benefit to our customers. We are proud to announce that we are one of the elite few Microsoft partners worldwide who can offer SPDS.

Through Microsoft SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SPDS), your company can receive a complimentary SharePoint deployment roadmap customized for your specific environment and needs.  SPDS offers a 1, 3, 5, 10, or 15 day deployment service, based on your individual software assurance benefit level. This service is offered through your Software Assurance -- you've already bought 1 to 15 days of SPDS (depending on your software assurance benefit level).  Contact us today to find out how to get your SharePoint project started.  As this is a pilot program, this offer is a limited opportunity.

IMPACT Management team news…

Congratulations to Kevin Roskot on his promotion to Vice President, Sales and Business Development.

IMPACT Management would like to extend a warm welcome to Sivaranjini Govindan , Cheryl DeGrasse and Kelly Meyer who have joined the growing IMPACT Management team to help us build more and better SharePoint solutions.

2008 IMAGINE SharePoint Conference and Showcase:”Playing in the Digital Sandbox”

Read about it in Events Worth Checking it Out – It’s going to be awesome!!

Please contact Theresa Cuttitta via email or call 516-495-1300, ext. 308 with any questions or comments about this newsletter.

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Events Worth Checking Out

2008 IMAGINE SharePoint Conference and Showcase:”Playing in the Digital Sandbox”

All I really need to know about SharePoint I learned at the 2008 IMAGINE SharePoint Conference & Showcase: ”Playing in the Digital Sandbox”

Remember playing in the sandbox as a kid and all the valuable lessons you learned there? With your friends you discovered teamwork and that collaborating together you could build a bigger and better castle than you could alone! Thinking that the sand box was a gateway to the other side of the world and that if you had the right tools – big buckets, water, shovels you could dig to China! It was all about having fun and being creative!

Join IMPACT Management on February 12, 2008 at the New York City Microsoft Office for a chance to play in the SharePoint Digital Sandbox – a place to learn and play with Microsoft’s Office SharePoint Server. Learn about SharePoint collaboration, portal, search, content management, business processes, and business intelligence features.

Hear what some of the industry’s top SharePoint experts from BlueSpring, CorasWorks, Formotus and Ontolica have to say about expanding SharePoint functionality.

IMAGINE how SharePoint can be deployed in your organization! For more information and to register click here http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=123573

Due to space limitations, partners and consultants are limited to those participating in the conference. If you are a partner or consultant and would like more information on SharePoint, please feel free to register for one of our webinars or give us a call.

Introduction to SharePoint webinar

DATE: February 6^th, 2008, 10am - 11am

Want to get the buzz on SharePoint?  Register now: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=124592

SharePoint Tips & Tricks webinar

DATE: February 13^th, 10am - 11am

Want to learn our secrets?  Register now:  http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=124594

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IMPACT Solutions

Healthcare

We're fast at work developing a great set of solutions for Healthcare.  If your interested in meeting JCAHO Patient Safety Rule 2E or just want a great platform for your new Provider Portal, Community Portal or Employee Portal, contact Kevin Roskot via email or call 516-495-1300, ext. 303. 

Higher Education

Are you interested in leveraging Microsoft Portal technology for your school or university?  We're working with the Microsoft Learning Gateway, the SLK and Live @ Edu to bring more value to your SharePoint deployment.  To learn more, contact Kevin Roskot via email or call 516-495-1300, ext. 303. 

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SharePoint in the News

SharePoint Server 2007 Turning Point

July 30, 2007: Government Computer News, David Essex
"[SharePoint Server] 2007 is an entirely different ballgame," said Peter O'Kelly, research director at Burton Group. "Everything we've seen so far says it's worked pretty effectively and scaled pretty well."

Read the Rest of this Exciting Article Here

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Partner Spotlight

This month we’re spotlighting partners who are participating in the 2008 IMAGINE SharePoint Conference and Showcase:”Playing in the Digital Sandbox”.

BlueSpring Software is a business process management suite (BPMS) software company. Their product, BPM Suite, is built on a Microsoft .NET, fully Web Services-enabled Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). They specialize in simplifying collaboration between people and 3rd party systems using common desktop tools like Excel, Word, Email and Adobe Acrobat.  http://www.bluespringsoftware.com

CorasWorks is the leading worldwide provider of workplace application software on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. CorasWorks software provides the fastest, lowest cost, and most maintainable approach to a continuously evolving collaborative workplace.  http://www.corasworks.net

Formotus is the first company to provide fast, easy mobile access to business data. Formotus’ software + services model allows organizations to quickly generate and deploy business applications to the latest mobile devices. http://www.formotus.com

Ontolica offers a comprehensive suite of enterprise search, analytics and site optimization products to make website, intranets and portals easier to navigate for users and to provide feedback for improved site quality and efficiency for owners. http://www.ontolica.com

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Special Offers

Look for SharePoint Software Assurance Benefit!

Microsoft SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) is a software assurance benefit for customers. Call Kevin Roskot at 516-495-1300, x.303, for eligibility requirements and how we can help you effectively deploy SharePoint in your organization. We’re ready. ARE YOU READY?

Microsoft® Office System Partner Subsidy Offer

Get up to $30,000 in partner services when purchasing Microsoft Office (Up to $150 per copy). Imagine Microsoft writing the check for IMPACT services.

Microsoft SQL Server TM 2005 Open Partner Subsidy Promotion

Get up to $55,000 in partner services when you purchase between one and ten Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Open licenses with Software Assurance. Subsidy can be used for any IMPACT SQL Server related services! By taking advantage of this offer now, you will automatically receive an upgrade to SQL Server 2008 at no additional cost when it is released (est. March of ‘08).

Open Value with SmartPay

Microsoft® helps you choose the technology you want, when you want it. SmartPay offers customized solutions for you and your business by putting together all of your software and services purchases into a single financial investment.

Open Consolidation Discount Offer

Receive an estimated 15% discount for consolidating SA Renewals from multiple Open License Agreements into a single Open Value Agreement. Consolidation into Open Value will help simplify software asset management by having a single contract structure, reduce upfront costs with the option of spreading payments and gain access to more comprehensive SA benefits of Open Value. Additional savings up to 10% by consolidating and moving to company-wide, 15% by consolidating and moving to Platform.

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