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Saturday, September 05, 2009
EPM Live on GSA
EPM Live is excited to announce that all products and services can be purchased through the GSA Advantage program, Contract number GS-35F-0511V. This provides opportunity for all government agencies to benefit from the convenience and special pricing of the GSA-Advantage program!
The GSA-Advantage procurement process accelerates the purchasing process for government agencies and provides the assurances that the prices have already been determined to be fair and reasonable. A number of government agencies are already enjoying the benefits of EPM Live, including NASA, Naval Facilities Engineering Command ATPF and INCD, Naval Sea Systems Command, the Marine Corp, Naval Reactors and many more.
EPM Live provides Microsoft SharePoint Project and Workforce Management solutions for everyone in an organization, from teams that want to work within individual Workgroups, to organizations that want to utilize Enterprise tools. And now can be purchase through GSA.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
EPM Live Goes Live in South Africa
EPM Live, 2-time Microsoft EPM Partner of the Year and Global Leader in SharePoint-based Business Productivity Applications announces the official launch of its South African software distribution channel in Johannesburg.
Like most organizations across the globe, South Africa's companies are struggling with the contractions of this volatile economy. This year; forty percent of CIOs plan to dramatically reduce contractors and technology projects from their budgets.
"South African companies today need to be more dynamic than ever. With tightening budgets, organizations need to do more with less and manage all their work more effectively," says Paul Viviers, main distributor for EPM Live in South Africa. "The need to better prioritize investments, align resources and strategies, and effectively execute work has never been more important."
As a result, South African organizations have taken steps to radically reduce expenditures on enterprise initiatives, realign projects with strategic priorities, and increase visibility of investment performance and actual benefit realization.
"I have seen firsthand a marked change in the current economic climate that is forcing organizations to re-evaluate their current investment portfolio in light of mandates to cut spending by 10%, 20% or even 30%. South Africa is no exception to the financial reality that has hit every corner of the world. EPM Live has addressed this challenge in a timely and cost effective manner by providing a rich set of Enterprise Project Management capabilities built on the familiar Microsoft SharePoint platform used by many organizations today," says Paul Viviers.
Viviers, went on to say, "In weathering the current turbulence of the market, on-time delivery, on-budget and immediate return is key to any organization without having to expand on resources to achieve this. This is what EPM Live offers; a preconfigured, integrated solution that forms a framework that delivers from day one to the organization".
In addition to allowing customers to leverage their Microsoft IT Investments EPM Live also reduces risk and saves companies from costly and lengthy IT deployments by offering subscription based on demand services.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
EPM Live Nominated for Project & Portfolio Management Summit’s “Best PPM Technology” Award
EPM Live, a premiere SharePoint Project & Work Management software and consulting company, announced that it has been selected as one of the top three for the Project & Portfolio Management Summit’s “Best PPM Technology” Award.
This award was presented on June 17, 2009 at the PPM Summit held in Garden Grove California. The Project & Portfolio Management Summit brings technology providers together with over 200 of North America’s top executives. EPM Live was nominated for Best PPM Technology.
The Project & Portfolio Management Summit brings Senior IT Executives from the PPM business community together with Gartner Analysts, and leading and emerging Vendors. The business-intensive format includes analyst-led sessions, Private Boardroom Appointments, a Showcase of Exhibits, and networking functions. The Summit examines market trends, offers advice, real and tangible strategies, and evaluation of the latest products and services that will help you make the right decisions, every day. EPM Live was selected as one of the top three for the ‘Best PPM Technology” based on feedback from the many decision-makers participating in the 2009 Gartner Event.
"EPM Live offers solutions that support the underpinnings of successful businesses of every size and distinction." Robert Deshaies – Vice President U.S. Partner Group Microsoft Corporate – Microsoft
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Monday, July 06, 2009
EPM Live named Microsoft’s Partner of the Year for the Second Year in a Row!
Microsoft names EPM Live as their 2009 “Partner of the Year” in the Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Project Management Partner category. EPM Live was selected for this award based on their innovative project and work management product offerings, revolutionizing Microsoft’s EPM deployments methodology and our Software plus Services (SaaS) best practices. EPM Live was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
The need to better prioritize, investments, align resources and strategies and effectively execute projects and work has never been more important. This unpredictable economic climate has caused even large established businesses to reevaluate investment in the traditional costly consulting EPM deployments. EPM Live has addressed this challenge by revolutionizing how businesses deploy and consume Microsoft EPM technology.
"It is an honor to receive this prestigious award from Microsoft two years in a row. We are very pleased that Microsoft and their customers recognize EPM Live products and services as a true value. EPM Live is designed to enable organizations to take a unique approach to managing projects and applying proven project management principles to all the work. EPM Live provides project and work teams with powerful insights into the real health of their business.” Says EPM Live CEO, Joe Larscheid
“Our partners are increasingly using Project Professional and Project Server together with SharePoint Server to provide unmatched project management, collaboration and reporting capabilities that help customers reduce costs, optimize resources and manage work more effectively. EPM Live is a good example of a partner that demonstrates the combined value of these products and the overall advantage of the Microsoft EPM Solution,” said Seth Patton, Director of Project, Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft is excited to recognize EPM Live for offering superior project management solutions that leverage Microsoft’s software-plus-services model,” said Ross Brown, Vice President, Solution Partners and ISVs, Microsoft Corp. “Their online project management solutions are designed to meet the needs of project management professionals at every level of the enterprise. EPM Live’s Online Services allow organizations of all sizes and complexities to focus on building their business and managing projects rather than servicing and supporting an enterprise project management system.”
"EPM Live offers solutions that support the underpinnings of successful businesses of every size and distinction," said Robert Deshaies, Vice President, U.S. Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "We are pleased to recognize EPM Live on their ability to target business customers stemming from the mid-market all the way to the enterprise."
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
EPM Live is Presented with the Microsoft's Southwest District Best Practice Award for 2009
Microsoft recognized EPM Live for their innovative and effective best practices associated with Enterprise Project Management (EPM)
California, San Diego May 5 2009: Microsoft presented EPM Live with their prestigious Best Practices Award in the Southwest District for 2009. EPM Live was selected for this award based on their excellence in best practices and innovation in EPM. Their award winning EPM Live product and online services are cutting edge and cost effective.
EPM Live is honored to be recognized for their Microsoft Best Practices from among thousands of solution providers in the Southwest District. Through a solid partnership with Microsoft and a passion for excellence in innovation, EPM Live has been able to significantly grow its business and prestigious client list over the past several years, and looks forward to continued cutting edge innovation and growth.
EPM Live products and services are cutting edge, revolutionizing how organizations manage their work.
EPM Live enables organizations to take a unique approach to managing projects and work; applying proven project management principles to all the work around a project. Too often, there are real gaps between the information that a project manager has access to and what team members and stakeholders can tangibly grasp. By centralizing all information regarding a project in one location, project teams can have a powerful insight into the real health of a project.
EPM Live reduces time, cost and risk by providing pre-configured out-of-the-box Enterprise Project Management Solutions. These solutions support specific industry standards and best practices and can be built-to-order. The Build-to-Order (BTO) service enables organizations to fully configure their solutions in a quarter of the time and cost, virtually risk free.
EPM Live is the fastest and most cost efficient way to get organizations up and running on EPM.
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Friday, March 06, 2009
EPM Live Offers an Unbeatable Promotion for Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
EPM Live announced today that it is offering an unbeatable promotion for Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. Extend the capabilities of Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 to be a complete collaborative project and work management solution for FREE. Buy Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 from EPM Live for only $750 (Retail Value $999) and receive a FREE – EPM Live Solution, Deployment, and Training. For more detailed information, go to http://www.buyprojectpro.com.
The economy is shaping the way businesses make software investments and how they deploy new solutions. In light of the economic climate, EPM Live is rethinking its services’ model to be more agile and meet the financial constraints of businesses worldwide. By providing more cost effective solutions, helping businesses leverage what they already own, and giving businesses what they really need to be successful today, EPM Live is providing a solution that is low-investment/high-value.
Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 gives you robust project management tools with the right blend of usability, power, and flexibility, so you can manage projects more efficiently and effectively. You can stay informed and control project work, schedules, and finances, while keeping project teams aligned. Be more productive through integration with familiar Microsoft Office system programs, powerful reporting, guided planning, and flexible tools. *source Microsoft
If you already own Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, EPM Live enhances your implementation:
· Seamlessly publish Project .mpp file data into SharePoint Workspaces and across site collections
· Share your Project .mpp file data with all of your team resources and give them the ability to edit their information in SharePoint without the need for a Project license
· Executive level views, roll-ups, and dashboards that turn your Project .mpp file data into usable information for every level of your organization
· Manage your structured and unstructured work in SharePoint
· EPM Live comes with pre-built Project, Resource, My Work, Issue, Risk, and Change Request Views in SharePoint
· The ability to select different SharePoint Workspace templates – we also offer a PMI PMBOK best practice template
· EPM Live comes with a pre-built notifications engine for unlimited custom notifications and process workflows
· EPM Live has a complete online Work Planner for Agile methodology implementations that allow multiple resource task assignments, unlimited task lines, duration and work based scheduling and task custom field definitions, dependencies, Gantt views, save commonly used projects as templates, custom views, and full task status updates (open and accept in Microsoft Project desktop client)
When you purchase a Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 license from EPM Live, we give you the opportunity to see first-hand how EPM Live seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 and extends the business value of the application with powerful collaboration and management tools.
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Monday, January 05, 2009
Special Olympics Selects EPM Live to Manage and Organize their 2009 World Winter Games
EPM Live, the leading Enterprise SharePoint Project Management solution, announced today that it has been selected as the software solution for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
The Special Olympics World Winter Games Committee needed a project management tool that would allow each venue to manage their tasks independently and have the ability to report their project status to one enterprise site. The Special Olympics World Winter Games Committee chose EPM Live because the solution provided the highest level of capability and flexibility, with the greatest ease of use in functionality and deployment. With EPM Live’s online Software + Services environment, the solution gave the committee the ability to be up and running within a few business days.
EPM Live empowers organizations to manage their work, how they work. By allowing groups to work in multiple environments at the same time, EPM Live provides complete flexibility by integrating different processes, requirements, and methodologies. EPM Live gives executive level visibility across these sites through enterprise level dashboards, extending the reach of Project Management to provide a complete solution for your entire organization.
J.P. Benlian, Special Olympics World Winter Games Committee Member, said, “The solution came highly recommended from the team we were working with on our technology infrastructure. We are a sunset organization and did not have much time to implement and configure a complicated EPM solution. EPM Live allowed us to add as many users as needed and tailor the solution to our unique needs.”
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Avery Dennison selects EPM Live to extend their Microsoft Project Server 2007 environment to scale across the entire organization
Avery Dennison identified a need for increased Enterprise Project Management standardization and automation within the organization. Project Management within Avery was originally accomplished using a variety of methodologies, processes, and tools.
Challenges
· Varying processes and procedures without tool standardization
· Different levels of program management maturity across the organization
Benefits
· Increased program performance by having reliable Schedule/Cost information for program reviews
· Increased collaboration and accountability among teams
· Automated financial interfaces and workflows to reduce duplication of effort
· Ability to perform “what-if” scenarios to determine workforce and schedule impacts
Results
Avery Dennison selected Microsoft Project Server 2007, connected with EPM Live to leverage a flexible EPM platform that could scale across the entire organization; Avery Dennison’s Enterprise Program Office is now supporting all users managing projects. Avery Dennison is now capable of planning and executing both small and large projects on a shared platform, while ensuring adherence to their project management standards. The scalability and flexibility of the solution allows each division to build on corporate standards and customize their solution to meet their group’s needs.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
EPM Live Releases New Enterprise SharePoint Project Management Capabilities
EPM Live, the leading Enterprise SharePoint Project and Work Management solution announced today that it has released new SharePoint-based Enterprise Productivity Management capabilities in their award winning software solution. The new capabilities in EPM Live will allow more efficient and effective project and work management with dynamic controls that extend the current capability of Microsoft Office SharePoint.
EPM Live CEO, Joe Larscheid says, “By applying the proven methodologies of project management to most work, you create a solution that goes beyond software; we create a business mindset. We wanted to offer a solution instead of ad-hoc web parts because there is method and process in the real work of business. Businesses should have a strategic solution not a tactical ‘fix’ to their problem. EPM Live offers two methods of deployment: online or onsite. This makes EPM Live the perfect implementation model for any growing company.”
Built on a Microsoft SharePoint platform, EPM Live gives you the ability to manage all your work with one solution by leveraging what you already own, in a familiar Microsoft environment.
EPM Live’s Capabilities:
• View project investments and monitor overall project portfolio performance to ensure that you are achieving your investment objectives
• Control your schedules and prevent schedule variances to optimize successful delivery
• Plan and coordinate resource workload to ensure proper placement, expertise, and efficiency
• View and update all "my" tasks and responsibilities across all project work items from a single view
• EPM Live provides best practices configurations and templates to get your solution up and running quickly
EPM Live is an easy to use and affordable software and services solution that helps organizations manage work more efficiently.
"The EPM Live solution is allowing us to provide a scalable project management tool set for use throughout the IT community. Coupled with the Microsoft Project Server 2007, Project Professional 2007, and SharePoint tools, we are now capable of planning and executing both small and large projects on a shared platform, while ensuring adherence to our project management standards," said, Avery Dennison.
EPM Live delivers market-leading customer solutions that are 100% built on Microsoft technology.
EPM Live is a leading provider of project and work management solutions built on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. EPM Live’s mission is to provide cost-effective, collaborative tools that help teams work together effectively, increase their efficiency, achieve higher levels of ROI, and drive success. EPM Live is privately owned and headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
EPM Live Awarded Microsoft's 2008 Partner of the Year!
EPM Live is honored to be Microsoft’s Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Project Management Partner of the Year. Partners worldwide submitted more than 2,000 entries! Microsoft selected award winners based on their dedicated use of Microsoft technologies to provide solutions for their customers’ needs.
“EPM Live offers solutions that support the underpinnings of successful businesses of every size and distinction,” said Robert Deshaies, Vice President, U.S. Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. “We are pleased to recognize EPM Live on their ability to target business customers stemming from the midmarket all the way to the enterprise.”
EPM Live provides innovative solutions for work management needs. Leading the market with full integration between Microsoft Office Project Server, Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint, EPM Live is a versatile and scalable solution.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Microsoft is excited about EPM Live
"The EPM Live Workgroup solution brings the world’s leading project management software to the entire work team. Microsoft is excited that EPM Live Workgroup’s straightforward solution brings the benefits of Microsoft Office Project 2007, to a wider range of customers. An increasing number of customers are attracted to Software + Services for its usability, price, and fast deployment. This solution combines the best of Office Project 2007 with the flexibility of online services empowering everyone on the work team to collaborate more effectively. Whether they call themselves project managers or not, this tool helps leaders get their teams collaborating toward a common goal.”
Mike Angiulo Former General Manager of Microsoft Project Business Unit
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