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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 23:25
SharePoint Platform Accelerator (SPA) Simply put, sharepoint plus is made up of either standard MOSS or WSS which are enhanced dramatically by installing two market leading sharepoint extensions.

Web Parts for SharePoint - Easily Build sharepoint Applications with Enterprise-Wide Data. sharepoint makes it simple for end users to create new sites and rapidly add information. However as organizations consolidate their data into sharepoint, they want to do more with it such as, build dashboards, include information from external systems or relate the data in more useful ways. This is not simple in standard sharepoint.
  • Simplify and Speed Up Development - Quest Web Parts for sharepoint (formerly Development Studio for sharepoint) enables organizations to build collaborative applications using data from anywhere in the enterprise. The ability to build applications, menus and dashboards through configuration rather than code reduces the cost and time to build applications by up to 80 percent.
  • Connect sharepoint and External Data - Quest Web Parts allow you to easily view, edit and add data from external applications, but in sharepoint. You can connect to almost any system, and your users can find what they need when they need it. You can create simple and consistent interfaces for entering data and accessing reports in external systems.
  • Development Tool that’s Easy for All to Use - System architects, business analysts or power users can easily use Quest Web Parts to create sophisticated applications. For professional developers, Quest Web Parts eliminates much of the repetitive coding, but provides considerable opportunities to develop sophisticated functionality through “custom actions”. You can preserve scarce coding resources for where they really add value. Quest Web Parts for sharepoint supports sharepoint 2003 and 2007 technologies.
Getting Started
  • View Quest Web Parts in action! Visit the Solutions Showcase to see 10 of the top Quest Web Parts capabilities in action, including the ability to roll up multiple lists into a chart or report, create parent-child relationships and create custom navigation.
  • Computer-Based Training for Quest Web Parts runs on any Windows PC, with no sharepoint installation required. It goes from basic concepts through sophisticated configuration and contains labs and step-by-step videos. Download the Computer-Based Training here.
  • SharePoint Web Parts and Application Template - The Quest Web Parts package includes three application templates -- Help Desk, CRM and Project Management -- to help you get started fast. For more information, see the detailed Quest Web part capability guide
Nintex Workflow 2007 Nintex Workflow 2007 enables organisations to build complex workflow processes quickly and easily using a web browser interface. Nintex Workflow 2007 empowers users across the organisation to automate business processes, review workflow activities and automate common sharepoint administrative tasks. Nintex Workflow 2007 is available in three editions - Standard, Enterprise and Workgroup. The Nintex Workflow 2007 Edition Comparison Table provides an overview of product features available per edition.

Empower business users across your organization to:
  • Automate business processes
  • See real-time feedback of workflow activities
  • Create workflows in hours not days
  • Automate common sharepoint administrative tasks
  • Generate rich enterprise-level reporting
  • Draw it, not code it
Empower developers across your organization to:
  • Connect to external data via SQL, Web Services, LDAP, XML
  • Create and use your own Workflow Foundation activities
  • Interact via a Web Service API
  • Extend and customize using the Nintex Workflow SDK
  • BizTalk integration
  • Active Directory provisioning