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1 Baiju Shah Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting and technology services company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them realize their visions and create tangible value. Accenture Strategic Pricing Solution Accenture s solution helps companies improve the execution of their pricing strategies. Using the native XML and Web services capabilities in Microsoft Office Excel 2003, the solution provides company pricing analysts with the timely, accurate, and comprehensive data required to make effective pricing decisions. Improved execution of pricing strategies leads to revenue gains, providing one customer with an expected Internal Rate of Return of 212 percent. The solution saves analysts time, so they can spend more time building customer relationships. The solution also helps improve data accuracy. Aziz Hussein ahussein@acord.org ACORD Based in New York, ACORD s mission is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance, and related financial services industries. With offices in London as well, ACORD accomplishes its mission by remaining an objective, independent advocate for sharing information among diverse platforms. Insurance eforms ACORD provides standardized forms for processing insurance transactions between independent agents and the insurance companies they represent. These insurance eforms, which integrate XML into the back end, are now available to ACORD Advantage program participants through Microsoft Office InfoPathTM Using ACORD insurance eforms, insurance agents have direct access to current, compliant versions of the myriad of forms used to manage the insurance business. The eforms help agents meet regulatory compliance and reduce liability exposure.

2 Andrew Herdener Amazon.com Amazon.com, a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July Amazon.com seeks to be world s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon Web Services/Research Task Pane Solution Amazon Web Services and the XML capabilities of the Microsoft Office System combine to provide buyers and sellers with convenient, seamless access to Amazon.com data from within Microsoft productivity applications. Users access the information via the Research Task Pane in Microsoft Office System applications. The Research Task Pane eliminates the need for a Web browser, making it even easier and more convenient to find and discover products on Amazon.com. Users will be able to browse the Amazon.com platform for useful information and make purchases without leaving their document, message, or presentation. Debra Walker dwalker@apprenticesystems.com Apprentice Systems Inc. Apprentice Systems provides problem-solving tools that combine the power of sophisticated modeling with the ease-of-use and accessibility of a spreadsheet. The Apprentice Systems Process Solution The solution includes a powerful process design tool with an easy visual interface based on Microsoft Office Visio Standard Users can visually define a process that is executed repeatedly but modified based on current requirements. Captured knowledge can then be used for analysis and ongoing project configuration. The Apprentice Systems Process Solution enables organizations to optimize process operation and reduce time-to-market cycles. With greater business agility, companies can respond more promptly and ably to competitors. This contributes to increased revenue and lower total cost of ownership.

3 Rita Seroski Avanade, Inc. Avanade is a global technology integrator for Microsoft solutions. The certified technologists at Avanade help customers around the world use Microsoft technology to realize a lower total cost of ownership for their infrastructure and application investments. Avanade Messaging and Collaboration Solution This solution addresses all aspects of an end-to-end migration from IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft technologies, including deployment of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and other Microsoft Office System products. Phased deployment minimizes the impact on end users and mission-critical applications. Avanade s real-world experience with Microsoft technologies speeds deployment, reduces risk, and lowers overall delivery costs. The solution provides users with a consistent, familiar interface and reduces the number of platforms and applications that IT teams have to support. Bob Dorr sales@brightmail.com Brightmail Brightmail, a leader in anti-spam technology, provides software that makes messaging environments secure and manageable. Brightmail software protects the networks of businesses, government agencies, and service providers with high accuracy and effectiveness in blocking unsolicited bulk , or spam. Brightmail Anti-Spam Brightmail Anti-Spam for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is high-performance software that blocks spam at the Internet gateway. Combining patented techniques, Brightmail Anti-Spam offers both high accuracy and effectiveness. With over 1,200 customers, Brightmail protects more than 275 million users worldwide. Brightmail Anti-Spam increases employee productivity by reducing the time employees spend reading, managing, and talking about spam. It reduces liability risks by filtering out inappropriate and offensive content. It also lowers IT costs by reducing the time and resources spent managing spam.

4 Scott Fillenworth BrightWork BrightWork provides Web-based collaboration/work management solutions that enable customers to gain greater control over their work, meet organizational objectives, and improve operational outcomes. for Project Portfolio Management This solution provides complete project lifecycle and portfolio management support. Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server 2003 are integrated with BrightWork s Project Onramp (project investment decision analysis), Project Provisioner (true Web-based provisioning and update), and Project Provisioner PLUS+ (enhanced collaboration). This solution improves project investment decision-making, project management discipline/standards, and visibility into the health of projects/portfolios. It meets the needs of all constituents. And by leveraging Microsoft technologies, it reduces total cost of ownership and accelerates user adoption. Robert Moore robert.moore@btna.com BT Group plc BT Conferencing provides audio, video, and Web-based remote meeting services, supported by BT Group s global networking infrastructure, ensuring reliability and scalability. BT Conferencing BT Conferencing has partnered with Microsoft Office Live Meeting to provide a unified audio and Web conferencing experience for both small collaborative meetings and for larger events. Soon, this combined experience will be integrated with BT Instant Conferencing, where an instant messaging session would turn into a collaborative audio and Web meeting. BT Conferencing enables organizations to react instantly to the ever-changing business environment. By joining the best in audio conferencing with the best in Web conferencing, this new product creates a seamless remote meeting experience that will increase productivity and help reduce costs enterprise-wide.

5 Eddie Short Cap Gemini Ernst & Young The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the world's largest providers of consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. The company helps businesses implement growth strategies and leverage technology. Electronic Data Records Management System This solution enables organizations to manage both electronic and paper records and documents. Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server 2003 provides a central access point for users, and Meridio enhances the solution with massive storage and search capabilities. CGE&Y provides system integration and services. The combination of Microsoft and Meridio technologies with CGE&Y s accelerated implementation methods offers organizations high scalability, cost performance, and return on investment. Dave Tupling dave.tupling@citrix.com Citrix Systems Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in access infrastructure for the on-demand enterprise. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite for secure, easy instant access to applications and information. Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite The suite s foundation, the MetaFrame Presentation Server, centrally manages Microsoft Windows, Web, and legacy applications and delivers their functionality as a service to workers, wherever they may be. It runs on Windows ServerTM 2003 and supports Microsoft Office System applications. Other suite products are Secure Access Manager, Password Manager, and Conference Manager. This solution enables organizations with heterogeneous environments to quickly deploy and adopt Microsoft Office System applications. MetaFrame allows users to access applications with full functionality even over low bandwidth connections, and to access applications securely from anywhere, even a public Internet kiosk.

6 Coextant Systems International Richard Reed Coextant provides Content Automation solutions for intranets, extranets, and the Internet. Unlike traditional approaches, Content Automation makes it possible to automate the entire process of moving content from authors to consumers. Hyper.Net Hyper.Net extends the use of the Microsoft Office System to consumer-optimized Web solutions, as well as content-intensive solutions like policies and procedures, e-government, and partner extranets. It transforms documents stored in Windows SharePointTM Services into relational XML data that is Web-ready. Hyper.Net reduces costs, risks, and time frames, making solutions more achievable. And because it eliminates increasing manpower costs associated with increasing content, solutions become more sustainable. Melissa Yonge-Smith Computer Sciences Corporation CSC has been a consistent performer in the global information technology market for more than 40 years because of the balance and business diversity it maintains in its service offerings, geographic reach, and industry markets. Enterprise Program Management Office (E-PMO) Offering CSC's (E-PMO) Offering takes a holistic approach to solving the problem many organizations face in not delivering projects on time and within budget in a repeatable manner. This offering goes beyond the functions performed in traditional PMO organizations as it integrates CSC s best practice strategy, process, organization, and tools components. One client achieved 77 percent productivity improvements that resulted in $10M in savings per year. A second client achieved a 275 percent ROI on their PMO investment, delivering $14M in annual benefits.

7 Peder Ekstrand Decision Support Panel Decision Support Panel (DSP) is a Sweden-based global ISV that creates business intelligence (BI) Web parts that present data warehouse information in Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server The product is sold through reselling partners worldwide and embedded as part of integrated BI solutions. ERP Business Process Integration with the Microsoft Office System DSP and Scala Business Solutions have teamed to integrate the Microsoft Office System with the iscala enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. The integrated solution enables iscala users to access and organize information, manage documents, and collaborate while working in Microsoft Office System applications. This solution enables Scala customers to employ a one-source approach to information access and use, to easily complete routine tasks more quickly. It provides businesses with the capability to do more business electronically, with more potential business partners, in more and different ways than before. Laleh Alemzadeh laleh_alemzadeh@dell.com Dell Inc. Dell Inc. is a leading provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Dell Professional Services (DPS) helps businesses optimize technology and maximize ROI through expertise in technology consulting, application development, solutions integration, and infrastructure systems. Dell Professional Services Business Development Productivity (BDP) Solution The BDP Solution automates many of the tasks associated with the creation of client presentations and pitchbooks. BDP uses robust tools and utilities created by DPS professionals. It exploits the power of Microsoft Office System productivity applications, and is customized to meet specific business needs. The solution saves time in both labor and production cycles, so organizations can decrease production costs and get the result to the client faster. Pitch quality improves because more time can be spent on creativity and idea generation. The solution also provides more client value by enabling client collaboration.

8 Descartes Lora Cecere Built on Microsoft.NET, Descartes logistics solutions are designed to drive operational efficiencies in the delivery of goods and services while enhancing customer responsiveness for both the enterprise and extended supply chain. Roadshow Transport Roadshow Transport enables better decisions on shipping freight. Using the software, orders are intelligently combined into shipments and loads are confirmed for tender using instant messaging based on Microsoft Office Live Communications Server Deployed as a network-based service, this solution executes the best mode, carrier, and rate combination for freight tendering and shipment status. As delivery cycles grow shorter with rising customer expectations, the tendering of shipments and the communication of delivery status for customer service is increasing in importance. Using instant messaging, Descartes takes the limitations of phone and fax out of logistics, ensuring the tenders and load status messages can be coordinated quickly to ensure customer service while lowering costs. Jon Mechling jon.mechling@edial.com edial, Inc. edial, Inc. is a leading provider of next-generation applications and platforms that leverage existing IP telephone voice and data infrastructure to deliver integrated solutions that improve productivity and reduce costs. edial IM Web Access Server The edial IM Web Access Server enables users to access their Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003 infrastructure using only a Web browser. The solution allows enterprises to deploy secure, controlled, and scalable instant messaging regardless of user location and without desktop client software. This solution helps enterprises respond rapidly to business events by enabling workers to communicate instantaneously with others. Secure messaging protects valuable corporate information. And because it is fully browser-based and easy to integrate, the solution offers low total cost of ownership.

9 Dave Shuey EDS EDS, a leading global outsourcing services company, provides information-technology and business process outsourcing services, and information-technology transformation. PLM Solutions, a complimentary, subsidiary business of EDS, is a leader in product data management, collaboration, and product design software. Teamcenter Community Built on Microsoft Windows SharePointTM Services, this solution provides robust collaboration services for a virtual community comprised of multiple product lifecycle participants. Some key collaboration services are access to product lifecycle data, real-time design reviews, and project activity assignment and tracking. Teamcenter Community helps reduce time to market and product lifecycle costs through effective collaboration across the supply chain. Project collaboration and real-time design collaboration allow distributed resources to work together more effectively, utilize collective knowledge, and produce better products. EMC Cathy Chapman chapman_cathy@emc.com EMC Corporation is a world leader in information storage systems, software, networks, and services. EMC Automated Networked Storage is the foundation of EMC s ability to help customers achieve information lifecycle management and thereby more cost-effectively manage, protect, and share information. EMC Automated Networked Storage Solution for Microsoft Exchange EMC s solution provides simplified management, improved storage utilization, server consolidation, and accelerated migrations, to ensure that service-level agreements are met. Through integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows ServerTM 2003, it provides non-disruptive backup and enables recovery in minutes versus hours. The EMC solution simplifies the migration/upgrade process and helps enterprises avoid unnecessary server purchases and increased resources. It enables business continuity through faster, more reliable, online backup and recovery. EMC s archiving products provide content authenticity required to meet regulations.

10 Mike McCoy Factiva, A Dow Jones and Reuters Company Factiva provides world-class global news and business information including the Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal and delivers flexible, extensible, customizable content management and integration solutions that help companies integrate critical internal and external content into their daily workflow. Factiva Search Factiva Search provides world-class information from nearly 8,000 of the most influential and important sources from around the world. Users access the information from directly within Microsoft Office System productivity applications, gaining a faster, more efficient way to check facts or research topics. Factiva Search helps businesses stay ahead in the marketplace by enabling users to research competitive moves, keep an eye on customers and industry trends, prepare for sales calls, and develop informative internal documents. Jennifer Amejka jennifera@fenestrae.com Fenestrae Fenestrae provides enterprise-class software solutions that allow customers to securely integrate mobility and messaging into business applications. With over 8,000 customers worldwide, Fenestrae has been a certified Microsoft Partner for over a decade, supplying messaging solutions for Microsoft enterprise customers. Fenestrae Communication Server Information workers can send faxes and mobile messages directly from Microsoft Office System applications, including Microsoft Office InfoPathTM Users can also participate in instant messaging from mobile devices via Short Message Service (SMS) with Fenestrae and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server Fenestrae extends Microsoft Office System communication and collaboration capabilities by making it easy for users to incorporate fax and mobile messaging into their working environment. By adding fax and SMS as means of communication to their productivity options, users experience improved efficiency.

11 us.fujitsu.com/services/consulting/ Ken McLennan Fujitsu Consulting, Inc. A provider of management and technology consulting to business and government, Fujitsu Consulting is the global consulting and services arm of the Fujitsu Group. Fujitsu Consulting integrates the core expertise of Fujitsu companies and its partners to deliver complete business solutions that drive business value. EPMSuite EPMSuite combines the power of Microsoft Office Project 2003 with Fujitsu's Macroscope methodology to help organizations gain greater value from their multiple-project initiatives. EPMSuite enables the implementation of best practices with Project Management Institute-compliant processes, templates, and samples. EPMSuite helps organizations manage a complete portfolio of projects to better control costs, manage resources, set priorities, and ensure that IT investments are aligned with business strategy. Benny Corvers benny.corvers@getronics.com Getronics Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions and services. Getronics designs, integrates, and manages ICT infrastructures and business solutions for many of the world's largest global and local companies and organizations. Getronics Balanced Scorecard Business Reporting This solution provides a reporting infrastructure that can be effectively shared by information workers and management. It takes advantage of Microsoft Office System features to bring together financial and operating data, illuminating an organization s activity, processes, and performance. The Getronics solution dramatically reduces the time needed to prepare and submit reports and simplifies the validation of disparate sources of data. Senior executives, financial controllers, managers, and information workers alike are able to make decisions based on timely and accurate information.

12 Andrew Burton Groove Networks, Inc. Groove Networks provides desktop collaboration and mobility software that accelerates business productivity both within and across company boundaries. Groove s mission is to utilize smart client technology to help organizations achieve a greater return on connection from employee, customer, and partner relationships. Groove Workspace and Mobile Collaboration Services This solution provides always-available collaboration for virtual teams and mobile workers. Groove extends the productivity enhancements of the Microsoft Office System outside an organization's internal network, providing access to people, applications, and data whenever users need to get something done. The Groove solution helps increase team and organizational productivity while reducing cycle times and decreasing costs. It also improves collaboration, mobility, and information sharing. Steven Fitzgerald sfitzgerald@habaneros.com Habañero Consulting Group Habañero Consulting Group is a Vancouver, Canada-based services firm that delivers complete e-business solutions with a focus on developing long-term, trusted advisor relationships with its clients and balancing user experience and technical capabilities with a strong emphasis on producing meaningful business results. XML Document Publishing System Habañero s XML Publishing System is an enterprise-class authoring and publishing solution that leverages the XML capabilities of Microsoft Office Word 2003 to produce XML content that can be simultaneously distributed in a variety of forms ranging from highly formatted print documents to rich online content. This solution can help organizations reduce production costs while improving productivity, accuracy, and consistency. One customer has been able to produce two revenue-generating products for the price of one, which is expected to result in a 43 percent, first-year increase in sales.

13 sharepoint Mike Noble HP HP delivers vital technology for business. HP solutions span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging/printing for enterprises and small/medium business. With 23,000 Microsoft-trained service professionals, HP is a worldwide integrator of Microsoft technologies. Document Information System (DIS) HP offers a comprehensive range of solutions delivering on the full potential of Web services and Microsoft Office System technologies. DIS is one of these solutions, providing case management and workflow routing capabilities to allow business-critical, automated and customizable document management, control, and workflow. DIS automates business processes and improves collaboration to meet the demands of an adaptive enterprise. Users can manage and share unstructured information, minimizing redundant effort and associated costs, and track documentation and case loads efficiently for auditing and historical purposes. Lori Matheson lori.matheson@immedient.com Immedient Immedient provides its clients with the ideas and skills needed to launch new businesses, take operational and strategic advantage of new technologies, and leverage existing projects and systems to new levels of effectiveness. Business Enabler This comprehensive solution framework leverages Microsoft Office System collaboration and integration capabilities. Business Enabler solutions address business needs including business analytics, performance monitoring, compliance and risk management, sales process and document automation, work and resource management, and recruiting automation. Business Enabler directly drives top and bottom line growth and streamlines operations by establishing critical business processes and workflow linkages and enabling access to and integration with enterprise systems and data. This allows users to work efficiently with familiar Microsoft desktop tools.

14 Dot Johnstone Keylogix International Limited Keylogix, founded in 1992, is an independent software vendor that delivers desktop and server-side document automation solutions featuring its family of innovative ActiveDocs products. ActiveDocs solutions exponentially increase the speed, efficiency, and accuracy of document creation across the enterprise. ActiveDocs Enterprise ActiveDocs Enterprise is a suite of applications that dramatically increase organizational productivity by providing business-critical document creation solutions. The suite leverages Microsoft Office System technologies such as XML support in Microsoft Office Word 2003 to integrate document creation into other core systems. Businesses gain from the automatic generation of accurate, consistent, high-quality documents. Employees can focus on strategic business goals rather than tasks associated with creating high volumes of repetitive documents. The suite also builds on existing infrastructure for low total cost of ownership. Paul Neel paul.neel@kvsinc.com KVS, Inc. KVS is a leading provider of content archiving software for alleviating the pains and risk that companies and government agencies feel from the explosive growth of data in messaging and collaborative systems, additionally giving organizations the ability to discover requested information or to comply with regulations. KVS Enterprise Vault This highly scalable archiving solution is designed to meet the content retention, deletion, and lifecycle management requirements for companies of all sizes. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server 2003, and various file and instant messaging systems. Enterprise Vault protects and other corporate information assets by storing and managing content for active retention or deletion and seamless retrieval in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements for discovery. The solution simplifies administration, lowers storage costs, and improves worker productivity.

15 Phil Meeks MCI MCI provides conferencing services including audio, video, and Web conferencing and related streaming services, which help organizations meet more productively around the globe without the time and costs associated with business travel. MCI Net Conferencing MCI Net Conferencing, powered by Microsoft Office Live Meeting, is a collaborative business productivity tool that enables individuals to conduct presentations, share documents and applications, and simultaneously demonstrate software to hundreds of people around the world. Net Conferencing from MCI is helping both large and small businesses enhance marketing tactics, train employees and customers, lower sales cycles, reduce travel costs, and improve the overall effectiveness of business meetings while overcoming geographic limitations. Michael Kerle michael.kerle@media-streams.com media-streams.com ag media-streams.com ag focuses on the development of communication systems, comprising software, software services, and hardware. The systems are based on Voice over IP technology and current industry standards. Where possible, the products are self-installing and easy to use. e-phone e-phone integrates a company s voice communications into its data networks and Microsoft Office Outlook Compared to a conventional telephone system, e--phone offers integrated voic , simple links to existing databases, and unlimited scalability. Plus, installation takes only a few mouse clicks. e-phone simplifies business processes and reduces costs by providing a single integrated and scalable communications solution. In addition, the convenience of e-phone improves productivity, and the ability to reach anyone anywhere and at any time improves customer service.

16 Rick Cleary OneSource Information Services OneSource provides integrated business information supporting sales organizations as well as financial and professional services teams. Company and industry profiles, executive biographies, financial health data, analyst reports, and press coverage can be easily accessed online or integrated into business applications. OneSource Catalyst Information Modules Catalyst Modules for Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003 deliver critical business information (such as company descriptions, industry specifics, executive and financial details, etc.) on over 1.7 million companies directly into the documents and workbooks that help drive business processes. Catalyst Modules help individuals at every level of the organization focus on tasks that drive business success and spend less time searching for, copying, or re-keying information. With rich business information integrated into their processes, employees can improve their decision making and effectiveness. Matt Vasey Pcubed Pcubed is an international leader in providing program and project management solutions. With more than 350 consultants working globally from offices in North America, Europe and Asia, Pcubed delivers business results to clients in all major industry sectors. Pcubed Six Sigma and Enterprise Project Management Solution Pcubed delivers improved processes and professional tools to help organizations improve in the area of enterprise project management. Combining proven processes, global reach, and the Microsoft Office System, Pcubed enables organizations to manage complex programs and projects as part of an overall portfolio. The Pcubed solution helps executives make sound business decisions about projects that span the entire enterprise. Pcubed customers are getting to market faster and increasing profitability by extending familiar toolsets into enterprise-wide solutions.

17 Jose Levy PM Solutions PM Solutions is a leading management consulting firm focused on helping its clients optimize business performance and meet strategic goals through effective enterprise project management. PM Solutions Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution for IT Organizations PM Solutions EPM Solution is an integrated approach to the execution of IT projects that provides IT organizations with a complete project management platform. The solution is designed to help CIOs drive corporate strategy and build value by establishing best practices in project management. With this solution and Microsoft Office Project 2003, IT organizations can establish business processes and project priorities, mapping them against corporate objectives. This solution helps IT departments and divisions properly select the projects and initiatives that align IT with the goals of the business to ultimately deliver the greatest value to the organization and its shareholders. Greg Aaron gaaron@quilogy.com Quilogy, Inc. Quilogy, a Microsoft Managed Regional Systems Integrator, empowers clients to solve business problems through innovative use of emerging technologies. Quilogy solutions include: CRM; business operations and productivity; portals and collaboration; business intelligence; integration; interactive; hosting; and training. Quilogy Hospital Portal Solution Designed to jumpstart customized solutions, Quilogy s hospital portal automates all aspects of hospital administration using Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server 2003 to manage documents and facilitate online collaboration. It provides instant, secure access from any hospital desktop PC or mobile Tablet PC. This solution provides secure and timely access to information, reduces paperwork, and improves the patient experience by reducing the administrative burden on medical staff so they can spend more time on direct patient care. It also helps hospitals consolidate desktop applications and track compliance documentation.

18 Art Nicholas ScanSoft Inc. ScanSoft is a leading supplier of imaging, speech, and language solutions that are used to automate a wide range of manual processes saving time, increasing worker productivity, and improving customer service. PDF Converter Microsoft and ScanSoft have teamed to deliver PDF Converter for Microsoft Office Word 2003, a solution that makes it easy to edit or change PDF files within Microsoft applications. A user simply selects a PDF file, and PDF Converter re-creates it as a Word 2003 document complete with all formatting and graphics. Organizations can reach new levels of productivity by leveraging the power of Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit and collaborate with PDF files. Firms gain significant cost savings by reducing the amount of time content producers spend locating, formatting, and structuring content. Adam Moise adam.moise@icn.siemens.com Siemens Siemens Enterprise Networks, a division of Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc., is a leader in converged communications solutions. With more than 1 million customers globally, Siemens Enterprise Networks delivers an affordable migration strategy to evolve business-to-ip. OpenScape OpenScape is an open, real-time communications software suite designed to quickly and easily synchronize people and information via any telephony or Web-enabled device to facilitate action or decision-making. OpenScape relies on Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003 to extend presence and voice communications throughout the enterprise. With OpenScape, decisions are made faster and with greater accuracy because users get the necessary information when they need it. Information workers become more productive, and businesses reduce costs in dramatic fashion.

19 William F. Nagle SourceCode North America, Inc. SourceCode develops and distributes leading-edge software products that increase business productivity by integrating humans into systematic processes and creating an integrated workflow environment. K2.net 2003 Knowledge Management Workflow Solution K2.net 2003 provides the workflow infrastructure used to route Microsoft Office System documents through a predetermined business process. The solution uses Microsoft Office InfoPathTM 2003 for a rich forms environment and Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server 2003 as a document repository. K2.net 2003 enables users to spend more time on key business drivers, and less time on system administration. Organizations can quickly implement and modify business processes while monitoring and improving employee productivity. This results in a dramatic return on investment. Julie McEwan julie.mcewan@standardregister.com Standard Register Standard Register offers innovative document technology solutions and document consulting services to help the flow of information. InfoPath Application for Healthcare This solution automates the capture of patient data and clinical assessment information for hospital emergency departments. An electronic triage application, developed using Microsoft Office InfoPathTM 2003 running on a Windows XP Tablet PC, is updated as the patient moves through the care process. The Standard Register solution results in increased workflow efficiency, improved patient care, and a speedier admissions process. It also helps organizations meet regulations by recording who entered the patient data.

20 Tom Buoniello Sybari Software, Inc. Sybari, the developer of Antigen, a comprehensive antivirus, content-filtering, anti-spam, and security solution, is a leader in providing innovative solutions that protect leading messaging and collaboration environments from viruses and security threats. Antigen Antigen's support of Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, and Microsoft Office Live Communication Server 2003 delivers a preemptive line of defense against viruses, worms, undesirable content, and spam. Antigen also offers multiple scan engine management. Antigen helps organizations to better manage inbound and outbound and potentially threatening attachments reducing downtime, unwanted messages, and administration costs while maximizing productivity once lost to spam. Symantec Corporation Kurt Springman kurt_springman@symantec.com Symantec, a world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises, and service providers. Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange This comprehensive, integrated solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 combines content filtering, spam prevention, and award-winning antivirus technologies. With automatic scanning and repair capabilities, it provides highperformance protection against viruses with minimal administrative oversight. This integrated solution protects against viruses, objectionable content, and spam. Administrators can update both virus definitions and scan engine without reinstalling software. Content filtering prevents unwanted content from entering a network and confidential information from leaving. Anti-spam tools preserve bandwidth, mail storage space, and increase end-user productivity.

21 Gayle Howard Teamplate Teamplate is a global leader in rapid business process automation for Microsoft environments. Launched in November of 2002, Teamplate for.net has already been purchased and deployed in Fortune 500 customers and governmental organizations around the world. Teamplate 4.0 Teamplate business process workflow extends the Microsoft Office System by connecting people, processes, and technology. Teamplate supports multiple client formats. And now with version 4.0, Teamplate integrates business processing directly into Microsoft Office Outlook Teamplate streamlines processes and improves productivity by automating communication and information flows within teams and externally with customers and suppliers. Teamplate enhances a business existing investments in infrastructure and applications while providing substantial returns on investment. Mary Lou Burns marylou.burns@thomson.com Thomson Financial Thomson Financial is a US$1.5 billion provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community. Thomson Financial helps clients in more than 70 countries make better decisions, be more productive, and achieve superior results. Thomson Research Authoring and Workflow System Thomson has partnered with Microsoft and Capco to develop a solution for the creation and management of financial research. It provides smart document templates; manages document compliance and workflow processes using flexible, role-based Microsoft Office SharePointTM Portal Server 2003 document queues; and enables document repurposing, rendering, and distribution. The solution enables research departments at financial institutions to create and repurpose content flexibly, and to reduce the time and costs involved in delivering high-quality, compliant research to clients.

22 office_ext/ Richard Reichgut United States Postal Service (USPS) The USPS has contracted with AuthentiDate to provide the sales, marketing, technology, and services for customers to obtain use of the USPS EPM service. The EPM service combines the long-standing integrity of the Postal Service with AuthentiDate's content authentication technology. USPS Electronic Postmark (USPS EPM) This Web-based security service helps users protect the integrity of their electronic data through auditable time stamps, digital signatures, and hash codes. An extension to Microsoft Office Word 2003, it enables users to apply a USPS EPM to a document and sign it by clicking on an icon in the Word 2003 toolbar. The USPS EPM is designed to detect the fraudulent tampering or inadvertent altering of electronic data. It enables corporations and individuals to take advantage of online contracts and commerce. The USPS EPM service can also help businesses meet government and industry reporting requirements. Peter Maher pmaher@venali.com Venali, Inc. Venali specializes in Internet Fax Desktop Solutions and Internet Fax Web Services. Venali s innovative technologies enable companies to communicate with customers, suppliers, and employees worldwide in a convenient and cost-efficient manner. Venali Internet Fax Services Venali Internet Fax Services integrate directly with the Microsoft Office System, enabling users to send and receive faxes over a secure IP network from any desktop, laptop, or mobile device anywhere worldwide, at anytime. The solutions integrate with a company s existing applications, systems, or platforms. Business workflow is optimized as messages are delivered and received in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Ultimately, individuals gain from the convenience and increase their productivity.

23 Steffen Krause Vertex GmbH Vertex GmbH is a leading consulting and development firm and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that specializes in information management, information worker, and Microsoft Office System solutions. Profiler Smart Document Solution: External Letter Vertex GmbH has developed a solution that helps users create business letters with up-to-date data, such as corporate and departmental information. It uses the XML and smart document capabilities of Microsoft Office Word 2003 to obtain the necessary information and fill it into the document. The solution increases document quality and decreases errors due to incorrect address or corporate data by 20 percent. At the same time, it improves document creation time by 16 percent. Since users don t need any tools besides Word 2003 for creating accurate business documents, training efforts are reduced. Finally, deployment time of new versions of the templates are reduced significantly. Jim Cook jim.cook@wipro.com Wipro Technologies Wipro Technologies is the global technology services division of Wipro Ltd. The company has more than 20 years of IT consulting, systems integration, and engineering services experience. Business Process Automation This solution helps the industry community collaborate on business processes with a high degree of productivity and efficiency. It incorporates Microsoft Office System programs and servers as well as Wipro software to automate content updates and communications, content item reuse, and stringently maintained processes. Wipro s Business Process Automation solution facilitates process automation with better results and helps businesses improve productivity, business agility, and return on investment. The solution also introduces Six Sigma quality into an operation and helps build a culture of collaboration.

24 Deborah Newman Xerox Global Services As the consulting, integration, and outsourcing arm of Xerox, Xerox Global Services (XGS) builds on the expertise of one of the world's authorities in documents and one of the most highly decorated pioneers in the field of knowledge management. XGS Maintenance & Engineering Advisory Solution The solution streamlines the numerous processes involved in creating, updating, reviewing, and publishing controlled engineering documents. Microsoft Office Word 2003 smart documents automate much of the authoring process, and Microsoft Office Excel 2003 is used to produce compliance statistics and deliver reports to key process stakeholders. In manufacturing, transportation, and petrochemical industries, quickly implementing best practices and new procedures can dramatically increase efficiency and reduce costs. This solution streamlines processes, while built-in tracking helps ensure regulatory compliance and speeds adoption of best practices.

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