Released on = July 18, 2007, 2:48 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Alba Spectrum is announcing its plans to begin demo Business
Portal 10.0 to our existing and potential customers in August - September 2007. It
was not a big secret, that former versions of Business Portal for Great Plains, such
as 3.0 and 2.5 had limitations in allowing you, software developer to modify
existing business portal applications, such as HR & Employee Self Service, Order
Management, Requisition Management. With version 10.0 BP enables you to use Web
Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP backoffice integration. In the past, not sure if
somebody used this techniques - you could create ASPX .Net application in Visual
Studio 2005 (C# OR vb.NET), where you interact with GP database and object via
eConnect and then integrate this .Net application into MS Dynamics GP Business
Portal. This approach would have certain known restrictions, however to some extent
it should be considered as doing its job

Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918

Alba Spectrum is announcing its plans to begin demo Business Portal 10.0 to our
existing and potential customers in August - September 2007. It was not a big
secret, that former versions of Business Portal for Great Plains, such as 3.0 and
2.5 had limitations in allowing you, software developer to modify existing business
portal applications, such as HR & Employee Self Service, Order Management,
Requisition Management. With version 10.0 BP enables you to use Web Services for
Microsoft Dynamics GP backoffice integration. In the past, not sure if somebody
used this techniques - you could create ASPX .Net application in Visual Studio 2005
(C# OR vb.NET), where you interact with GP database and object via eConnect and then
integrate this .Net application into MS Dynamics GP Business Portal. This approach
would have certain known restrictions, however to some extent it should be
considered as doing its job.
Business Portal highlights. For those, who are new to BP implementation:
. Requisition Management. This module is successor of former eRequisition.
Requisition Management is now BP module and you have to purchase Business Portal
user licenses to get sufficient number of RM users (about $40 per user)
. HR & Employee self service. If you have concerns of cost of mailing payroll
checks direct deposit info to your employees - BP does the job by secured web lookup
via Employee Self Service module
. Notifications. Email notifications were lagging competition in BP 3.0, we need to
further research 10.0. Competitors, Ariett for instance were offering notification
in HTML format with hyperlink to the Requisition Approval (in the case of ReqNet
module) for decision maker, allowing her/him to bypass the necessity to login into
ReqNet through Active Directory security realm

Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving GP customers in Texas
and Illinois: Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Naperville, Aurora, Warrenville, Darien,
Lisle, Joliet, Romeoville, Plainfield, Hinsdale, Morris, Ottawa, Sugar Land,
Richmond, Rosenberg, Katy. USA/Canada remote support is limited only by your web
session access restrictions: Arizona, California, Florida, New York, Michigan,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, Ontario, Quebec, British
Columbia, Vermont, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado.



Web Site = http://www.albaspectrum.com

Contact Details = Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918