Microsoft OBA Solution of the Year Contest.

SmartAsset ODC wins Microsoft OBA Solution of the Year 2008 Award.

The Online Workshop is delighted to announce that its SmartAsset Office Deployment Capability has won the inaugural world-wide Office Business Applications Solution of the Year Contest. The objective of the contest was to recognize excellence in Office Business Applications solutions developed by Microsoft partners. Round 1 of the contest was based on hits to the solution web-site. Thanks to those of you who voted for us in this manner. Round 2 was based on the evaluation criteria including:

• Use of Microsoft Office 2007 products
• Completeness of OBA Central solution description
• Uniqueness of solution in the marketplace
• Innovation exhibited in this solution
• Potential business impact of this solution

Full results and judging criteria can be viewed at www.obacentral.com/Pages/SolutionContest.aspx and full solution details for SmartAsset ODC as provided to OBACentral can be viewed at www.obacentral.com/solutiondetails.aspx?solutionid=227

The winner was announced at the Microsoft Office Developer抯 Conference 2008 which was held at the San Jose Conference Center in California. The Online Workshop also exhibited SmartAsset at this conference. Click here to review a comprehensive trip report.

SmartAsset ODC enables deployment of comprehensive asset management functionality within the Office 2007 suite of products. Activities such as asset navigation, maintenance planning, task assignment, job execution and feedback, parts utilisation, time recording and presentation of analytical data can be performed using tools such as Outlook, Projects, Excel and Word. The underlying asset data can be sourced from a self-contained SmartAsset SQL Server database or from the asset management modules of other products, including ERPs such as SAP.