As discussed in earlier blogs, switch to Microsoft SharePoint and you can boost productivity and raise efficiency levels throughout your organisation by creating a single workspace where your employees can find and share business-critical information and collaborate across boundaries.

But did you know Systems Valley has the expertise to configure and customise SharePoint so that it matches the unique way your company operates?

Our SharePoint specialists can customise SharePoint’s functionality and design, develop and install bespoke applications, plug-ins and specialist .NET web parts, so that your SharePoint portal fits the specific way you do business and the unique way your end-users work.

For a chat about how we can customise SharePoint for you, call us on 0800 33 456 30 or contact the Systems Valley team.

SharePoint 2010 will transform efficiency in organisations by connecting workers across a single business collaboration platform, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer, has announced.

In his keynote address to Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference, Steve Ballmer revealed that SharePoint Server 2010 will enable organizations to respond quickly to business needs with an improved developer platform that will make it easier to build rich content and collaboration applications.

SharePoint 2010 will also have enhanced Internet site capabilities that will help businesses drive revenue and retain customers on a single platform, and a new ribbon user interface that will make end-users more productive and make it easy to customise SharePoint sites.

You can read more here.

Or click here to learn about Systems Valley’s SharePoint solutions and services

Bringing in offshore software developers to work alongside your IT department or development teams can be a highly cost-effective way to meet influxes of new orders, speed up your project turnaround times and cover resource shortages or staff absences.

But how can you be certain that developers supplied by an offshore provider will deliver high-quality code and will have the requisite skill sets and technical expertise to complete your business-critical projects or modules on time and to the highest standards?

When you book one of Systems Valley’s offshore developers to work on a software development project, you get guaranteed technical expertise, as we only supply highly-skilled, Microsoft Certified professionals who’ve proven their mastery of Microsoft technologies and platforms.

Our developers have a proven track record of producing high-quality code and delivering projects on time and within budget. And they can work at highly-cost effective rates, so when you partner with us on any project, you can bring down your operating costs and widen your profit margins without compromising on quality.

You can find out more here.

The Microsoft SharePoint Product Group have posted an informative article  that outlines the extensive features you can expect to see in SharePoint 2010.

According to the post, the new business collaboration platform will be rich in features that will make it even easier for users to find and share critical business information and collaborate across boundaries.

You can read the full post here.

Or to find out about Systems Valley’s SharePoint solutions and services or to book one of our experienced SharePoint developers, contact the Systems Valley team.

Employees in the UK enjoy one of the most generous statutory holiday allowances in the world, a new report  has shown.

The 2009 Worldwide Benefit and Employment Guidelines report , by Mercer, which is based on statutory entitlements for an employee working five days a week with 10 years' service, revealed that employees in Finland, Brazil and France are entitled to the greatest amount of statutory annual leave at 30 days a year, with UK employees following closely behind with 28 days of statutory holiday a year.

However, while clearly beneficial for staff, this generous statutory holiday allowance means more holiday administration and more time-consuming paperwork for UK employers, which is where a leave management system such as LeaveMaster  is invaluable.

By allowing employees and managers to book and authorise their time off using a fast, automated online system, LeaveMaster  eliminates paperwork and substantially reduces the amount of time you need to spend on holiday administration.

You can find out more here