Accenture and Avanade to Demonstrate IT Prototype at Microsoft SOA and Business Process Conference.REDMOND, Wash. -- The Accenture and Avanade Solutions Showcase at Microsoft will demonstrate its first solution prototype from Oct. 30 - Nov. 2 at the 2007 Microsoft SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. and Business Process Conference on Microsoft Corp.'s Redmond campus. The prototype demonstrates the use of forward-looking service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA) and business process management technology in a human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. (HR) solution that helps organizations quickly and efficiently bring on board new employees. Research has shown that it can take as long as 14 days to activate the essential requirements of new hires, such as laptop, telephone number and security badge, among others. The HR solution, built with Microsoft technologies, including the newly-released BizTalk Server Software from Microsoft that provides integration between business processes within an enterprise and between different organizations. BizTalk Server uses protocol implementations called "adapters" to communicate with applications and includes built-in adapters and a framework for 2006 R2, cuts the processing time by as much as 60 percent. The prototype, making its debut at the Microsoft Conference, is the first to be developed by Accenture and Avanade in conjunction with the two companies' Solutions Showcase, a unique venue where businesses and governments can receive briefings on the collective knowledge of the Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft alliance and demonstration of the alliance's Microsoft-based business solutions. "Our customers are always looking to extract more value from their application development investments," said Paul Daugherty, Accenture's chief architect. "The Solution Showcase will allow them to experience the benefits of bringing together the technology skills, business process and industry expertise of Accenture and Avanade in a single location around mission critical solutions on the Microsoft platform." The HR prototype is built around a hypothetical company that is growing rapidly, but whose HR department is unable to bring new recruits onboard Refers to a chip or other hardware component that is directly attached to the printed circuit board (motherboard). Contrast with offboard. See inboard. effectively and efficiently. As a result, management is missing growth targets, new employees are disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see from day one, and recruiting and HR lack the data needed to pinpoint areas for improvement. By using business process management and SOA technology to speed up the overall HR performance and process, the joint Accenture-Avanade development team reduced the on-boarding process to four days, implemented new cycle time improvements to cut recruiting costs, and established metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. for ongoing process improvement. As a result, new employees reported improved satisfaction levels with the new hiring processes. "Accenture and Avanade are uniquely qualified to build new solutions on Microsoft platforms because of their deep knowledge of Microsoft technology and Accenture's industry expertise," said Steven Guggenheimer, general manager of application platform marketing at Microsoft. "The creation of the Solutions Showcase is a natural extension of this relationship." The Solutions Showcase is harvesting and/or developing customized client solutions around such topics as: * Next-generation workplace * Solutions with Microsoft Dynamics Microsoft Dynamics is a line of software for business made by Microsoft. It was previously known by the codename of Project Green. It replaces the previous family of Microsoft Business Solutions. * Business Intelligence * Infrastructure optimization * SAP on Microsoft * Web 2.0 About Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize mo·bi·lize v. 1. To make mobile or capable of movement. 2. To restore the power of motion to a joint. 3. To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver. the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 170,000 people in 49 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$19.70 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2007. Its home page is www.accenture.com. About Avanade Avanade is a global IT consultancy dedicated to using the Microsoft platform to help enterprises achieve profitable growth. Through proven solutions that extend Microsoft technologies, Avanade helps enterprises increase revenue, reduce costs and reinvest re·in·vest tr.v. re·in·vest·ed, re·in·vest·ing, re·in·vests To invest (capital or earnings) again, especially to invest (income from securities or funds) in additional shares. in innovation to gain competitive advantage. Avanade consultants deliver value according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. each customer's requirements, timeline and budget by combining insight, innovation and the talent of our global workforce. Founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corp., Avanade has more than 7,000 professionals serving customers in 22 countries worldwide. |
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