Formicary Integrates Persistent Group Chat for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 with Office SharePoint Server 2007

World first solution combines immediate information sharing with detailed knowledge of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

London 22 June 2010 -Formicary, a provider of software solutions and systems integration (SI), has launched a solution which, for the first time, integrates Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 Persistent Group Chat  with Microsoft’s content management system, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.  Integrating Formicary’s secure web-based Chat offering, WebChat, with Office SharePoint Server will combine the immediacy and information sharing culture of the chat room environment with the detailed knowledge held by the content management system.

Originally developed to extend the benefits of Group Chat to individuals not directly connected the OCS 2007 R2 Group Chat client, such as remote workers or third party customers, WebChat will bring a new dimension to how SharePoint is used by the business. For example, the improved access to information will help aiding decision making or improving customer service activity. 

“Office SharePoint Server is designed to be a collaborative, information sharing environment”, says Philip Miller, Head of Intelligent Collaboration Group, Formicary, “but if there is no efficient means of actually communicating, then the application is not being fully optimised.  Likewise, by bringing the knowledge of SharePoint into the chat room environment, it’s adding greater context to the discussions.  In our experience, employees navigate away from applications like SharePoint once they have the specific information they were looking for.  By hosting Group Chat discussions within the application, they are more likely to stay logged on and therefore utilise the benefits offered by the solution in the first place.”

Peter Culver, IT manager, Redburn Partners, a company already benefiting from the new application adds, “WebChat integration into SharePoint is key for us.  SharePoint is likely to become a central technology for our organisation in the future and in our opinion, would not be complete without WebChat.  Having WebChat integrated has added integrity to SharePoint and was identified early on as a true enabler in us securing user buy-in on the application. Without it, we really felt that we would have been scraping the surface of what SharePoint is capable of.”

For more information on Formicary’s integration of WebChat into SharePoint, please contact angeline.cheng@formicary.net 

About Formicary Ltd

Formicary is an information technology company that specialises in building integrated applications/solutions to maximise business efficiency and streamline business processes for the Financial Services industry. Founded in 2000, Formicary brings together a world class team of talented and dedicated professionals with industry experience covering Unified Communications (particularly Persistent Group Chat), business integration, trading and risk systems integration and Cross Asset Trading applications. This knowledge, coupled with technical excellence ranging from legacy client/server to cut¬ting edge technologies, enables Formicary to offer innovative and sophisticated services and software to help clients improve their productivity and increase their return on investment. Formicary has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

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