Microsoft SharePoint Provides Ideal Platform for Project Management Application from Bamboo Solutions

Project Management Central™ is a full-featured application for collaborative project management, built entirely on SharePoint

June 02, 2009 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bamboo Solutions, a Microsoft Gold-Certified Partner and leading provider of technologies that enhance Microsoft® SharePoint®, today announced the availability of a new SharePoint application for Project Management. Project Management Central™ (“PM Central™”) provides dynamic, interactive workspaces to project teams, enhancing the rich native collaborative capabilities of the SharePoint platform. As the latest addition to Bamboo’s comprehensive portfolio of products for SharePoint, PM Central is a full-featured yet simple-to-deploy application that works on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), bringing essential Project Management capabilities to the broadest spectrum of SharePoint users.

PM Central builds upon the native capabilities of the SharePoint platform and directly leverages Bamboo’s existing gallery of add-ons. The software includes robust document management and collaboration, data aggregation, enhanced scheduling and sophisticated communication tools. It also supports the fundamental disciplines of project management, such as project portfolio management, task management, team communication and issue management.

“PM Central demonstrates how Bamboo Solutions is bringing complete SharePoint applications to market by leveraging our leading library of Web Parts,” said Michael Tanner, CEO of Bamboo Solutions. “PM Central is the first of several customer-requested applications that will continue to enhance our customer’s SharePoint return on investment,” said Tanner.

PM Central includes pre-built site definitions and Bamboo’s most popular Web Parts that can be immediately utilized and further customized across the SharePoint deployment. Licensing is per server, supporting an unlimited number of users. In addition, PM Central may be purchased as part of Bamboo’s Project Management Suite, where clients get the added benefit of a subscription package – free product upgrades, 20 additional and complementary Web Parts, plus premium support. For more information, visit www.sharepointpmcentral.com, or watch a screencast of PM Central here.

About Bamboo Solutions

Bamboo Solutions, a Microsoft Gold-Certified partner, is a leading provider of SharePoint Web Parts and technologies that extend the power of the SharePoint platform. Over 4,500 organizations worldwide have chosen to enhance their SharePoint deployment with products and applications from Bamboo. Bamboo Solutions is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA with offices in Gothenburg, Sweden and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. For more information or to browse Bamboo’s interactive catalog of SharePoint technologies, please visit: bamboosolutions.com.

SOURCE: BusinessWire.