Introducing the 2007 Microsoft Office System
The new 2007 Office System provides significant business value in the form of greater productivity, business process improvements, and cost savings for Information Workers and IT developers.

An Overview - Improved Productivity and Collaboration
Information Workers want to locate and communicate with each other directly and in the context of the business processes in which they are involved and the applications they use every day to do their jobs. The Microsoft 2007 Office System lays the groundwork for a next-generation Information Worker experience that is seamless, contextual, guided, role-based, visual, and multi-modal. The System provides integrated, unified content, collaboration, portal, and office productivity services.

The 2007 Microsoft Office System application platform will leverage back-end business logic and data. The Business Data Catalog allows users to include data from back-end systems in SharePoint lists, Web parts, pages and search results. Via links, users are able to pull up Web pages, display line-of-business application user interfaces, or launch InfoPath 2007 forms.

What Forrester Says
Recently, Forrester wrote about the 2007 Office System stating that it will be a strong alternative to custom desktop applications. Forrester went on to say that Microsoft's deep strengths lie in strong security, Information Workplace readiness, and product roadmap but that it also has a strong positioning in architecture.

An Invitation to Insource - Create Innovate Custom Application Solutions Through 2007 Office System Rapid Deployment Projects
Microsoft invited Insource to take part in its Rapid Deployment Projects initiative early in 2006, one of only 76 companies worldwide to be asked to participate. The goal was to use the 2007 Office System to develop key client applications taking advantage of the advances inherent in the product suite.

Insource Case Brief: Innovative Application Development With The 2007 Office System
For one client, a world-renowned psychiatric clinic, Insource developed a custom medical information system based on the 2007 Microsoft Office System. It is a forms-based application powered by Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and the Microsoft Office InfoPath® 2007 information-gathering program. Capabilities include:

• Streamlined, consistent processes for creating and modifying patient medical information forms
  
• Improved development tools with the ability to satisfy many requirements without custom programming
  
• Improved data model design and data storage architecture for patient documentation
  
• Flexible control of data security linked to company standards
  
• Built-in support for XML/Web Services integration with external systems
  
• Built-in support for versioning and auditing of changes to form templates and patient documentation
  
• Built-in support for automatic archiving, retention, and disposition of patient records

Solving Business Problems
The solution substantially improves the design and architecture of the internal patient
documentation system, thus adding substantial value to the business via improved efficiency, reduced support and enhancement costs, and providing better internal controls for sensitive patient information.

The solution achieves substantial business benefits by:

• Reducing user effort to create and manage patient records by eliminating redundant data entry into multiple systems
  
• Improving system reliability through reduction of code complexity and support for built-in
  change control
  
• Reducing IT support costs through elimination of legacy systems and reduced developer effort to create and maintain medical forms
  
• Improving ability to quickly respond to new and changing business requirements through improved development tools and extensible system architecture
  
• Providing tighter internal controls and improved compliance with HIPAA privacy rules that enables improved document management, integrated security, and auditing capabilities
  
• Improving data design and architecture facilitates integration with other systems

For more information please contact Steve Miller at 281.774.4002 or by email at steve.miller@insource.com