OutlookSoft 5 Product Overview

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OUTLOOKSOFT 5 Product Overview

OutlookSoft 5 is the first product capable of delivering both the power of enterprise-level performance management to every user, and the analytic applications necessary to transform an organization into a predictable enterprise. By delivering a richer user experience, modern enterprise architecture, and increased application capabilities, OutlookSoft 5 is the only completely unified performance platform in the industry that is designed for the user, built for the enterprise, and better for business.

All organizations have data scattered among operational and financial systems. OutlookSoft 5 is designed to empower every user regardless of skill level to easily gain access to that data, interact with it, and use it for timely and effective decision-making. Leveraging the power of the two most pervasive user environments in the industry Microsoft Office and a Web browser OutlookSoft 5 makes the same powerful drag-and-drop capabilities available for report design and data analysis. This makes it exceptionally easy and flexible for users to access and use OutlookSoft 5 from the environment of their choice. Additionally, OutlookSoft 5 enriches the user experience by providing context-sensitive action panes that give the fastest access to the features, functions, and data most relevant to their needs. functional enhancements: Zero-footprint reporting Interactive Web interface Context-driven action panes Complete Microsoft Office integration Inline comments

Built for the Enterprise

To transform an organization into a predictable enterprise, an application platform must leverage the power of open and scalable enterprise architecture. OutlookSoft 5 is built on a modern service-oriented architecture (SOA), allowing IT organizations to easily incorporate the solution with existing infrastructure standards (like LDAP security stores), and allow other SOA-based technologies to make calls to and from OutlookSoft 5 services. This means performance applications built on OutlookSoft 5 can more easily become an integral part of an organizations financial and operational IT strategy. OutlookSoft 5 also provides additional flexibility and power for supporting multiple database and server environments, including Microsoft SQL Server and the

Microsoft platform, and now also Oracle 10g and UNIX/Linux. Key architectural enhancements: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) SQL Server 2005 Oracle 10g and UNIX/Linux Enterprise Level Security (LDAP) Enhanced Configuration and Administration

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Better for Business

OutlookSoft has always been known for providing the strongest financial performance applications in the industry. With OutlookSoft 5, even these core strengths have been improved to include a more robust consolidation environment and deeper compliance capabilities. This is accomplished by providing a new approach for establishing standardized business process for use throughout the organization. This rich application environment enabled by the solutions revolutionary new business process flow (BPF) technology is an industry breakthrough in how users can manage performance. BPF allows applications to share more than just metadata, which is the extent of many performance management tools. By aligning processes with data, OutlookSoft 5s BPF technology allows users to leverage shared metadata, processes, and data to deliver monitored standard business processes via application interfaces for more unified, managed, and controlled performance.

Key application enhancements: Business Process Flow (BPF) Technology Accelerated analysis Stronger predictive capability Compliance-oriented features Workflow controls

Maximize your Performance with OutlookSoft 5

OutlookSoft 5 is the only unified performance management solution available today thats guaranteed to reduce the amount of time you spend on decision-making. Tens of thousands of users worldwide have come to rely on OutlookSoft solutions to deliver improved productivity, greater compliance, closed-loop business management, measurable ROI, and ultimately, the ability to turn an organization into a predictable enterprise.

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