Welcome to Easy Projects .NET monthly newsletter!

In our September Issue:
  1. Version 5.0.4 has been released
  2. New Features Survey: Final Results
  3. How to purchase or upgrade Easy Projects .NET
  4. Tip of the Month
  5. Current Promotions and Offers
  6. Testimonial of the Month
  7. Project Management Book of the Month
  8. Newsletter Survey


1. Easy Projects .NET new version 5.0.4 has been released


Easy Projects .NET Version 5.0.4 has been released and is available on our web-site for a download or as an online trial. New features and changes include (compared to 5.0.3):
  • Search algorithm is changed to support long descriptions
  • Fix for calendar printer-friendly mode
  • Search. Make possible to start searching by Enter button
  • Safari browser is now supported
  • Fix for the expenses and payments section
  • Fix for the billing report

Easy Projects .NET 5.0.4 Download: http://www.easyprojects.net/downloads/
Easy Projects .NET 5.0.4 Online Trial: http://www.easyprojects.net/onlinetrial.asp


2. New Features Survey: Final Results

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our annual Roadmap survey. Your feedback is the most important component of the product success. Your opinion was, is and will remain the driving force behind Easy Projects .NET evolution.

Here are the features that received most of your votes. All of them and few more will be implemented in the next version of Easy Projects .NET 5.1:
  1. Synchronization with Outlook Calendar
  2. Custom Drop-down lists
  3. Milestones
  4. Batch operations for tasks and projects
  5. Export to MS Project
  6. Simultaneous multiple file upload
  7. API


3. How to purchase or upgrade Easy Projects .NET

If you are interested in purchasing Easy Projects .NET, you can place your order at:
http://www.easyprojects.net/pricing

Or give us a call us 1-416-907-9944. We would be delighted to answer your questions and help in any way we can.

If you are our existing customer, please contact us at sales@easyprojects.net or at 1-416-907-9944 to find how you can upgrade to the latest version.


4. Tip of the Month

Q: Can I add tasks in a spreadsheet mode like in Excel?

A: Yes! By default it's possible to add up to three task in the spreadsheet mode from the Task List page. All you need to do is to click on the empty space near the project name and choose the "Quick add tasks to this project" item in the pop-up menu. If you want to be able to add more than 3 tasks at the same time, you can change the default value by editing the web.config file: 
		<QuickAddLines>3</QuickAddLines>
More Easy Projects .NET tips can be found at:

Tips & Tricks Collection: http://www.easyprojects.net/Tips/
Forums: http://www.easyprojects.net/Forums/
Knowledge base: http://www.easyprojects.net/KB/



5. Current Promotions and Offers

"Refer a Friend" Offer
If you refer someone to us who becomes a new Easy Projects .NET customer, we would be happy to express our gratitude by giving your organization a choice between:
  • a $150-value coupon that can be used toward any future purchase of additional licenses, source code or upgrade, or
  • a $50 Amazon Gift Card


If you are interested in any or all of these offers, please contact us at: info@easyprojects.net


6. Testimonial of the Month

"Easy Projects has increased our productivity and saved us our most valuable resources, time and money.

Until this past year we had relied on Microsoft Project for 100% of our project management needs.

It was becoming obvious as our project grew that the current system was not a cost effective or productive solution.

It was expensive to license, resource intensive, and difficult if not impossible for most of our users to utilize in an effective, time efficient manner.

Easy Projects has been an easy decision for us. We're spending a quarter of the time and money we needed to invest in our prior systems and we're seeing twice the results.

We no longer need a stand alone server just to run the system like we did with our MS project server. EasyProjects requires little in resources and is a breeze to install on any existing web server.

Additionally we no longer have to spend large amounts of time training our users. The interface is intuitive and easy to use. We're spending far more time now working on our projects and less time entering information into the tracking system."

Aaron Hamilton
Director of Information Technologies
National Underwriter Company

Do you like Easy Projects? Do you want to feature your company in our newsletter?
Please send your testimonial to feedback@easyprojects.net


7. Project Management Book of the Month

Our project management book of the month is: "Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management" by Greg Horine.

Review from Amazon.com:
"You've just been handed your department's biggest project and you probably aren't sure where to even begin. Whether you have 6 months or 6 weeks to complete it, being an effective project manager can make all the difference to the end result. Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management can help you quickly become an effective and efficient project manager when time matters most. Through topics such as "building a project budget and schedule" to "managing vendors," this book will guide you through what works and what doesn't based on tried and true practices. Your learning will be focused on the skills and qualities of effective project managers, leadership styles and project trends, including information technology, outsourcing and virtual teams. Let Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management help you take your project from start to finish."

Full Review at: http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Beginners-Guide-Project-Management/dp/0789731975/

Do you have a favorite, must-read project management book? Let us know, and we will gladly feature it with your review in this newsletter!


8. Newsletter Feedback

Dear readers,

The Easy Projects .NET newsletter has been around for over 2.5 years now. During this time we've told you about our releases and future plans, we held various surveys and polls, we featured a number of project management books and shared a lot of tips and tricks.

Now we would like to hear from you! Please spend just 2-3 minutes by providing us some feedback. We want to know what do you like and what you dislike about this newsletter, is there something you'd like us to write about and not to write.
Please visit the following page and let us know. Your input is greatly appreciated!
http://www.easyprojects.net/newsletterFeedback.asp

Regards,
Easy Projects .NET Newsletter Editorial Team

This and the previous newsletters are available at our archive: http://www.easyprojects.net/newsletters.asp



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