October 2009 - Monthly Newsletter
Welcome to the October 2009 edition of Easy Projects .NET's online newsletter! Whether you are a potential buyer, existing customer, or somewhere in between - we are glad that you are here. Please make yourself at home as you read (and get excited) about our latest news.
In this issue:
- Notes from Anton's Desk
- Easy Projects .NET Version 6.2 is Out!
- Integration with Vyew
- Customer Survey
- Tip of the Month
- Testimonial of the Month
- Project Management Book of the Month
- Quote of the Month
Notes from Anton's Desk
Welcome to October! Last month was very exciting for us here at Easy Projects .NET. Our developers have been working around the clock to release Version 6.2 and I want to congratulate them on their accomplishments! Great Job! With each version we try to add something unique, and I think you will truly enjoy some of these new features.
But wait, there is more! (Remember the infomercial?) This month Easy Projects gets interactive! We are introducing a new spin on Gantt Charts by adding an Interactive Gantt Chart which you can use to plan and utilize your resources. Update your hosting account to the latest version and have a look for yourself!
Now with October upon us, I can't help but get excited about Halloween! (Last year, I was a pilot!) Send me a picture of yourself in your Halloween costume to my personal email: anton.z@easyprojects.net and we'll feature them in our next issue! You might even win a prize! I'll see you in our November issue of Anton's Notes.
Easy Projects .NET Version 6.2 is Out!
As promised, last month we released a new update for Easy Projects .NET which introduces some great new features an improvements. One of the first things you'll notice is a new language menu located next to the logo. Easy Projects now supports English, French, German and Russian languages.Another addition are the new custom field types: Text Area and Rich Text Area, which you can use in your projects and activities. You can also now set custom fields to be mandatory or optional.
For a full list of what's new in Version 6.2, and to watch a quick Feature Tour video visit http://www.easyprojects.net/features62.asp.
Integration with Vyew
Version 6.2 introduced another new feature for our Hosted accounts, a unique integration with Vyew. With this integration, Easy Projects .NET users will now be able to conduct real-time, online meetings using built-in Vyew tools such as Web Video, VOIP, Desktop Sharing, Whiteboards, Text Chats as well as engage in any-time and always-on, asynchronous collaboration where user input can be tracked, filtered and annotated.To learn more about Vyew and how you can start using it together with Easy Projects .NET, watch our Vyew tutorial video at http://www.easyprojects.net/vyewtutorial.asp.
Customer Survey
We want to know how you use Easy Projects .NET, what's important to you and what features you'd like to see implemented in the future. Please complete this brief 10-question survey, by clicking the link below:Please Click Here to Take the Survey
If you complete the survey before Monday October 12, 2009, you will be entered in a prize draw:
- 1st prize - $100 Amazon Gift Card;
- 2nd and 3rd prizes - $50 Amazon Gift Card.
Tip of the Month
Q: What is the difference between Text Area and Rich Text Area?
A: While Text Area is just a plain text box for you to enter data in, Rich Text Area provides you extra formatting and styling options through a similar interface you would see in a word processor. This allows you to style and format your input and can be useful when pasting in data from a word doc, since the formatting is preserved.
Testimonial of the Month: Sanford Health
"We chose Easy Projects .NET due to our need for a uniform tool to assist with our project management and approval process. Cost and application flexibility are extremely important to us and EP became the clear choice during our search."
Director of Information Technology
Thanks for your feedback Steve! Clients like you give us inspiration and drive to continue building the easiest project management software! We'd love to hear your feedback too, just shoot us an email at: info@easyprojects.net.
Project Management Book of the Month
The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management
by Management Concepts
In The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management, the contributors focus on each 'deadly sin' and probe its manifestations and consequences for projects. By sharing their personal experiences, as well as some historical events, the contributors spotlight the effects and costs both financial and human of failing to get a handle on these sins and reign them in. Through anecdotes and case studies, The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management will help you better understand how to execute the myriad aspects of today's projects.
Want to judge more than the cover? See the book here at Amazon: http://amzn.com/1567262465
Do you have a favorite PM book? Don't keep it a secret! Tell us at info@easyprojects.net and we'll feature the book in our next newsletter!
Quote of the Month
Overtime is a figment of the naive project manager's imagination.
This concludes our October 2009 newsletter. We hope that you enjoyed it and we'll see you next month. Until then, Take IT Easy!
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