XELLERATION PRESS RELEASES

Xelleration wins Microsoft Best Practice Award FY2011

Tue, 29 March 2011 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration is pleased to announce that it has won the Microsoft “Best Practice Award” for “FY2011” for enabling Microsoft technologies in new and innovative ways for its clients. Xelleration devised and developed a BI solution for one of its clients that provided online and on demand reporting of equipment inventory and maintenance status information within graphical and visual diagrams and layouts. These diagrams were published to a SharePoint 2010 portal and rendered using SharePoint Visio Graphic Services.

The applications main objective was to achieve cost efficiencies through faster turnaround for equipment fixes, with fewer headcounts and without manual oversight involved. The future iterations of this system would allow more visibility into vital site equipment inventory and associated maintenance status, allowing for additional insight for more effective decision-making with regard to the equipment management process at this client.

Xelleration LLC, is a Microsoft Certified GOLD partner with Gold Competencies in SharePoint Portals and Collaboration and also Microsoft Business Intelligence. Xelleration is headquartered in Irvine, CA. but has a global presence and has been a pioneer in the space of Workflow Automation and Collaboration for over 12 years particularly using Microsoft tools and technologies.

Xelleration Earns Microsoft Gold Certification in Business Intelligence and Portals and Collaboration

Wed, 23 March 2011 12:00:00 PDT

On March 23rd, 2011 The Xelleration team is proud to announce that we have earned our Microsoft Gold Certification in both Business Intelligence and Portals and Collaboration, along with Silver Certification in Software Development. A special thanks to all the individuals who contributed and worked so hard toward this achievement.

Xelleration Sponsors the Cloud Intelligence Technology Conference at the Anaheim Convention Center

Tue, 15 March 2011 12:00:00 PDT

On March 15th, 2011 Xelleration participated as a Gold Sponsor at the Cloud Intelligence Technology Conference in Anaheim, CA. The Cloud Intelligence Technology Conference was a one-day, intense, local event for business leaders, developers and IT managers sponsored by Microsoft and other local partners. The day consisted of noted Microsoft speaker Michael Clark, West Region General Manager, as the keynote speaker and several other breakout sessions discussing cloud technology and initiatives

Xelleration Offers SQL 2008 Migration Including a FREE 8 Hour Assessment

Fri, 28 January 2011 12:00:00 PDT

In celebration of the New Year, Xelleration is running a promotion to help customers migrate to SQL 2008. The migration includes a free eight hour assessment.

The migration assessment includes a technical specialist from Xelleration that will perform an initial assessment and technical analysis of your SQL environment, a hands on lesson on how to obtain vital information and statistics in your current environment pertaining to the SQL migration effort and leveraging Xelleration experience to properly prepare for a migration to SQL 2008.

For more informatio please contact Xelleration at 949-417-2024

Xelleration Hosts Luncheon for the Linc Group and Red County

Mon, 24 January 2011 12:00:00 PDT

On January 24th, Xelleration had the absolute pleasure of hosting an office luncheon for the Linc Group and Red County, two of our clients. We had a wonderful lunch with delicious food and fabulous conversation. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the event.

Xelleration Attends Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington DC

Sun, 11 July 2010 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration attended the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference during the week of July 11th-15th. The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is an annual gathering for the Microsoft partner community to learn about Microsoft’s road map for the upcoming year, network and build connections, share best practices, experience the latest product innovations and learn new skills and techniques.

Since 2003, the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference provides a unique five day event for thousands of partners from over 100 countries to plan their business strategies for the upcoming year.

The Microsoft WPC week is anchored around keynote presentations from Microsoft’s senior leaders. WPC offers over 228 training sessions led by partners, Microsoft Professionals, and industry leaders; 90 Hands-On Labs, and thousands of meetings responsible for many new business transactions.

Xelleration Patricipated in SQL Server 2008 R2 Preview Event

Mon, 28 June 2010 12:00:00 PDT

During the week of May 18th-27th, Xelleration participated in three exclusive Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Events. The topics covered during these events were SQL Server 2008 Top Features & R2 Overview, Multi Server Management Demo, Power Pivot Demo, Bing Maps in Reporting, Parallel Data Warehouse & Virtualization, and SQL Server 2008 R2 Licensing Options. These events were held in Irvine, San Diego and Los Angeles.

Xelleration Hosts SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek Event on May 13th, 2010

Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 PDT

On May 13th Xelleration held its second SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek Event as well as a hands on lab. The purpose of this event was to demonstrate the key differentials between 2007 and 2010 as well as give attendees some hands on experience with the new product. This event was held at the Microsoft offices in Irvine."

Xelleration Presents a Sneak Peek of Sharepoint 2010

Wed, 17 March 2010 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration participated alongside Managed Solution and Microsoft at an event that was geared to give viewers who are considering making the move to Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 a sneak peek and some hands-on training to demonstrate some of the new features of 2010. This event was held at the Microsoft building in Irvine, CA."

Xelleration participates in LUMS Mega Career fair

Sat, 30 January 2010 12:00:00 PDT

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan's premier educational institute, organized a Mega Career fair on January 30th, 2010. Prominent organizations from across the country participated in the event. This was a unique opportunity for leading employers to come into contact with top students in various disciplines. Xelleration Pakistan also participated in this daylong event where its representatives had the chance to talk to several students about the company, its business and how a career at Xelleration would be great opportunity for them. Many students showed interest in us as a prospective employer and our corporate presentation generated a lot of interest as well as submitted resumes. We were extremely pleased with the event and feel it will go a long way in creating a good brand name for Xelleration especially when it comes to attracting top talent."

Xelleration is a Gold Sponsor at the Softchoice Annual Southern California Golf Tournament

Thu, 10 December 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration was proud to support Softchoice Corporation in its inaugural customer appreciation/charity golf event at Coyote Hills Golf Course on December 10th, 2009. A number of Softchoice long term customers and partners gathered together to “tee off” to benefit Softchoice Cares, an employee-inspired and employee-driven initiative. All funds raised for Softchoice Cares are put towards a variety of charities that deal with reducing technology waste, cleaning up damaged ecosystems and bridging the digital divide by providing technology to those who need it the most.

Xelleration wins Microsoft’s Customer Satisfaction Award for 2010

Thu, 29 October 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Irvine, CA - Xelleration has won the Microsoft "Customer Satisfaction Award" for 2010. This is the 4th year in a row that Xelleration has been awarded by Microsoft. This is extraordinary that the same partner has won this award 4 years in a row in North America.

The award was based on the LA Fitness project which has been a huge success. Please see customer quote as follows:

"An important part of our membership enrollment experience is providing a tour of our facilities because we believe the high quality of our clubs speak for themselves. We desired to create a similar virtual experience in order to reach more people. We believed the capabilities of Silverlight provided the best platform to do this online. Since Xelleration is a trusted partner who has always delivered quality work under fair terms, we went to them to turn this idea into reality even though we both would be early adopters. And they delivered. The project involved learning and applying Microsoft Silverlight, integrating multimedia, graphics, animations, and interactivity into a single runtime environment. Xelleration also had to perform green screening video shoots in a studio and then effectively combine the video and the background in a Silverlight shell.

The end result is a very comprehensive, interactive, and first of its kind virtual tour using Silverlight. No other competitor has anything like it. We have been pleased with the results of the completed project because we believe that it provides a superior experience for people seeking online to learn more about the LA Fitness clubs. We know that many people have experienced the virtual tour and have joined as a member after completing the tour. The membership enrollment experience, in these cases, appears to be a more comfortable one for both the new members and our sales people. This Silverlight project with Xelleration has caused us to develop new ideas for applying the technology and we expect we will be applying Silverlight in more creative ways to enhance the user experience at LAFitness.com and at the clubs. LA Fitness is very pleased with our virtual tour project and with our experience with Xelleration" George Bedar (VP IT (L A Fitness))

Xelleration will be the Platinum Sponsor of “SharePoint Unleashed 2009” event

Mon, 5 October 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration will be the Platinum Sponsor of “SharePoint Unleashed” event that will be held on November 3rd 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine CA.

SharePoint Unleashed is for those developers, IT professionals , IT executives, businesses, organizations, and government agencies who are looking for the best ways to harness the power of SharePoint for their organization.

In addition to the training sessions attendees will be able to network with those at the forefront of SharePoint development and solutions.

For event details, please visit: http://www.sharepoint-unleashed.com

Xelleration is one of the sponsors of the 8th Annual Charity Golf Classic

Tue, 15 September 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Orange County’s top business and community leaders “Teed off” against child abuse at the Child Abuse Prevention Center’s Charity Golf Classic on Monday, August 17, at the El Niguel Country Club in Laguna Niguel. This 8th annual tournament made great strides in the fight against child abuse by raising more than $40,000 for the Prevention Center’s in-home child abuse prevention, parenting education and mental health programs.

Xelleration has been a sponsor of this event 2 years in a row now and is proud to contribute to the great success of the Tournament that was held to support such a noble cause.

LA Fitness Silverlight Virtual Tour is now Live!

Mon, 17 August 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Irvine CA, Xelleration created a Virtual Tour for LA Fitness; which is a concierge like walkthrough of a typical LA Fitness Club. It was developed in Silverlight requiring a green screening method of videography, which involves a green screen studio. The video shoot of the model was against a green background, then it was edited in a video software, to remove the background and replace it with either a static or an option to superimpose the person in an interactive background in motion. Once the videos are completed, they are then imported and placed into a Silverlight shell. The end result is a fully simulated Silverlight Virtual Tour that gives the user a feel of an actual LA Fitness Club with an online experience of it. Microsoft is using this as a showcase project.

Please Click Here (To view this link it requires a Microsoft Silverlight plug in. It will prompt you for a download.)

XELLERATION BECOMES AN EXCHANGE DEPLOYMENT & PLANNING SERVICES (EDPS) PARTNER

Fri, 31 July 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration is pleased to announce that it is now approved for the Exchange Deployment and Planning Services (EDPS) program.

Exchange Deployment Planning Services (EDPS) is a Packaged Service Benefit designed to help guide customers through the deployment planning stages of Exchange 2007 implementation. Packaged Services engagements are conducted by certified partners who share best practices, analyze the customer’s organizational requirements and help create a high-level deployment roadmap. Partners are equipped and compensated by Microsoft for engagements ranging from 3 – 15 days.

Xelleration is also certified to offer the following Microsoft Packaged Services, making it one of the very few Microsoft Partners certified to offer all of Microsoft’s Packaged Services:

SharePoint Deployment and Planning Services (SDPS)
Desktop Deployment and Planning Services (DDPS)
Business Value Planning Services (BVPS)

MICROSOFT DOES A CASE STUDY ON XELLERATION

Fri, 31 July 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Microsoft has prepared and published a detailed case study on Xelleration LLC. This case study details Xelleration’s evolution from a Lotus Notes Partner, to a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Microsoft Managed Partner, in a span of less than 10 years. Not only is Xelleration a Microsoft Gold Partner, but Xelleration is also widely considered as one of California’s premier SharePoint solutions partner.

Microsoft has also awarded Xelleration with numerous awards recognizing Xelleration’s contribution and success in the Workflow Automation industry. “Xelleration is very proud of this achievement and thanks Microsoft for the recognition. When we decided to move away from Lotus Notes to Microsoft, the decision had its difficulties and challenges. But today we are extremely pleased to have made the right decision at the right time. We look forward to continuing our journey as a leading Microsoft Partner and improving our skill set as well as gaining invaluable experience along the way.” – Mo Khan, General Manager Xelleration

To view the case study. Please Click Here

Xelleration LLC, is a software consulting firm headquartered in Irvine California. Xelleration has a global presence and has been a pioneer in the space of Workflow Automation and Collaboration for over 10 years particularly using Microsoft tools and technologies.

XELLERATION PARTICIPATES IN THE ANNUAL MICROSOFT WORLD PARTNER CONFERENCE (WPC) 2009 - NEW ORLEANS

Thu, 16 July 2009 12:00:00 PDT

New Orleans, LA - July 2009: Xelleration LLC, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, participated in the annual Microsoft World Partner Conference which was held this year in New Orleans LA. The Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) provided Xelleration with a chance to learn more about business growth opportunities and product innovations from Microsoft executives for the new 2009-2010 Fiscal Year. It also offered Xelleration a unique chance to expand its business potential by connecting with thousands of other Microsoft Partners from around the world.

Mohammad (Mo) Khan said this conference gave Xelleration an excellent opportunity to not only meet with other Microsoft Partners and Executives from around the world, but to also learn about all the new initiatives and technologies that Microsoft is planning to roll out in the new fiscal year. This year’s focus was on Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.

Xelleration also hosted a dinner event for all the Microsoft Partner Account Managers (PAMs) in our extended region of Pacific West. This dinner event turned out to be a big success with all PAMs being in attendance including the Regional Manager Gerald Choung and General Manager for Southwest Jane Dickson.

XELLERATION BECOMES A BUSINESS VALUE PLANNING SERVICES (BVPS) PARTNER

Fri, 10 July 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Irvine, CA - July 10 2009: Xelleration is pleased to announce that it is now one of only 56 Microsoft Partners in Southern California approved for the Business Value Planning Services (BVPS) program.

BVPS is designed to help customer Business Decision Makers (BDMs) develop a plan to leverage the strategic value of the Microsoft Information Worker (IW) platform by improving an impactful business process, working with the customer to document, analyze, optimize, justify, sequence, and propose a plan to improve their business using Office System.

Microsoft partners such as Xelleration who deliver BVPS engagements enjoy a number of key benefits such as:

Microsoft pays Partners to deliver BVPS worldwide
BVPS opens doors across a customer’s organization beyond the IT Department, elevating you to a trusted advisor within the customer account
BVPS is an effective way to identify and sell lucrative, longer-term service engagements
BVPS gives you the tools, training, and support to make the engagements very repeatable, lowering the cost of sales and delivery
BVPS serves as an effective marketing tool for you, by highlighting you status as an BVPS certified partner and helping to drive “net new” engagements

Xelleration is also certified to offer the following Microsoft Packaged Services, making it one of the very few Microsoft Partners certified to offer all of Microsoft Packaged Services:

SharePoint Deployment and Planning Services (SDPS)
Desktop Deployment and Planning Services (DDPS)
Exchange Deployment and Planning Services (EDPS)

Xelleration and QuickStart Intelligence host “SharePoint Solutions 2009 in Los Angeles"

Mon, 22 June 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration, QuickStart Intelligence, Microsoft, SoftChoice, LMR Solutions, and Colligo Networks come together for “SharePoint Solutions 2009 LA” an all day event focused on extending the power of SharePoint with innovative solutions that drive value and cost savings for your organization. This was event was held at the Microsoft Office in downtown Los Angeles.

Our Keynote speaker was William L. Schoen, Microsoft's Business Productivity Advisor. The event started at 9AM and ended at 4PM. This all day event saw excellent attendance in all sessions.

Xelleration, along with all its partners are very pleased with the outcome and would like to grow “SharePoint Solutions” by hosting it in other cities in Southern California in the near future. Our first SharePoint Solutions 2009 event was hosted in Irvine and also saw very good attendance.

Xelleration is a one of California’s premier SharePoint solutions partners. We have incorporated best practices from numerous SharePoint engagements, as well as nine years of experience with a Workflow Automation, Document Management, and Portal solutions focus into our SharePoint practice. Our expertise and proven methodologies have helped us win the "Best Customer Experience and Satisfaction" award from Microsoft three years in a row in 2009. 2008 and 2007 along with the “Best Teamwork” Award for 2008. Xelleration has also won the Global BI Solutions Demo Contest in 2009.

Xelleration wins The “Best Customer Satisfaction and Experience” Award from Microsoft for a 3rd year in a row!

Thu, 23 April 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration is pleased to announce that for a third year in a row, it has been awarded the Microsoft "Best Customer Satisfaction & Experience" award for 2009 by Jane Dickson, Microsoft Area General Manager for Partners at the Microsoft's Managed Partner Briefing on the April 22nd 2009 in Irvine, CA. The award was presented to Xelleration for a Sales KPI Dashboard which was developed and deployed for a customer. Xelleration also won the Global BI Contest for this solution. The solution is used to display KPI’s on a UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer) Hand Held Device with data getting updated incrementally on a scheduled basis. This data can come from any Transactional System (Dynamics, Siebel, etc.) and the KPI's are defined in a data cube. The Windows Gadget is the presentation layer of the solution.

This is a first time in the history of these partner awards that a Managed Partner has won the “Best Customer Satisfaction and Experience” award for 3 consecutive years. An achievement that makes the entire team of Xelleration feel very proud and honored. “Congratulations to Team Xelleration for a job well done and let’s continue to aim for more of the same by providing our customers with the most optimum level of service possible. We would like to extend our gratitude to Microsoft for this acknowledgement and this award will encourage us to strive even harder to ensure that we not just meet but exceed our customer’s expectation.” – Mo Khan, General Manager Xelleration LLC

Xelleration is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Managed Partner specializing in Collaborative Document Management and Business Workflow Solutions.

Xelleration wins the Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution demo contest!

Mon, 9 March 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Microsoft today announced Xelleration to be one of the top 3 winners of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution Demo Contest. Xelleration was one of the participants in this contest and submitted a Sales KPI Dashboard Solution that leverages SharePoint MOSS 2007, Performance Point Server 2007 and Windows Gadgets. The solution is used to display KPI’s on a UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer) Hand Held Device with data getting updated incrementally on a scheduled basis. This data can come from any Transactional System (Dynamics, Siebel, etc.) and the KPI's are defined in a data cube. The Windows Gadget is the presentation layer of the solution.

To view the Demo Video of this KPI Solution. Please Click Here

The BI Intelligence Solution demo contest was a worldwide contest and Xelleration was selected as having won the contest from a long list of many Microsoft Partners spanning across the globe.

“Congratulations Xelleration BI Team! This is fantastic news and the entire team deserves full credit for making this happen. Xelleration would like to thank Microsoft for this very prestigious award and we feel much honored to have been selected from a worldwide list of participants.” – Mo Khan – General Manager Xelleration.

About Xelleration:
Xelleration is a consulting and technology solutions company providing Business Intelligence and Office Automation solutions built around Human Workflow Automation (HWS), Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Integration (BPI) and Collaborative Document Management (CDM). We offer our services with a unique combination of Strategic Thinking, Creativity, Technological services, and Business Process Engineering and Innovation using our proprietary Triple "O" methodology. Triple 'O' stands for Onsite, Offsite and Offshore work model.

Xelleration is headquartered in Irvine California. For more information please contact
Email:info@xelleration.com
Phone: 949-417-2024 x 132
URL: www.xelleration.com

Xelleration, QuickStart Intelligence & Jack in the Box host the first SoCal BI User Group, in Southern California!

Thu, 5 March 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Xelleration was one of primary sponsors and co-host of the first SoCal BI User Group meeting held at QuickStart Intelligence in Irvine California. Presentations were made by Arshad Masood – BI Practice Lead at Xelleration and Ali Saffarnia - Senior Systems Engineer at QuickStart Intelligence.

Xelleration also officially launched the new SoCal BI User Group website to the group. This new website is created in SharePoint and allows members to collaborate and share ideas related to BI and Workflow Automation. Users can also download presentations of the user group meetings as well as photos. The URL to the site is Website: www.socalbiug.com

Xelleration’s BI strategy aims to broaden the reach of business intelligence by providing an easy and integrated user experience for accessing and working with business information so that decision-makers at all levels in an organization can make more informed decisions and drive better performance. This BI User Group takes that vision and strategy to the next level by bringing in the best of breed under one roof to share and present ideas and information related to the world of Business Intelligence and is current, cutting edge & keeps us all up-to-date with the new additions and innovations in today’s Business Intelligence environment.

Xelleration and QuickStart Intelligence host “SharePoint Solutions 2009

Thu, 5 March 2009 11:00:00 PDT

Xelleration, QuickStart Intelligence, Microsoft, SoftChoice, LMR Solutions, and Colligo Networks come together for “SharePoint Solutions 2009” an all day event focused on extending the power of SharePoint with innovative solutions that drive value and cost savings for your organization.

Keynote speakers included Barbara Lacy, Microsoft Solutions Specialist and Greg Lush, CIO of the Linc Group. The event started at 9AM and ended at 4PM. This all day event saw excellent attendance in all sessions.

Xelleration, along with all its partners are very pleased with the outcome and would like to grow “SharePoint Solutions” by hosting it in other cities in Southern California in the near future.

Xelleration is a one of California’s premier SharePoint solutions partners. We have incorporated best practices from numerous SharePoint engagements, as well as nine years of experience with a Workflow Automation, Document Management, and Portal solutions focus into our SharePoint practice. Our expertise and proven methodologies have helped us win the "Best Customer Experience and Satisfaction" award from Microsoft two years in a row in 2008 and 2007 along with the “Best Teamwork” Award for 2008.

Microsoft certifies Xelleration’s Project Management Office solution for Prime Time.

Thu, 5 March 2009 10:00:00 PDT

Xelleration, one of the premier SharePoint Partners in Southern California proudly announces that its Project Management Office application for SharePoint has passed a recently conducted Microsoft ISV Platform Test! The Platform Test for ISV Solutions is currently intended for software solutions that run on Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and/or Windows XP, and leverage Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, the .NET Framework, and/or XML web services.

The Project Management Office is a SharePoint template that offers senior project managers and other management the ability to oversee all projects and manage projects from a single location. This template is designed for project teams to collaborate at a single location, for multiple projects and share documents, run reports report and work on issues, and continue to keep a track on the project's scope, budget and timeline.

Xelleration’s application development team is very pleased with the successful certification of the PMO Application. “We are elated to have passed the ISV Platform test. Xelleration’s proprietary development methodology used during the development of the PMO application has enabled to deliver a robust and secure application which now has also been acknowledged by Microsoft” – Abid Bodla, Program Manager SharePoint Practice – Xelleration.

Xelleration, QuickStart Intelligence & Jack in the Box come together to form the first SoCal BI User Group, enhance your business intelligence with us by visiting www.socalbiug.com today!

Fri, 13 February 2009 10:00:00 PDT

Xelleration moves to bring Business Intelligence to the masses with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Performance Point Server. Xelleration, QuickStart Intelligence, and Microsoft have jointly formed the first user group in Orange County focused on Business Intelligence solutions built around Microsoft technologies including SharePoint Server, SQL Server, and Performance Point Server. The goal of the user group is to provide a forum for networking and learning to help organizations align people and initiatives to business strategy.

Xelleration’s BI strategy aims to broaden the reach of business intelligence by providing an easy and integrated user experience for accessing and working with business information so that decision-makers at all levels in an organization can make more informed decisions and drive better performance. The goal is to reach every individual, add value to every decision, and help organizations align people and initiatives to business strategy. Performance Point’s technology and Xelleration will help accelerate your business intelligence strategy, provide increased BI functionality, increase value and enhance opportunities for users to integrate BI into business applications.

Where: QuickStart, 16815 Von Karman Avenue Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92606

When: March 5, 2009 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Website: www.socalbiug.com

Xelleration Helps Companies to save Costs in Windows Desktop Deployment

Wed, 4 February 2009 10:00:00 PDT

Thousands of companies worldwide have found that their organization's complex computing environment makes the job of upgrading their users to the latest versions of Microsoft® Windows® and Office a real challenge. The single largest cost that customers face in managing hundreds of desktops is the amount of human resources required to deploy, support, manage, and maintain an efficient infrastructure with a modern desktop environment. Computer configurations require that IT professionals within the company have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to remain agile when working with mobile devices, desktop computers, and laptops. Manual administration takes time, money, and staff, so minimizing the challenge is always a top priority.

Answering the call to help its customers save money, Xelleration announces a new service for businesses who participate in the Microsoft Software Assurance program.

Desktop Deployment Planning Services (DDPS) is a benefit of Microsoft Software Assurance for Volume Licensing that offers customers 1 to 15 days of deployment planning services, based on the amount of Software Assurance that they acquire for their Office system software licenses.

Xelleration is a consulting and technology solutions company providing Business Intelligence and Office Automation solutions with a unique combination of Strategic Thinking, Creativity, Technological services, and Business Process Engineering. “This means that the client is going to be provided the most optimum mix of technology resources/services to provide the highest economies of scale and price performance AND with the fastest turn around to maximize the return on investment in the solution” says Managing Director, Mo Khan.

With its technical expertise and market presence, Xelleration has been transforming businesses since 1999 by integrating legacy systems and building workflow systems to help companies re-engineer their internal business processes, and extend them out to their buyers, suppliers and partners.

Please visit us online to learn more about our unique solutions and services at www.xelleration.com

Xelleration Leads Sharepoint User Adoption At NogginFest 2008

Tue, 30 December 2008 08:00:00 PDT

NogginFest, is an Annual Event held by SoCal IT Pro Association and offers IT professionals in Southern California a chance to gain valuable knowledge on current and new advanced products in the industry.

With the budgets tightening and businesses looking to save money during economic turns, maximization of the existing technologies is probably the most important topic on every decision maker’s mind. At the NogginFest 2008, Xelleration, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in Irvine CA, presented how to dramatically reduce development time, effort and costs, and maximize SharePoint's advanced features. The speaker gave compelling examples, taken from the Xelleration’s clients’ experiences and its own methodologies on how to effectively plan a SharePoint rollout, and take advantage of built-in capabilities to increase user adoption, achieve a successful rollout, and drive business value for the organization with minimal capital investment.

Xelleration is one of only 20 Microsoft Partners in the US approved for the SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) program. Microsoft SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) is a software assurance benefit for customers, which is a pre-defined paid service offering delivered by partners to plan an effective SharePoint deployment. With SDPS Xelleration helps customers identify a roadmap for transformation and management of their current collaborative strategies. Customers will benefit from understanding the value of improved business productivity infrastructure based on SharePoint, as it relates to the six key capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server- Collaboration, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Portals, Business Process & Forms, and Business Intelligence.

Xelleration offers SharePoint Deployment Planning Services

Mon, 10 November 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration is pleased to announce that it is now one of only 20 Microsoft Partners in the US approved for the SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) program. Microsoft SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) is a software assurance benefit for customers, which is a pre-defined paid service offering delivered by partners to plan an effective SharePoint deployment.

This service offers customers a 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 day deployment planning service, based on their individual software assurance benefit level. Customers will work with a pre-qualified Microsoft partner to develop a customized SharePoint deployment plan for their specific environment and assess the overall direction for deployment of this technology. This service will provide benefits to the customer as they move to a secure and well-managed collaborative infrastructure.

Some of the highlights of this service include:

Microsoft pays partners to deliver the deployment plan services
Partners receive the SDPS tools, training, and support to help customers deploy SharePoint and increase their revenue in the process
The SDPS program provides opportunities as the customer redeems their Software Assurance (SA) benefit
SDPS helps remove the customer -perceived risk and cost of planning for SharePoint deployment
SDPS helps minimize the up-front partner investment and pre-sales planning and helps customers get a SharePoint® deployment plan in place, opening the door for increased partner service revenue opportunity

How does SDPS benefit Microsoft customers?

Customers get more value from their Software Assurance (SA) investment: This benefit is available at five levels: 1, 3, 5, 10, and 15-day engagement plans that are best aligned for their organization size.

High quality, professional, personalized service: Pre-qualified SDPS program partners provide the knowledge and expertise needed to successfully deploy SharePoint based on the customer's unique needs and environment and complementing the customer's strategic business direction.

Evaluate how SharePoint can best strengthen business processes in their organizations: SDPS helps customers identify a roadmap for transformation and management of their current collaborative strategies. Customers will benefit from understanding the value of an improved business productivity infrastructure based on SharePoint as it relates to the six key capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server:

Collaboration
Portals
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Enterprise Search (ES)

Receive SharePoint best practices and tools from Microsoft: Partners leverage best practices for SharePoint deployment by analyzing the customer's needs and providing planning guidance that help customers manage SharePoint implementation.

Customized roadmap to deployment: The deployment plan provides an assessment of the customer’s infrastructure, and recommends a business plan, timeline, and resources for a successful deployment. A Proof of Concept (POC) offering is available for longer SDPS engagements.

Getting Started:

To take advantage of SDPS Vouchers, simply assign the Voucher ID to Xelleration, and provide a corporate e-mail address (for authentication purposes only) on Microsoft's Partners website: http://directory.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/psbproviders/ProviderListing.aspx
Contact Xelleration at info@xelleration.com to receive examples of 1, 3, 5 and 10 day Engagement topics and discuss the track that is the best solution for your company.

Microsoft Presents Xelleration Two Partner Awards

Fri, 24 October 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration is pleased to announce that for the second year in a row, it has been awarded the Microsoft "Best Customer Satisfaction" award for 2008 at the Microsoft's Annual Managed Partner Briefing on the 14th of October at Microsoft offices in Irvine, CA. The award was presented based on a nomination for a project that involved complex integration of a custom SharePoint solution with other technologies. Additionally, the Microsoft "Best Teamwork" award for 2008 was also given to Xelleration for successful collaboration with another Microsoft Partner to implement Microsoft's Business Intelligence Suite at a client.

Xelleration takes pride in the level of service it provides its Customers, and in being able to create alliances among other Microsoft Partners to add value and expertise to ensure the best possible business solution.

Xelleration is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Managed Partner specializing in Collaborative Document Management and Business Workflow Solutions.

Xelleration and Microsoft conduct an Executive Briefing Event

Wed, 22 October 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration and Microsoft recently gathered a group of 20 IT executives at the Fleming's Steakhouse in Newport Beach for an evening of great food, wine and a fascinating discussion of a CIO's role and strategies in today's world of global economic instability and uncertainty in the marketplace.

Greg Lush, VP and CIO of The Linc group spoke to the gathering with his speech on how to become the change agent within your organization; how to influence the enterprise with strategy; education; quality; and the enabling toolset (leveraging Microsoft Technologies). The attendees learned how these components may work in harmony with one another to provide holistic solutions which will enhance Customer value (internal and external) and increase productivity.

Xelleration is an Award winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that specializes in world class service around Information Worker and Collaborative Document Management and other Workflow solutions.

Xelleration is based in Irvine, CA and is an equal opportunity employer.

Xelleration is one of the sponsors of the 7th Annual Charity Golf Classic

Fri, 12 September 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Orange County's top business and community leaders "Teed off" against child abuse at the Child Abuse Prevention Center's Charity Golf Classic on Monday, August 18, at the El Niguel Country Club in Laguna Niguel. This 7th annual tournament, presented by Wells Fargo Bank, made great strides in the fight against child abuse by raising over $70,000 for the Prevention Center's in-home child abuse prevention programs. Xelleration was proud to contribute to the great success of the Tournament that was held to support such a noble cause.

XELLERATION PARTICIPATES IN SoTeC (Southland Technology Conference and Vendor Showcase)

Wed, 03 September 2008 08:00:00 PDT

SoTeC is the conference put on by IT Professionals for IT Professionals! A coalition of project management, software quality assurance, and IT professional organizations working together to create a forum of interest to all IT professionals at all points of the systems development life cycle, from project conception through development, testing and into project closeout.

This year's theme was: Capturing the Summit - Expanding Knowledge - Achieving Goals

Achieving career goals requires constantly striving to expand abilities, knowledge, and interpersonal relationships. With a wonderful slate of knowledgeable speakers and the opportunity to interact with other IT management professionals, Xelleration team had an opportunity to gain new skills and information, exchange ideas and experiences with other IT professionals and make new contacts to explore new partner opportunities.

XELLERATION EXPANDS OFFSHORE OPERATIONS

Fri, 08 August 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration announced expansion of its offshore Captive Center in response to market demands for qualified resources and affordable programming services during this period of economic crunch. Xelleration's offshore operations, which was launched in 2004, has proven to be extremely valuable to its other lines of business and has enabled the company to execute projects in a cost-effective manner while maintaining high quality and quick turn-around time.

With this move, Xelleration plans to build on its current success and increase its staff in order to continue providing its customers the advantages of faster time to market, access to a larger pool of talented resources, and flexible strategies for development of Value Added Services, all at a significant cost savings.

The business unit is re-locating to the Siddiq Trade Centre in the heart of Lahore, Pakistan. The Centre’s buildings feature the latest in architectural and engineering techniques, along with cutting-edge technology, making it among the most desirable environments for today's modern lifestyles and workforce.

XELLERATION LAUNCHES BRANDED SHAREPOINT APPLICATIONS

Mon, 28 July 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration, a software development firm in Southern California, has launched a new service offering for "branded" SharePoint applications. The first three releases, which are available from Xelleration's website at http://www.xelleration.com/products.shtml, were designed to automate common tasks related to Project Management, and HR functions a company of any size. The applications include:

Project Management Office Application (PMO) which enables Managers and Stake-Holders to manage all projects from a single location while project teams can collaborate on multiple projects, share documents, run reports and keep track of project scopes, budgets and timelines more efficiently.
Policies & Procedures Application (P&P) enables quick and secure access to all company documentation and support systems through a common SharePoint interface. It is a repository for publication, sharing and storing of Company Policies, Procedures, Forms, Logos, etc.
Employee On-boarding Application makes hiring new employees more efficient, process oriented and easily repeatable. HR Departments will have better coordination and delegation of HR tasks that are routinely performed by staff.

Microsoft's SharePoint platform enables teams to collaborate efficiently, find organizational resources, search for experts and corporate information, manage content and workflow, and leverage business insight to make better-informed decisions. By deploying these "ready-to-use" applications from Xelleration, companies can reduce development time, effort and costs to maximize some of SharePoint's advanced capabilities.

Xelleration is a Workflow Solutions Company that has been helping organizations nationwide improve their operational effectiveness and streamline their processes using Microsoft SharePoint. Extending SharePoint beyond its "out of the box" capabilities enables Xelleration's clients to deploy complex solutions with speed and comparatively small investment.

XELLERATION PARTICIPATES IN MICROSOFT WORLD PARTNER CONFERENCE 2008

Wed, 23 July 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Houston, TX - July 2008: Xelleration LLC, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, participated in the annual Microsoft World Partner Conference in Houston TX. The Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) provided Xelleration with a chance to learn more about business growth opportunities and product innovations from Microsoft executives. It also offered Xelleration a unique chance to expand its business potential by connecting with thousands of other Microsoft Partners from around the world.

Vinay Kathuria, Xelleration’s Senior Sales Consultant said this conference provided Xelleration an excellent platform to connect with key Microsoft Partners and senior Microsoft executives. "Xelleration’s participation in the Conference has put the company on Microsoft’s radar as one of the fastest growing Partners in the SharePoint and Business Intelligence space. We also met with other Partners from across the world who expressed great interest in working together on opportunities with services that complement our offerings. All around, it just creates a synergy that translates into success for all parties and especially the client."

XELLERATION ENABLES MICROSOFT AND IBM TO CO-EXIST IN THE COLLABORATION SPACE

Tue, 27 May 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration LLC an IBM Business Partner participated in IBM’s Lotusphere Comes to You in Costa Mesa, CA on May 22, 2008. Lotusphere is an IBM series of road shows that display the latest in IBM Lotus software solutions. This years’ IBM event series will demonstrate the power of the Lotus software collaboration portfolio as well as promoting IBM’s latest SMB targeted offering, Lotus Foundations. This event was held at the Orange County Hilton in Costa Mesa and Xelleration was present with a display table on-site.

"2008 is a very exciting year for IBM and its partners with lots of new and exciting announcements such as Lotus Foundations and plans for the latest WebSphere Portal version 6.1. Xelleration is very proud to be part of this event and to be an IBM partner." said Mo Khan, Managing Director of Xelleration.

At the event, Xelleration demonstrated a Sametime webpart for Microsoft SharePoint as part of their co-existence strategies. Xelleration firmly believes that in today’s day and age technologies from various vendors and platforms can and should be used to leverage a company’s productivity, output, and growth. This means that "cross-breeding" of Microsoft and IBM technologies can be extremely beneficial for a company in terms of cost as well as efficiency.

About Xelleration
Xelleration is a consulting and technology solutions company providing Business Intelligence and Office Automation solutions built around Human Workflow Automation (HWS), Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Integration (BPI) and Collaborative Document Management (CDM). Xelleration has been an IBM Business Partner for almost a decade and we offer our services with a unique combination of Strategic Thinking, Creativity, Technological services, and Business Process Engineering and Innovation using our proprietary Triple "O" methodology. Triple 'O' stands for Onsite, Offsite and Offshore work model.

Xelleration is based in Irvine California with offices in Dubai, UAE and a development center in the Indian Subcontinent.

XELLERATION PARTNERS WITH FRONTPAGES WEB HOSTING NETWORK TO LAUNCH ITS OWN SHAREPOINT APPLICATION BUNDLE TO MARKET

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration has partnered with Frontpages Web Hosting Network to bring their customers an all-in-one SharePoint and MOSS 2007 solution offering. Frontpages Web Hosting Network is a leader in providing managed web hosting services for SharePoint, Exchange, CRM, SQL and dedicated server solutions to customers around the world. Xelleration's own branded SharePoint applications for Project Management Office (PMO), Policies and Procedures document library, and Employee Onboarding application for HR will now be available to Frontpages' customers. Ikram Rehman, Product Manager for Xelleration says, "Our relationship with Frontpages is strategic to our SharePoint practice, and this is the perfect market entry point for Xelleration’s applications bundle."

XELLERATION EARNS THE MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE SEARCH SPECIALIZATION COMPETENCY

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration is proud to announce that it has earned the Microsoft competency in Enterprise Search Specialization, enabling it to enhance its expertise and impact in the overall Information Worker and Business Intelligence Competency. This competency will enable Xelleration to offer a broad-range of solutions integrated with SharePoint 2007 and Business Intelligence that will enable organizations to find the relevant information from resources on the Internet, company’s intranet, within enterprise applications and file stores, and from the people within the organization.

XELLERATION EARNS THE DATA MANAGEMENT BI COMPETENCY

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration is proud to announce that it has earned the Microsoft competency in Data Management Business Intelligence Specialization, enabling it to enhance its expertise and impact in the technology marketplace.

Xelleration has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs. BI competency is earned by companies who have expertise in designing, deploying, and customizing business intelligence (BI) solutions using Microsoft technologies..

XELLERATION IS ADDED TO THE MICROSOFT OFFICE SYSTEM SOLUTION DIRECTORY

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration has been added as a Microsoft Partner offering expertise in the area of migrating to Microsoft Exchange Server from Lotus Notes Solutions. This listing enables Xelleration to expose themselves to the customers, expand business opportunities using solution showcase examples, and create new solutions based on the Microsoft Office System.

XELLERATION WINS THE MICROSOFT AWARD!!

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration wins the Microsoft Award for "best customer satisfaction and experience". The award was handed out by Mujahid Khan, Microsoft Partner Account Manager, to Mo Khan, Managing Director Xelleration. The ceremony was held at the Hyatt Newport beach on Oct 10th 2007. The awards recognizes Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners that have delivered exemplary solutions and offered quality services to their customers. This award highlights Microsoft's appreciation and recognition of Xelleration's expertise and commitment to delivering the best solutions and services to its clients using Microsoft as the preferred platform.

XELLERATION RESPONDS TO EARTHQUAKE RELIEF IN PAKISTAN

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration donates computer equipment to the Comprehensive Disaster Relief Service (CDRS) for the inauguration of the new hospital building in Chikar, Pakistan, continuing its commitment to the philosophy of philanthropy. This region was badly damaged after the devastating earthquake in 2005 measuring 7.9 on the richter scale. Over 100,000 people lost their lives and millions were left homeless.

CDRS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quick, efficient and compassionate medical and humanitarian relief and disaster recovery operations to the people of the earthquake affected areas, with concentration of efforts in the Chikar area These operations include the channeling of human resources, medical support, logistical support, health education programs and funding directly to the people who need it most, particularly mothers and children.

XELLERATION EARNS THE INFORMATION WORKER COMPETENCY

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration has earned the Microsoft competency in Information Worker Solutions, enabling it to enhance its expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. Xelleration has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs. Information Worker Solutions Competency is earned by companies that specialize in effective and efficient deployment of portal and content management solutions built using Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft Content Management Server, Microsoft Office System, Microsoft Exchange Server, Office Live Communications Server, and Windows SharePoint Services, that enable clients to better collaborate, coordinate, manage, and prioritize on increasing volumes of information.

XELLERATION BECOMES AN ATG ALLIANCE PARTNER

Tue, 1 May 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration has become an ATG Alliance partner. This gives Xelleration unparalleled access to ATG technology and provides us with product resources, such as the ATG Knowledge Base, technical bulletins, and product manuals. This partnership also provides Xelleration with a wide range of capabilities - from project management, to business and technical consulting, to dynamic design. Our proven methodology is based on our experience and best practices distilled from successfully managing ATG projects.

XELLERATION PARTICIPATES IN LOTUSPHERE COMES TO YOU - SAN DIEGO

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration had a table top presence at the "Lotusphere Comes to You - San Diego" on April 24th, 2007. Lotusphere Comes to You is a series of events that bring practical information to customers. Some of the topics you will learn more about: insight into collaboration tools and technology, how to stretch your current Lotus software investment, how IBM products provides for better collaboration and more productivity.

XELLERATION PARTICIPATES IN LOTUSPHERE COMES TO YOU - GLENDALE

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration had a table top presence at the "Lotusphere Comes to You - San Diego" on April 19th, 2007. Lotusphere Comes to You is a series of events that bring practical information to customers. Some of the topics you will learn more about: insight into collaboration tools and technology, how to stretch your current Lotus software investment, how IBM products provides for better collaboration and more productivity.

XELLERATION PARTICIPATES IN LOTUSPHERE COMES TO YOU SHOWCASE EVENT - COSTA MESA

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration had a table top presence at the "Lotusphere Comes to You Showcase event - Costa Mesa" on April 4, 2007. Lotusphere Comes to You is a series of events that bring practical information to customers. Some of the topics you will learn more about: insight into collaboration tools and technology, how to stretch your current Lotus software investment, how IBM products provides for better collaboration and more productivity.

Xelleration LLC participates in Microsoft Across America Event in Anaheim CA

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration LLC, a leading IT consulting and technology firm based in Irvine California participated in the Microsoft Across America Event in Anaheim which was held on March 27th 2007. Xelleration, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is one of the emerging workflow solution companies in the region, with an outstanding presence in the US IT market. The company believes in having maximum industry interaction through corporate and public events to facilitate technology adoption in all sectors.

Microsoft Across America Events are a series of nationwide Events to celebrate the launch of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Vista, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. These events present and opportunity for technology companies to showcase their latest products, solutions and service offerings using Microsoft tools and technologies.

Xelleration LLC joins the Oracle Partner Program

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration LLC today announced that it has entered into an Oracle Partner Program. This will enable Xelleration to broaden the use of Oracle’s technologies in the rapidly growing IT marketplace.

Xelleration customers will benefit from the growing portfolio of applications that Oracle has to offer by, and by gaining access to a wide range of business solutions.

Xelleration becomes a Kofax Certified Solutions Provider

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration becomes a Certified Solutions Provider of Kofax. Kofax is the market leader in capture application software, device connectivity and image processing. In 1995, Kofax introduced Ascent Capture, the first shrink-wrapped information-capture application for document and content management systems. Today, Ascent Capture is an enterprise-class platform and the most widely used capture solution in the world. Xelleration incorporates Ascent Capture with other workflow automation tools providing our users with a robust imaging solution.

Xelleration LLC achieves Gold Partner status from Microsoft

Thu, 2 Mar 2006 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration has been awarded a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Level status from Microsoft. By becoming a gold certified member of the Microsoft Partner program, Xelleration continues its ongoing commitment to deliver quality work and provide its clients with the latest technology offerings in the market.

"By working and integrating more closely with Microsoft, Xelleration will make it easier to offer its clients a wider range of offerings, and to develop its own team skills on a more diverse technological platform. We are excited to be part of the Microsoft Partner program and expect that Xelleration developers and clients will benefit from the further strengthening of this collaboration." - Mo Khan, Managing Director-Xelleration LLC.

Xelleration becomes a Microsoft Certified Partner

Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration LLC has attained Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003. The company is best known for its workflow automation and business process integration.

"We are extremely pleased to have attained the Certified Partner status from Microsoft in their Partner Program. This allows us to promote our expertise, relationship and understanding with Microsoft to our clients," said Mo Khan, Managing Director of Xelleration LLC. "The benefits provided to Xelleration through our Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings, and to deliver a greater quality of service to our customers."

Xelleration LLC becomes an IBM Business Partner

Fri, 2 Jul 2004 08:00:00 PDT

Xelleration has a Business Partner status from IBM. This recognizes that Xelleration has completed all of the resource skill set requirements and is now certified to work on IBM tools and technologies.

As an IBM Business Partner Xelleration is recognized and rewarded for having some of the industry's best trained technicians who are capable of achieving and demonstrating a high level of expertise in planning, designing, implementing and supporting IBM solutions. Xelleration has secured the training, skills and knowledge to play an essential role in accelerating the adoption of IBM workflow solutions.

Receiving this honor highlights Xelleration’s commitment to continually offer its customers a high level of product knowledge, technical expertise and service capabilities. The combined front will also provide world-class business solutions that help companies be more responsive, productive and resilient.