Sonata expands Sonnets frameworks to Microsoft Business Solutions(MBS)

Sonata launches Solution Accelerator Framework on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

San Jose/Bangalore, Feb 11, 2008

Sonata Software Limited, a leading Systems Integrator and Solution Provider on Microsoft products, today announced that it has launched SonnetPORTAL, a Solution Accelerator Framework on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that is targeted to help organizations be productive across locations, time zones and work schedules; even while improving business processes and increasing business agility.

SonnetPORTAL leverages Sonata’s extensive portal experience including several successful SharePoint Server 2007 rollouts in global organizations across multiple geographies; as also Sonata’s proven Portal Accelerator methodology that helps reduce deployment time by up to 40 % with minimized risks.

The SonnetPORTAL framework includes a set of over 30 pre-built and pre-tested re-usable assets, web parts, KPIs and Dashboards that are built to extend SharePoint Server 2007 functionality in order to setup portals quickly with enriched functionality.

The Microsoft Office Center of Excellence at Sonata is engaged in proactively building competency and providing cutting-edge solutions to customers. Sonata has been a frontrunner in the adoption of Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office Open XML, Office Business Applications (OBA) and Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007. The CoE is deeply engaged with Microsoft; with path breaking solutions being developed in collaboration including an open source translator plug in for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to translate Office OpenXML presentation document to ODF presentation document and vice versa.

Sonata Software will be featuring some of their Office solutions, including the Open XML to DAISY XML translator at this year’s Microsoft Office System Developers Conference (ODC), Feb 10-13. Sonata Software, along with three other partners, will be featured in the Open XML partner pavilion at this year’s event.

Mr. PVSN Raju, Vice President and Group Head (Microsoft Technology Practice), Sonata Software, said “Microsoft Office is the most widely used and accepted platform by users globally. Sonata’s Microsoft Office CoE has a mandate of developing and providing customers with avant-garde solutions on the Office stack, and SonnetPORTAL is another step in this direction.”

“Partners like Sonata, who have expertise on the 2007 Microsoft Office system , amplify the power of our platform by providing value added solutions to business users worldwide” said Tom Rizzo, Director of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

About Sonata Software Limited
Sonata Software, headquartered in Bangalore, India, is a leading IT Consulting and Services company. Sonata's customers span across the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Its portfolio of services include IT Consulting, Application Development, Application Management, Managed Testing, Business Intelligence, Infrastructure Management and Outsourced Product Development. Sonata is listed on the Indian Stock Exchanges and is SEI CMM Level 5 certified.

Sonata is a Gold Certified partner for Microsoft and has dedicated Centers of Excellence on Microsoft Dynamics, Business Intelligence and Microsoft Office. These centers are focused on proactively building competency and providing cutting-edge solutions to customers to help them leverage the power of Microsoft technologies.

About Microsoft
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For further information, please contact:
Swati Sengupta
Sonata Software Limited
A.P.S. Trust Building,
Bull Temple Road, N.R. Colony,
Basavanagudi,
Bangalore 560019, India
Tel : 91 80 26610330
swati.sengupta@sonata-software.com