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How to Save Time, Save Money and Eliminate Manual Processes

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There’s still time to save time.

Sign up for the Nintex Forms and Mobile Webinar: save time, money and eliminate manual processes.

Your people are going places, why not give them the tools it takes to be productive on the go?

Join us for a 30-minute webinar, Thursday, September 8th, at 2pm EST.You’ll learn how to bring forms and mobile together in your Nintex Workflow platform, and that will:

Give your team access to content from everywhere.

Make it easier for your employees to collaborate.

Keep your people productive when they’re not behind their desks.

Make your workflow mobile. Make forms easier to manage. Make the most of your Nintex platform.

To register, please go to the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-save-time-save-money-and-eliminate-manual-processes-tickets-27077284888

 

For more information, please contact: elizabeth.lebeaux@atidan.com

IM on it—Why Instant Messaging is Collaboration’s Secret Weapon

Implementing an instant messaging platform is important for productivity for teams of all sizes. Enabling a system for quick, informal, easy-to-reference and mobile chats keeps teams connected for nimble collaborations—resulting in a major value-add to your business.

How much value, exactly? Businesses that have embraced instant messaging practice have seen remarkable improvements in productivity and streamlined communication. According to a survey of employees using chat services conducted by SoftwareAdvice.com, 75 percent saw decreased call and email volume, and 66 percent noticed quick resolution for simple questions. When it comes to productivity, 21 percent noted either moderate or significant increase.

IM instant messaging is collaborations secret weapon FI

As company-wide IM benefits become clear, more and more businesses are getting on board. If you’re interested in these benefits but are wary to ensure proper implementation and use throughout your company, provide best practices for your employees to reference to increase productivity and reduce frustrating growing pains.

Don’t shoot the messenger

The following five best practices help ensure successful adoption and usage of IM in your organization:

  1. Provide a company-wide solution—Don’t require employees to use personal accounts; implement a company-provided instant messaging offering. This will streamline features and allow all your employees to find each other to chat.
  2. Choose a secure solution with robust features—Compliance standards (like HIPPA, DPAS and FISMA, FERPA and banking) apply to more than just email and other secure information sources. Ensure that all your business communication tools align with common compliance standards.
  3. Integrate with other collaboration tools—Standalone instant messengers can leave employees with cumbersome roadblocks. Ensure your solution integrates seamlessly with other tools like business email, phone and video conferencing. Encourage employees to start conversations within project-specific documentation, so that the goal of the conversation remains clear and important information can be easily referenced.
  4. Empower employees to set and respect boundaries—Being reachable 24/7 is unrealistic and sets up your employees for burnout. Encourage colleagues to mute their instant messaging tool for periods of private productivity and focus, then remind co-workers to respect that virtual space.
  5. Don’t replace email completely—Instant messaging is a great option to communicate with even the most inbox-overwhelmed colleagues. But, instant messaging should not replace email or other collaboration tools that are core to keeping record of memorialized conversations. Set standards and show examples of the types of content best handled via IM, email or other project management tools. A general rule is length, if the message will contain more than a few words or sentences, email remains the best option.

A valuable tool for company-wide collaboration, instant messengers should be used to keep employees productive—not distracted or stressed. By implementing and encouraging best practices and sticking with a solution that includes everything you need to implement these practice at the outset, you can see skyrocketing productivity and results.

For more information please contact Atidan at office365@atidan.com.

Reference: https://blogs.office.com/2016/07/20/im-why-instant-messaging-is-collaborations-secret-weapon/

What is New with Nintex Workflow, Forms and Processes for SharePoint

Nintex Mobile Enterprise: Create collections of Nintex Forms & Workflow Tasks

Atidan is pleased to expand our Workflow, Process, Forms and Mobile offerings for Microsoft SharePoint through our partnership with Nintex. New features and benefits just released for our Office 365 users and information about the new Enterprise editions for Mobile and Forms is enclosed in this blog post. To schedule a demonstration and free trial contact us at nintex@atidan.com

Nintex Mobile Enterprise: Create Collections of Nintex Forms and Workflow Tasks

You can now explicitly specify which forms or workflow tasks are to be included in a Nintex Mobile Enterprise app, giving you the ability to build and deploy departmental or process-specific applications. Deliver a richer alternative to web-based access for your SharePoint and Office 365 users. They’ll gain the convenience of a single entry point for the forms and workflow tasks that are relevant to them.

  • Create line-of-business-targeted apps using the tools you are already familiar with (Nintex Workflow and Nintex Forms)
  • Give your business users access to only the forms and workflows that are relevant to them, on their device, via a manageable and governable solution

Nintex Add-in for Outlook

Nintex Add-in for Outlook

The Nintex Office Add-in for Outlook is a great way to “Be Where Your Users Are” by enhancing the Nintex LazyApproval experience for Outlook. Now you can interact directly with a LazyApproval-enabled task seamlessly inside of your Outlook 2013/2016 client or directly from within the Outlook Web app. The Nintex Office Add-In automatically recognizes LazyApproval messages in your inbox and displays the available approval options for the user to click. With this latest release, we’ve added support for Nintex Workflow for Office 365 LazyApproval to complement the existing Nintex Workflow on-premises support. Nintex Add-in for Outlook is available for free from the Office Store.

Workflow for Office 365: Task Escalation

Workflow for Office 365: Task Escalation

“Leave no task behind” by incorporating a task escalation option as you configure your task actions. Set a task to be assigned to another person or group if the original assignee doesn’t respond within a specified time.

Nintex Workflow for Office 365: Workflow Gallery

Workflow for Office 365: Workflow Gallery

Build and manage workflows in one place, faster, and with fewer clicks. Create new workflows, modify existing workflows, delete unwanted workflows, and much more – do it all from the Workflow Gallery.

Nintex Mobile Enterprise Edition

Mobile Enterprise Edition

Mobilize your users and your workflows across the enterprise.

  • Rapidly build, integrate, deploy, and manage your mobile workflow app
  • Custom brand your app
  • Build your app once and easily deploy it anywhere
  • Create powerful apps without coding skills
  • Provide native user experiences (geolocation, camera, etc.) across all mobile devices and compatible with all major platforms (iOS, Windows Phone, Android)
  • Co-exist with a Mobile Device Management solution
  • Work seamlessly with SharePoint and Office 365

Learn About Nintex Mobile

Nintex Forms Enterprise Edition

Forms Enterprise Edition

Build enterprise-grade forms that drive workflow applications for SharePoint.

  • Quickly design and publish web-ready and mobile-ready forms with custom branding
  • Connect forms with your business processes through workflow triggers and task notifications
  • Build integrations with databases and business applications, on-premises or in the cloud
  • Enable online and offline data capture
  • Administer and manage forms assets
  • Work seamlessly with SharePoint

Financial Process, Approvals & Security with Nintex Workflow & Forms for SharePoint

Join Atidan to see how Nintex Workflow, Nintex Forms and Microsoft SharePoint will support your critical business processes including financial approvals, security, compliance, monitoring and overall enterprise collaboration with SharePoint.
Thursday June 12th, 2014 – 11AM EDT
During this 45 minute live demonstration, we will demonstrate features including:
  • Multi-level approvals
  • Two layer authentication
  • Workflow metrics & history
  • Visualizations of process metrics
  • How to quickly change workflows and process
  • Mobile forms
  • Branded SharePoint Enterprise portal with multiple roles and personalization
  • Advanced Search
  • And much more

All attendees will get a chance to ask questions, see live process development, and receive a free trial offer!

Atidan Presents DocuSign Digital Signatures for Microsoft SharePoint & Office 365 – April 22, 2PM EDT

Atidan Presents DocuSign Digital Signatures for Microsoft SharePoint & Office 365 – April 22, 2PM EDT

The eSignature Choice for Microsoft Office 365

Join Atidan for an exciting demonstration of the latest digital signature solution for SharePoint Online and Office 365 from DocuSign on Tuesday April 22nd, 2 PM EDT

Register here! http://goo.gl/zXYz2w

DocuSign for SharePoint Online enables you to legally and securely send, sign, track, and store important documents electronically using the Office 365 SharePoint team site, anytime, anywhere, across devices. Your users will have nothing new to learn in a familiar SharePoint interface that contains features such as document folders and libraries. You can rest assured that your most important documents will be managed with the highest levels of security and availability.

It’s easy to send, sign, and manage a document for eSignature directly from SharePoint Online. Launch DocuSign by selecting the DocuSign action in the ribbon bar of a document library. You can then track the status of the document, and have it automatically stored back into SharePoint once all parties have completed DocuSigning the documents. Streamline the steps for procuring eSignatures by automating business processes and workflows. Simply select documents for signing, specify the signing order, and then DocuSign will automatically route the document to the right people in the right order. Whether you’re in the office or on the go, DocuSign for SharePoint Online lets you work from virtually anywhere on the most reliable eSignature platform with 99.99% uptime.

Key DocuSign for Microsoft SharePoint Online features:

DocuSign for SharePoint Online Product Guide   DocuSign for Office 365 Video

All attendees will receive a free trial offer and special incentives! For additional information or personal demonstration contact us docusign@atidan.com .

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Extend Business Processes Everywhere with Nintex Forms & Workflow for Microsoft SharePoint – April 15th Webinar

Join Atidan and Nintex for an exciting demonstration of Nintex Forms & Workflow 2013 for Microsoft SharePoint on April 15th at 2PM EDT – Tax Day!

Register here – https://clicktoattend.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=186024
 
Nintex Forms is a web based designer that enables forms to be created within SharePoint quickly and easily. Forms can then be consumed on most common mobile devices from the internet, anywhere and anytime. Nintex Forms integrates seamlessly with Nintex Workflow to automate business processes and deliver rich SharePoint applications. 
 
Quick and Easy Forms Design
Empower business users and enhance developer productivity:
•Auto-generate forms to support your business applications
•Customize forms quickly with an intuitive browser based designer
•Enforce business and process logic without writing a single line of code

Access Anywhere, Anytime  
Provide secure access to SharePoint forms and process anywhere on any device:
•Choose between browser based forms and native mobile applications 
•Design once and publish to any device with a single click
•Extend access to external users without reconfiguring your firewall

Seamless Workflow Integration
Extend the value of your investment in Nintex Workflow:
•Transform forms into business applications with rich UI
•Connect to a key line of business systems
•Leverage a wide range of cloud services through Nintex Live
 
All attendees will receive a free trial offer and special incentives!

Atidan Launches Project and Process Jumpstart with BrightWork and Nintex for Microsoft SharePoint – Deliver Project, Portfolio and Everyday Work Management

Atidan is pleased to announce the Project and Process Jumpstart featuring the BrightWork PMO, Nintex Workflow and Nintex Forms for Microsoft SharePoint at the Worldwide Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. Featuring fully integrated business processes to drive an efficient project management office, any organization can instantly deploy an affordable amount of project, portfolio and everyday work management, delivering immediate visibility and control. The Project and Process JumpStart uses best practices and a proven deployment approach to rapidly implement a fully working Project Office utilizing Microsoft SharePoint, BrightWork, Nintex and Atidan integration expertise.

Atidan’s Project and Process Jumpstart includes:

  • Fifty perpetual end-user licenses of all BrightWork templates
  • Nintex Workflow and Nintex Forms for unlimited users
  • Project scoping, planning and setup, and needs definition
  • Installation and configuration of the BrightWork and Nintex solutions
  • Design of the local Project Office hierarchy
  • Configuration of 2 templates to manage 2 different project types
  • Configuration of 1 Project Office/rollup template for program level reporting across projects
  • Three workflow processes to support the PMO including portfolio management, project status and task escalation
  • Five mobile-enabled forms for project initiation, issue management, task tracking, risk reporting, and change requests
  • Introductory training for support staff and end users
  • Software support & new releases for one year
  • Annual Health Check with advice and recommendations

“Atidan’s Project and Process Jumpstart includes SharePoint project management templates from BrightWork for managing different types of projects, each of which can be easily customized to fit your needs and practices,” said David J. Rosenthal, President & CEO of Atidan. “Adding Nintex’s Workflow and Forms enables efficiency, speed, mobile everywhere access and process control.  Atidan makes it easy to get started and provides a future path for growth and mature project management practices.”

BrightWork’s suite of templates for project, portfolio and everyday work management includes a full spectrum of support for team members, project managers, program managers and project office teams including:

  • Project Management
  • Portfolio Management
  • Demand Management
  • Work Management

Special Offer:

Through June 30, 2014, qualified Atidan clients can receive the BrightWork-Nintex Project Office Jumpstart for a special introductory price.

BrightWork Solution Data Sheet

Brightwork Project Management for SharePoint

Nintex Workflow for Everyone

Business Process Everywhere With Nintex Forms

Contact the Atidan team for additional information about our project management and SharePoint solutions, development and support services: brightwork@atidan.com

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Nintex Forms for Office 365 and SharePoint Online Launches

Nintex Forms for Office 365

Atidan is pleased to support the latest fantastic launch from Nintex – Forms for Office 365 and SharePoint Online.

Contact us for a free trial, deployment support and for licensing options.

Create, publish and deploy forms quickly and easily with Nintex Forms for Office 365. With the web-based designer, you can create forms to engage users in your Office 365 processes. Nintex Forms for Office 365 complements Nintex Workflow for Office 365, by adding a user-interface layer for your processes. Publish web forms from Office 365 that can surface on a range of devices and be used by anyone inside and outside of your organization.

Product Features

Build Forms For A Powerful Cloud Platform By taking full advantage of the new cloud app model, Nintex has enabled seamless integration with Office 365. Now you can build forms on a robust cloud platform and make your SharePoint Online deployment even more productive.  
Take Advantage of the Office 365 User Experience Nintex Forms for Office 365 is built with the platform in mind. With its intuitive layout optimised for user-experience in the cloud Nintex Forms for Office 365 makes it quick and easy to interact with your processes.
Get Started In Seconds Nintex Forms for Office 365 is easy to install, use and manage – plus, you can activate the app in seconds and get to work immediately! Nintex Forms for Office 365 empowers users to publish web and mobile enabled forms, so that your mobile workforce, customers, and vendors can interact with your existing processes from wherever they are.

Atidan Offers Nintex Workflow for SharePoint Online – Office 365

Nintex Workflow for Office 365 enables organizations to extend business process automation to more people, places and devices, delivering workflow for everyone. Nintex Workflow adds a drag-and-drop workflow designer, advanced connectivity, and rich workflow features to give customers more power and flexibility. 

Contact the Atidan team at nintex@atidan.com for a demonstration, pricing and additional information.

QUICK & EASY

 

Empower more users to automate their own processes in minutes through intuitive, easy to use, browser based drag-and-drop workflow designer.

INVEST SMART

 

Get real work done in Office 365. Protect your investment through simple deployment and management, while avoiding additional infrastructure and client software costs.

CONNECTED

Connect Nintex Workflow to Office 365, external systems, Exchange server, Lync server, databases, web services, and a world of cloud services seamlessly.

  Now You Can

Build Workflows For A Powerful Cloud Platform

By taking full advantage of the new cloud app model, Nintex has enabled seamless integration with Office 365. Now you can scale and build advanced workflows on a robust platform.

  
 

Connect To A Range Of Cloud Services

Stay productive wherever you are by integrating and connecting to a host of cloud services in real-time including Yammer, Box, Twitter, virtual machines and other applications. You can quickly add web services to workflows without writing a single line of code; and publish forms to collaborate with external vendors, partners, and customers.

Integrate Enterprise Activities With Out-Of-Box Actions

With Nintex Workflow for Office 365, we’ve introduced Nintex Store, a one stop shop for all your workflow action needs. Nintex Store contains hundreds of actions for you to build integrated, document-centric, and SharePoint-centric workflows that help you drive your business. Seamlessly connect Nintex Workflow to external systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM, web services, and applications most relevant to your business.

 

 

 

Automate More Business Processes

Business users and IT professionals alike will be empowered to quickly and easily automate business processes; from simple reviews and approvals to complex integration across external applications, cloud services, social media, and data sources. Leverage a wealth of actions to support everyday processes across a variety of industrial sectors and company departments, such as provisioning, help desk, leave requests, travel requests, expense claims, maintenance forms, and more.

Get Started In Seconds

Nintex Workflow for Office 365 is easy to install, use and manage – plus, you can activate the app in seconds and get to work immediately. The new cloud app model means improved portability, flexibility, and scalability for all your applications and documents residing in Office 365. Coming soon in the SharePoint store, Nintex Forms for Office 365 will empower users to publish web and mobile enabled forms using Nintex Live, so that your mobile workforce, customers, and vendors can interact with your existing processes and systems.