HMS announces new SharePoint Timesheet Solution

HMS extends its TimeControl timesheet solution to embrace Microsoft's popular collaboration framework

Montreal May 28, 2008 - HMS Software, a leading provider of project management and enterprise timesheet solutions, has announced that its TimeControl timesheet system now supports the Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft SharePoint Portal environments. Microsoft has already listed TimeControl as a timesheet solution for use with Microsoft Project and Project Server and this announcement extends HMS Software's partnership with Microsoft.

"We're very excited about this new announcement," said Chris Vandersluis, President of HMS Software. "SharePoint is one of the fastest growing product groups at Microsoft and is being adopted by many organizations both large and small. TimeControl is already well known around the world as an enterprise level timesheet and we believe that making TimeControl available from within the SharePoint interface will make it even easier for organizations to deploy."

Microsoft has announced that over 100 Million licenses of SharePoint are already deployed and many products are endorsing the environment. TimeControl is one of the first timesheet systems that is available now for deployment within SharePoint.

"While this announcement is new, we already have had extensive experience with TimeControl used within SharePoint," says Stephen Eyton-Jones, Director of Technical Services at HMS. "We have designed TimeControl 5 to work within Microsoft Project Server's Project Web Access Interface which is already within SharePoint. Our new integrator can now install TimeControl directly into a SharePoint worksite where it becomes immediately accessible to anyone who has been granted access."

HMS Software is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with an Information Worker Competency and has had a relationship integrating TimeControl with Microsoft Products since 1995. Only a small fraction of Microsoft's hundreds of thousands of partners are ever elevated to Gold Certified status.

"We know that one of the biggest challenges in a timesheet system is its acceptance by the end users," says Vandersluis. "For those organizations which have deployed or are deploying SharePoint, this new installation capability of TimeControl will ensure an uninterrupted user experience."

The TimeControl SharePoint Integrator is currently free for organizations purchasing TimeControl and is included with each TimeControl system.

To learn more about the TimeControl in SharePoint solution, visit www.timecontrol.com/use-cases/sharepoint.


About Microsoft

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About TimeControl

TimeControl was originally released in 1994. It was immediately successful in the project management sector and today is recognized not only as a project management solution, but also as an enterprise timesheet solution in use by companies worldwide. TimeControl is designed as a multipurpose timesheet able to serve the needs of both Finance and Project Management simultaneously. It includes features such as a multi-browser, multi-device interface, a PC and mobile interface, vacation approvals, executive dashboards, extensive approval functionality, flexible reporting and links to project management and corporate systems which makes the timesheet product ideally suited for integration with existing systems in any organization. TimeControl's flexibility allows it to be deployed for use as a time and attendance, time and billing, project tracking and flex-time system. TimeControl is available both for purchase for an on-premises installation or as an on-line subscription in the Cloud.

To access the free Hosted TimeControl Trial site, visit our free trial page.

For more information about TimeControl, monitor the TimeControl blog at http://blog.timecontrol.org/ or the TimeControl website at www.timecontrol.com.

For information about TimeControlOnline, our hosted timesheet subscription service in the cloud, go to www.timecontrol.com/features/timecontrol-online.

For any other questions, please contact HMS Software at info@hms.ca.

TimeControl is represented around the world by our distributors in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, the UK, and the U.S.

About HMS Software

Based in Montreal, Canada with offices in Toronto, HMS Software has been a leading provider of project management and enterprise timesheet systems and services since 1984. HMS Software's first customized timesheet application was written in 1984. With the launch of TimeControl as a commercial application in 1994, HMS Software began servicing clients worldwide.

HMS Software's client list reads like a who's who of business. It includes Acergy, Aecon, Rio Tinto, the Atlanta Airport, the City of Montreal, the County of San Mateo, Electromotive Diesel, EXFO, FT Services, Kelly Services, Koch, Merck Frosst, the Government of Quebec, Georgia Pacific, Parker Hannifin, Rolls Royce, Sobeys, Volvo Novabus, Zimmer Inc. and hundreds of others.

For further information about HMS Software, please visit the HMS website at: www.hms.ca or contact us at info@hms.ca.