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Citadon Announces Support for Microsoft SharePoint Server, SQL Server 2005, and Microsoft Outlook 12

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 06:00 CDT

Citadon, a leader in integrated Web-based collaboration, today announced it will support Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Outlook 12 capabilities in its future product releases. Citadon's initial step will be to utilize Microsoft SharePoint Services in Citadon Jazz -- Citadon's team collaboration/personal productivity tool that is currently in Beta testing.

Citadon is the leading vendor of SaaS collaboration and high value secure workplace solutions in a wide variety of industries including Oil and Gas/Petrochemical, Energy and Construction. Citadon combines business process management, document management, and team collaboration into scalable, reliable, and configurable Web-based systems that have been used to manage industry-specific solutions ranging from pipeline management to refinery construction.

Today's announcement is part of Citadon's continuing commitment to transform and simplify its users' collaboration experiences and includes integration within familiar personal productivity tools such as Microsoft File Explorer, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Outlook. After extensive analysis, Citadon has determined that Microsoft SharePoint Services will provide significant architectural advantages for its clients. In addition, Citadon will leverage the new web services interfaces in Office 12 to more tightly integrate with Microsoft Office.

According to Helen Roberts, EVP of Operations for Citadon, "The Microsoft suite provides the functionality we require as the technology platform of our next generation SaaS products. Our commitment to our users is to find the most cost effective, interoperable, and reliable technology environment. Microsoft products combined with our efforts in open source technologies will revolutionize software delivery in our target industries."

According to Howard Koenig, CEO, Citadon, "Microsoft has demonstrated their commitment to both SaaS and collaborative technologies, through both their new product releases and recent acquisitions. Their partnership with best of breed industry solution providers, such as Citadon, will yield mutually beneficial results. We believe that our partnership with Microsoft will have long term benefits for our users."

"We are very excited to see Citadon's commitment to the Microsoft platform by adopting .NET, SQL Server 2005, and SharePoint Portal Server to deliver an innovative SaaS collaboration platform that will benefit our mutual customers. This announcement is representative of the tremendous momentum in the ISV community toward adopting the Microsoft platform," commented Pradeep Rathinam, General Manager US ISV of Microsoft Corporation.

About Citadon

Citadon is the award-winning provider of on-demand Collaboration and Business Process Management solutions for distributed and project-oriented organizations. Citadon provides Web-based solutions that enable customers and their constituents to seamlessly share and manage a wide variety of document types, automate complex business processes, collaborate, and communicate without barriers while providing a secure mechanism for capturing and leveraging knowledge.

More than 65,000 subscribers in over 60 countries rely on Citadon to deliver business-critical automation and management. Citadon customers include Shell Oil Products, Transport for London, Chicago Transit Authority, GM, Alcoa, ICA Fluor, Ameren, Parsons Iraq Joint Venture and Novo Nordisk Engineering. For more information, please visit: www.citadon.com.

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SOURCE: Citadon, Inc.

Source: MARKET WIRE

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