Awards and Certifications From July 13
TM Group Named to 2010 President's Club for Microsoft Dynamics for an Unprecedented 20th Year: Farmington Hills-based TM Group Inc. announced Tuesday that it had been named to the 2010 Microsoft Dynamics President's Club for an unprecedented 20th year. This achievement is a direct result of The TM Group's outstanding dedication to customer satisfaction through the delivery of innovative business solutions for accounting, ERP and CRM. The award-winning partner is one of five original Dynamics GP partners (originally known as Great Plains Accounting) and one of the only partners in the world to have been named to the Microsoft Dynamics President's Club for twenty years. President's Club for Microsoft Dynamics honors high-performing Microsoft Dynamics partners whose commitment to customers is reflected in their business success and growth. This prestigious group represents the top 5 percent of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide. Membership is granted based on their continual, committed efforts aimed at offering solutions that meet the needs of their customers. The TM Group, founded in 1984, is a leading Microsoft Gold Certified partner with core expertise in the Microsoft Dynamics suite of innovative business solutions including Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL and Dynamics NAV. The TM Group is also certified for the Information Worker, Portal and Collaboration and Small Business Specialist competencies, and offers advanced technical expertise in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft .Net Development and SQL Reporting Services. The TM Group is a founding member of the ERP and CRM Software Blogs. More at www.tmgroupinc.com.
Wayne State University wins 2010 Campus Technology Innovators award: On July 19, administrators from Wayne State University's Computing & Information Technology office and the Office of the Vice President for Research will be recognized at the Campus Technology 2010 conference hosted by Campus Technology magazine. Wayne State is one of 11 Campus Technology Innovators award winners, chosen from nearly 500 entries. Wayne State was selected for its development of the Researcher's Dashboard, a Web-based custom software application that seamlessly and intuitively integrates multiple applications, allowing researchers and grant administrators an improved way of monitoring and managing proposals and grants they are assigned to, ultimately providing them with more accurate information in real time. "Research in higher education is very competitive," said Hilary Ratner, WSU's vice president for research. "Faculty engaged in research often spend much time managing and administering the business aspect of their grants, losing valuable time in their labs. Through the development of the Researcher's Dashboard, we are connecting various systems through one portal, giving our research community easy access to grant information, reducing administrative burden and providing more time to conduct research." The Researcher's Dashboard integrates a number of technologies, including Coeus, a comprehensive electronic research administration system that enables researchers to monitor and track the development of their proposal as well as monitor their funded grants. In addition, three SunGard Banner systems -- Banner Unified Digital Campus, Banner Document Management Suite and Banner Operational Data Store -- are integrated, providing researchers and administrators real-time access to grant finance and personnel data, as well as easy access for viewing paper documents and compiling and preparing timely reports associated with their research. Wayne State University officials are hoping to make the WSU-developed Researcher's Dashboard available to other research universities to help them innovate and advance the efficiency of research administration processes. The university is exploring a community source/open source deployment of the Researcher's Dashboard with SunGard Higher Education. To learn more about the Researcher's Dashboard, visit http://thelink.computing.wayne.edu/researchers-dashboard.php
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