The Largest Wish-Granting Charity in the World Selects Virtosoftware Products to

Enhance its SharePoint Environment

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, the largest wish-granting charity in the
world that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical condition
s, chooses a line of Virtosoftware's products and services to enhance its ShareP
oint environment.
San Francisco, CA, October 06, 2010 -- The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, th
e largest wish-granting charity in the world that grants the wishes of children
with life-threatening medical conditions, chooses a line of Virtosoftware's prod
ucts and services ( http://www.virtosoftware.com ) to enhance its SharePoint env
ironment.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America has selected a line of five products by Vi
rtosoftware to allow its SharePoint environment to be more effective and powerfu
l through adding a variety of new robust features and, at the same time, bringin
g a level of simplicity to management and development functions. Among the compo
nents chosen by The Foundation are Virto Password Change and Password Reset web
parts, ( http://www.virtosoftware.com ) Virto Active Directory User Service, Aja
x Calendar as well as Virto Ajax Data View. The line of Virtosoftware web parts
and services helps the Foundation to achieve a new level of efficiency in very d
ifferent sectors of its work ranging from user account management to web site de
velopment.
Virto Password Change and Virto Password Reset Web parts provide a self-service
facility for more than 1,000 users of the Foundation working SharePoint-based en
vironment to manage their enterprise credentials. These Web parts benefit the Fo
undation by reducing helpdesk requests and administrative overhead as well as he
lping the information technology staff support a robust password policy. Virto A
ctive Directory User Service ( http://www.virtosoftware.com ) allows the users t
o manage their Active Directory contact information via a web interface, as well
as providing a convenient tool for information technology helpdesk of the Found
ation to manage Active Directory accounts.
Virto Ajax Calendar ( http://www.virtosoftware.com ) for Microsoft SharePoint pr
ovides a feature-rich interface for managing dates on the Foundation project sit
es. The users no longer need to use a SharePoint form to adjust project tasks: t
hey can edit them directly on the calendar Web part. The dynamic and colorful in
terface makes it easier for them to identify and manage tasks. Virto Ajax Data V
iew for Microsoft SharePoint allows developers of the Make-A-Wish Foundation to
rapidly create feature-rich interfaces in SharePoint for managing data in SQL ta
bles, without using the SharePoint Designer (SPD). The Web part reduces both dev
elopment and deployment time by allowing developers to design interfaces for SQL
tables and views directly in SharePoint.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening m
edical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Fo
unded in 1980 when a group of caring volunteers helped a young boy fulfill his d
ream of becoming a police officer, the Foundation is now the largest wish-granti
ng charity in the world, with 65 chapters in the United States and its territori
es. With the help of generous donors and nearly 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wi
sh Foundation grants a wish every 40 minutes and has granted more than 188,000 w
ishes in the United States since its inception. Visit http://www.wish.org for mo
re information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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About Virto Software:
VirtoSoftware, a Microsoft Gold-Certified partner, designs and builds innovative
web parts for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2007 and 2010. Our comprehensive lineup includes
calendar, alerts, collaboration, workflow and administration capabilities for S
harePoint users.
More than 1500 users around the world have chosen our products to enhance their
SharePoint activities. Virto Software is headquartered in 4 with offices worldwi
de. For more information or to browse Virto Softwareâ s products, please visit http:/
/www.virtosoftware.com or contact us: sales@virtosoftware.com
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