Virtusa Corporation, a global information technology (IT) services company that provides IT consulting, technology implementation and application outsourcing services through an enhanced global delivery model, today announced that it has plans to venture into a partnership with Microsoft to provide consultation towards Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 services in Sri Lanka.Enterprises are turning their attention to the next wave of productivity gains through collaboration. Whether it is collaboration in document creation, workflow approval, people-driven processes or vertical applications, huge productivity gains can be had when work is shared. This is particularly true where your workforce is geographically dispersed or where multiple departments share a common project – such as when sales, manufacturing, contracts, legal and project management groups pursue a large work order.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) is the cornerstone for corporate collaboration applications, and is typically imbedded in Microsoft enterprise licensing agreements. MOSS has recently evolved with new tools and templates, and can transform critical business functions in ways that formerly required many man hours in custom development.

Druvi Jayamanne Associate Director – Sales and Client Services for the Middle East and Asia Pacific region for Virtusa Corporation said “Virtusa is excited about getting into this closer association with Microsoft Sri Lanka, as this would enable both companies to combine their strengths and their unique value proposition to provide more comprehensive solutions to Sri Lankan Enterprises. Virtusa looks forward to serving Sri Lankan enterprises the same way it has served leading organisations in the US and Europe for close to 12 years, by leveraging its rich experience, its proven best of breed processes and excellent track record of having worked with Fortune 500 companies spanning the Banking, Financial Services, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Retail and Technology sectors.”

Virtusa’s SharePoint service offerings include architecture, design, development, testing and migration of SharePoint powered collaboration applications in areas of Internal portals, enabling multiple locations to share ideas and materials, Document workflow and archival – such as for work orders, marketing collateral, contracts, Project collaboration – such as managing deals through the sales, contract, delivery and support stages, Document – centric applications that tie people-driven processes to document rights and rules and Business intelligence – such as publishing an Excel-based sales forecast on a departmental dashboard.