SP Marketplace announces Integrated Business Solution Model (IBSM365) for SMBs using Office 365 and SharePoint

Penn Valley, CA, May 5, 2015 (Newswire.com) - SP Marketplace (SharePoint Marketplace) the leader in Office 365 business applications, announced an Integrated Business Solution Model (IBSM365) which integrates disparate SharePoint Apps into an overall SharePoint solution site structure in the context of a business operation. With experience from over 500 small to medium business deployments, SP Marketplace has defined an Integration model which integrates an Intranet Portal Structure and Office 365 apps to provide out-of-the-box business solutions on Office 365.

Model moves the platform from App components to Integrated Business Solutions

"IBSM365 with SP Marketplace provides an integral service to extend the value of Office 365. The power of productivity in Office 365 can be greatly enhanced with the ability to tailor to the individual needs of businesses through the integration of key apps. SP Business Suite empowers organizations to maximize the value of their O365 investment." Comments Ray Meiring, CEO Qorus Software

Ray Meiring, CEO Qorus Software

Like Apple apps, Microsoft’s App model is great from a technological architecture perspective, allowing developers to easily create tools and functional components which are then placed in a catalog.  Hundreds of Apps are now available on the Office 365 catalog.  While the model works well for consumer personal use, businesses require solutions that share data across functions, and deliver a navigation scheme that is in the context of the organizational structure.  Apps by themselves do not deliver this.  

“Imagine the frustration of an employee trying to find the time-off app across 300 app icons in your organization”, states Darrell Trimble, CEO of SP Marketplace.  “Give them an intuitive structure, such as an Intranet Portal where time off requests are easily located in the Employee-Self-Service portal via the Intranet Home page.  Time-off may be an App, but it plugs into the overall structure provided by SP Business Suite.  IBSM365 leverages the best of the Office 365 Platform, leveraging SharePoint Online and Apps.”

The Integrated Business Solution Model includes:

• An Intranet Portal Structure built delivered via a SharePoint Online site structure
• Pre-built business solution sites such as HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, Facilities, Customer Service and more.
• Office 365 App components which plug into appropriate solution sites
• Pre-defined App guidelines for data sharing or templates.
• Best Practices for Integrated Solution setup and deployment

Over the last year SP Marketplace has been working with customers to define the Integrated Business Solution Model to meet real business requirements. 

Partners align with IBSM365 with SP Marketplace

Additionally, third party partners who have launched Apps for Office 365 are working with SP Marketplace to integrate their Apps into SP Business Suite.  For example SP Marketplace has been working with document generation vender Qorus to integrate their QorusDocs for 365 into its HR, Projects, and CRM modules.

“IBSM365 with SP Marketplace provides an integral service to extend the value of Office 365. The power of productivity in Office 365 can be greatly enhanced with the ability to tailor to the individual needs of businesses through the integration of key apps. SP Business Suite empowers organizations to maximize the value of their O365 investment.” Comments Ray Meiring, CEO Qorus Software

Some of the Partners participating in the Integrated Business Solution Model include:

• eLearningforce – LMS 365
• Qorus – QorusDocs 365
• Infowise Solutions – Over a dozen Apps
• Point2080 – ShowMe SharePoint
• Layer2 – Cloud Connector
• DC Solutions – Excalibur, Datadoc
• MetaVis – Office 365 Suite
• Plumsail Solutions – Workflow Apps
• FormRouter – PDF Form Router

SMB Best Practices Delivered by Business Transformation Partners

The final piece of IBSM365 is a set of consistent structured best practices delivered by certified partners.  Business Transformation Services, provide SMBs with the Road-map, Implementation Plan, and SMB Best Practices to realize the full potential of the Office 365 Platform using IBMS Model.  After over 500 implementations we have learned what works and what does not in transforming your business to realize the full potential of the cloud.  Putting in SP Business Suite templates is not the solution, but really is the accelerated start of realizing the productivity from leveraging Office 365 fully.   

“Business Transformation Services provides a proven structure to work with SMBs to define objectives and goals of the deployment, educate the management team and map existing processes to the new cloud model.”   States Jeff Lynch of Lynch Interactive.  “IBSM365, provides a core integration structure to deliver the solutions our clients require.”

 SP Marketplace has certified a dozen Business Transformation Partners worldwide to date.

The IBSM365 is a solution integration model is being implemented today through SP Marketplace with its SP Business Suite offering.

About SP Marketplace

SP Marketplace (SharePoint Marketplace) the leader in Office 365 business solutions, provides SharePoint applications and services designed specifically for the needs of small to medium organizations.  Installed in over 500 organizations worldwide, the applications leverage the latest technologies and run on SharePoint Online (Office 365) or on premise.  SP Business Suite is used by hundreds of organizations worldwide to automate core business services like Intranet, IT Help Desk, HR, Projects, Sales, Marketing and Facilities.  For more information on SP Business Suite please visit SP Marketplace online.