FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2015

Ashley Johnson

(888) 218-5560

ashleyj@spmarketplace.com

www.spmarketplace.com

SP Marketplace Announces SP Business Suite 365

for SMBs on Office 365

Out-of-the-box suite of integrated modules drives business productivity and

collaboration to new levels for Office 365 customers.

Penn Valley, Calif. -- SP Marketplace (www.spmarketplace.com), the leader in Office

365 business portals and applications, announced SP Business Suite 365, a next

generation business suite that transforms Office 365 into an operational hub that drives

higher employee productivity and collaboration.

Built on Office 365 and SharePoint Online, and driven by best practices design, SP

Business Suite 365 includes an Intranet portal, employee self-service portal, internal

services department portals (HR, IT, Admin), projects, CRM, customer service and

forms portal.

Delivered as separate but integrated modules, customers can purchase just one module

or combine them into packaged suites. For SMBs, this next generation offering in the

cloud allows them to take their Office 365 platform beyond basic email and document

sharing to provide a productivity hub for employees to collaborate and access internal

service processes in an intuitive and consistent way.

Extending Office 365 to support the business operation

With SP Business Suite 365, employees can now use Office 365 to receive the latest

industry news and organizational updates, submit requests to internal departments,

access policies and procedures, and manage core processes, such as time off and

expense reports. SP Business Suite 365 is designed to provide a common user

experience across SP Marketplace modules and the components in Office 365.

“Traditionally, employees have had to use multiple disparate systems to automate

business processes, which leads to frustration and productivity disconnect,” said SP

Marketplace CEO Darrell Trimble. “With the arrival of Office 365, customers now have a

consolidated organizational hub for doing business. SP Business Suite 365 leverages

those capabilities by plugging into the Office 365 Ecosystem and supporting business

operations for a seamless experience.”

An Integral Part of the Office 365 Ecosystem

Unlike traditional applications built on a separate database or platform and then linking

to Microsoft Office, SP Business Suite 365 was built and designed from the beginning to

be a next generation solution integrated with the Office 365 Ecosystem.

SP Business Suite 365 is built on SharePoint Online and leverages other Office 365

components, supporting the regular Microsoft platform updates with no risk of service

interruption.

SP Business Suite 365 provides an intuitive, consistent experience for end users and is

designed to:

• Provide an intuitive user interface using native Office 365 themes

• Support multiple devices with a responsive interface design

• Be accessed from the Office 365 App launcher

• Use standard SharePoint Online for document, data and process automation

• Be 100% customizable by business power users

• Seamlessly integrate with all Office 365 components like Outlook, Word, Skype

• Leverage new collaborative service portals like Video Portal and Knowledge

Portal

At the core of SP Business Suite 365 is the SP Application Services Layer, a powerful

new set of core functions designed to be used by business power users to simplify what

normally would require code and complex workflows and includes:

• Form design and processing

• Notification and reminder emails and messages

• Process automation replacing workflows

• Data import from external sources like email, web forms, databases and other

sources

“This is a game changer for SMBs in terms of cost and value,” said William Ryan, partner

at Sync(d) Technologies. “Now, they can get an out-of-the-box set of portal and

application modules and customize them to meet their needs, with no coding required.”

SP Business Suite 365 is priced to support the reality of SMB budgets and tight IT

resources. Modules start under $2500 and suites start under $10,000.

About SP Marketplace Founded in 2012, SP Marketplace is the leader in Office 365 business solutions,

providing Office 365 applications and services designed specifically for SMBs. SP

Marketplace applications and templates run on Office 365 SharePoint Online or On

Premise and are used by hundreds of organizations worldwide to drive collaboration

and automate core business services, such as Intranet, IT Help Desk, HR, Projects,

Sales, Marketing and Facilities. To learn more, contact Ashley Johnson at

ashleyj@spmarketplace.com or visit www.spmarketplace.com.

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