Abel Solutions Selected by CNNA Architects to Improve Productivity and Collaboration

November 6, 2006

When the professionals at CNNA Architects, Inc. recognized the need to enhance their ability to communicate and collaborate – both internally and with clients – they turned to Abel Solutions, Inc. The result will be a new portal that will give clients and staff members a secure, online, collaborative environment in which they can view and update real-time status information about their projects’ tasks, schedules, deadlines and budgets. The portal will also give internal team members a more tangible way to track projects according to the company’s successful “Life of a Project” process.

One of the main reasons why CNNA Architects chose Abel Solutions was because of the company’s proven ability to deliver customized portal capabilities, extremely rapidly and seamlessly. Abel Solutions’ FastPortal™ service features a structured, quick-start methodology and will leverage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services v3 for the CNNA portal implementation.

Abel Solutions President, Kevin Abel, explains, “The Microsoft SharePoint applications have basic framework and capabilities already built in, which allows us to work quickly. They also have excellent flexibility, so we can customize the solution to match the way CNNA employees actually work. The resulting portal will be highly intuitive and easy to use because it uses both the workflow processes and the online environment that every employee already knows.”

CNNA Architects Principal, Richard H. Nelson, believes that the portal’s capabilities will give his company an advantage in the highly competitive architecture and design industry. “This type of collaborative environment is not typical for most architecture and design firms. But for us, it is a natural extension of CNNA’s longstanding insistence on excellent communication and a deep respect for each client's needs, aspirations, functional requirements and constraints. We’re most enthusiastic about the potential of this portal system and believe that it will allow us to continue to increase the quality service we can provide to our clients.”

Abel Solutions, Inc.

Abel Solutions employs innovative technology to increase the productivity of businesses by making the right information available to the right people at the right time. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Information Worker and Integrated E-Business Solutions, Abel Solutions is widely recognized for their SharePoint-based solutions, custom application development and innovative delivery methodology. Abel Solutions has been delivering custom solutions for businesses, state and local government and non-profit organizations since 1997.