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StratusLIVE Announces General Availability of 2011 Version of

By Calvin Azuri
TMCnet Contributor

StratusLIVE, creators of the StratusLIVE for Fundraisers, one of the leading Microsoft (News - Alert) Dynamics CRM-based Constituent Engagement and Fundraising Suites recently announced its general availability for the 2011 version. CRM/xRM platform from Microsoft: Dynamics CRM 2011 is what is powering up this 2011 version.

StratusLIVE makes complete use of the futuristic Microsoft Outlook experience that is currently available with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. In a release, Jim Funari, StratusLIVE’s CEO says, “User adoption continues to be the Achilles heel of most system initiatives, which leads to unrealized improvements in both productivity and top line growth. Users desperately want a familiar user interface and what could be more familiar than Microsoft Outlook, with over 500 million worldwide users.”

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 makes use of some great features such as dashboards that are in real-time, easily manageable goal tracking, guided processes as well as workflows, duplicate detection, advanced personalization, and even Microsoft SharePoint portal integration. It also comes with a wholly extensible web services API that is based on the .NET (News - Alert) 4 frameworks.

Randy Forkner, President of Collins Computing, a strategic West Coast partner of StratusLIVE and Microsoft is leading an implementation of StratusLIVE at the YMCA of Greater Seattle right now. He says, “The future is platform-based solutions. Nonprofits have a very compelling alternative now with the comprehensive StratusLIVE nonprofit suite on the award winning Microsoft Dynamics CRM/xRM platform. And the back-end accounting and finance operations can enjoy the same benefits with native integration to the Microsoft ERP and accounting products like Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, and Microsoft Dynamics AX.”

This suite from StratusLIVE gives in-depth constituent profiles, relationship development, as well as major gift cultivation. It also provides for campaign management, pledge and gift processing as well as recognition awards. There is also multi-channel marketing, case and service management and even the ease of designation processing. In addition to this are volunteer and event management, and accounting integration.

UPIC Solutions, a partner of StratusLIVE hosting and implementation has been in partnership for close to 18 months now on a Microsoft Dynamics CRM-based solution. They find that the market is in need of a wide range of functionality and that having it as one packed platform with the backing of Microsoft comes with a number of business related advantages.