LOTUSPHERE,ORLANDO, FL, January 21, 2008 – Trilog Group, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative project management solutions, today announced ProjExec®  Express for IBM®  Lotus® Quickr™  8, the first full-featured project scheduling and tracking that works with Quickr services for WebSphere Portal  and provides two-way synchronization with Microsoft Project.   Trilog Group, a finalist for the 2008 Lotus CTO Award honoring visionary IBM Business Partners who are exploiting Lotus' latest collaborative capabilities in innovative and leading-edge ways, is demonstrating the new project place templates for Quickr at Lotusphere 2008 in Orlando, Florida at pedestals 401 and 402 in the Product Showcase exhibition hall.

Trilog Group has worked directly with the IBM Lotus Quickr team to create ProjExec Express, adding robust project management and scheduling capabilities to the set of pre-built Lotus Quickr templates and extending the value of Quickr to accommodate project management methodologies and best practices.  With a focus on J2EE platforms, ProjExec Express for Quickr features two-way synchronization between ProjExec project places in Quickr and Microsoft Project, dynamic visual Gantt tracking, full Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) representation of all project work and deliverables on a standard Gantt time axis, full scheduling and color-coded tracking capabilities, and enhanced personal work/task management views - all above and beyond the built-in Quickr task list component.  ProjExec Express also allows project resources to be managed and assigned directly from Quickr place members.

“ProjExec Express for Quickr greatly expands the project collaboration options for IBM customers, because Quickr users now have the option to instantly collaborate on project plans designed using Microsoft Project, or perform all WBS construction and project scheduling directly in their Quickr project place with ProjExec Express,” said Alex Homsi, President and CEO, Trilog Group. “This unique integrated solution, combining the robust features of Trilog’s award-winning ProjExec solution with Lotus Quickr Services for WebSphere Portal, offers customers a competitive, more affordable alternative to Microsoft Project Server and Sharepoint.”

From Team Collaboration to Project Collaboration

Project collaboration has long been identified by the Lotus Quickr team as a recurring customer requirement.  In combination, ProjExec Express and Quickr allow Quickr users to not only share project documents, but also to collaborate on project tasks, milestones, and deliverables.

“ProjExec Express does not change the way project managers plan or schedule tasks conventionally, rather it enhances the execution phase through integration with Microsoft Project, a highly popular tool popular among project managers,” said Ravinder Shan, Vice President of Business Development, Trilog Group.  “There is a distinct difference between managing a project in the generic sense and managing a project in the formal sense.  ProjExec Express for Quickr enables project managers to continue to follow best practices while improving project success with enhanced collaboration, tracking and control.”

Pricing and Availability

The suggested retail price for ProjExec Express for Quickr is $70 per user.  ProjExec Express for Quickr runs with Lotus Quickr Services for WebSphere Portal and supports all Quickr options for the WebSphere Portal environment, including the standard backend IBM DB2 or use of LDAP for directory services.  For additional information, please call (800) 818-2199 or contact sales@triloggroup.com or please visit www.triloggroup.com.

About Trilog Group, Inc.

Trilog Group, Inc. is a leading provider of collaborative project management solutions. Its’ award-winning solution, ProjExec, offers an intuitive, web-based project collaboration environment that enables real-time execution and control of complex multi-enterprise projects with geographically dispersed teams. Trilog is also an IBM Premier Partner and a pioneer in Software-as-a-Service-based solutions on the IBM platform delivering enterprise-security and reliability to small- and medium-sized businesses. ProjExec Online is available at www.projexec.com. 

Founded in 1997, privately held Trilog Group is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.  Trilog technology and services enable leading global organizations such as JWT, Dana Corporation, and IBS America to achieve faster development and deployment times for their most strategic business applications.  Trilog Group is available on the Web at www.triloggroup.com.

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