Wonderware Skelta BPM是一个全新的功能强大的可集成嵌入业务流程管理平台(BPM),它为用户业务流程管理的需求提供了一个完美的解决方案,包括企业用户,软件集成开发商和开发者,并且它通过使用一个高效的流程模型,为企业提供了一个强大的,协作式的平台。
A next-generation BPM platform, Skelta BPM provides a solution for BPM requirements of every class of BPM and workflow software users - enterprise users, information workers and business managers, OEMs/ISVs and developers. Skelta BPM is a robust business application platform that provides the business users with the ability to create a new application, by making use of its powerful features.Skelta BPM is an enterprise wide Business Process Management and Advanced workflow solutions product. It provides enterprises with a strong and collaborative platform to develop a business application, using a seamless and efficient process model.
Skelta BPM是一个全新的功能强大的业务流程管理平台(BPM),它为用户业务流程管理的需求提供了一个完美的解决方案,包括企业用户,软件集成开发商和开发者,并且它通过使用一个高效的流程模型,为企业提供了一个强大的,协作式的平台。
Wonderware Skelta BPM(原Skelta BPM.NET)完全实现了工作流程的自动化管理和规范,并将当今各项微软高端技术运用其产品中,使最终用户和开发者都能按照以往使用Windows软件的操作习惯,便捷、熟练地使用Wonderware Skelta BPM解决方案提供的各种工具,并可与各种企业级软件无缝集成,如InfoPath、BizTalk、SharePoint,SAP等。对于BPM开发者,Wonderware Skelta BPM解决方案强调减少编码工作量,高度集成的API接口使我们无需编写大量的代码便能实现强大的BPM功能,并通过可嵌入集成的模式给应用软件集成商提供了极大的便利,降低了风险和成本。
全球领先的工作流理念
传统工作流在灵活性和自适应性方面存在很大不足,Wonderware Skelta BPM拥有领先的工作流理念,在人机流程的管理,审核,批复或自动化流程等应用上都具有灵活可定制的特性。
完全公开的API
从流程设计器到表单设计器,贯穿整个企业控制台,Wonderware Skelta BPM完全开放API。
稳定可靠的工作流引擎
Wonderware Skelta BPM包含一个健壮的,基于业务规则的多线程工作流引擎,并拥有稳定的架构模式,支持群集安装部署、故障转移、灾难恢复等高级特征,保证所有工作流不间断正常运行。
便利的B/S架构
客户端无需安装任何第三方工具插件,只需一个标准的浏览器便可正常使用,如IE、Firefox等。
Wonderware Skelta BPM功能特征
流程设计器 表单设计器 企业控制台 人机交互的工作流 与Microsoft Office集成 多种任务处理方式 流程监视和优化 高性能与并行处理架构 安全性 与其他应用程序的直接集成 BPMN标准 工作流引擎 |
流程设计器
Wonderware Skelta BPM提供了与Microsoft Office Visio非常相似的,并完全支持可视化拖放操作的流程设计器。该流程设计器允许您轻松的创建,导出和发布流程,任何复杂流程都可以非常顺畅地进行处理。
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表单设计器
Skelta的表单设计器是一个完全基于AJAX的所见即所得表单设计工具,可以帮助用户轻松的创建和管理工作流表单;通过其易用的图形化拖放模式,我们可以在短短的数十秒内就能设计各种功能复杂的表单。
内嵌各种丰富的表单控件,亦支持自定义控件
HTML呈现模式,并支持表单预览与测试
可通过表单脚本,完成复杂逻辑的表单定义
支持与数据库的直接绑定
可通过流程直接生成所需表单
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企业控制台
Skelta BPM.NET提供一个强大的企业级管理系统,从而能够轻松的管理BPM以及与现有的业务系统整合,使使用者最快的在企业实施和使用工作流系统,以降低各种未知的实施风险。
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人机交互的工作流
Skelta拥有创建高效的人机交互工作流的能力,为用户提供立即可用的,可扩展,全方位的工作流服务。Skelta的人机交互工作流服务能够满足各类业务工作流的要求,例如队列管理,包括动态队列分配系统和为更有效的任务递送方式提供的队列任务调升功能,并可通过Web, Windows Form, PDA, SMS, IM, Voice, Outlook等各种不同方式进行任务处理。
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与Microsoft Office集成
Skelta能够实现与Microsoft Office的无缝集成,如直接在Outlook中审阅流程、在Excel浏览流程报表等,并提供了一个连接器与SharePoint进行无缝集成,从而增强SharePoint的协作能力。
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多种任务处理方式
Skelta提供了灵活的任务处理方式,以便用户可以随时随地不受限制的及时处理工作流程。
可通过Outlook插件来实现任务处理,用户无需运行专有的程序既可在Outlook中完成流程的审阅
Skelta对移动电话、即时短信的支持,使用户能够在任何时候、任何地点对流程进行有效协作
可以从桌面应用程序中调用Skelta提供的API和Web Service来处理任务,以实现更多运行环境的需求
可在SharePoint, BizTalk和InfoPath等系统中进行工作流的相关操作
用户还可使用Skelta流程设计器所支持的任务递送通道创建任何的自定义应用程序
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流程监视和优化
Skelta BPM.NET具有流程监视的能力,它能够跟踪工作流活动,从而提升业务效率。图形化的报表为流程效率跟踪提供了智能化的参考依据,从而消除工作流中的瓶颈。并可通过的阀值配置实时邮件通知流程情况。通过可定制的KPIs定义使得Skelta BPM.NET成为一个全面的业务活动监视的业务解决方案。
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安全性
Wonderware Skelta BPM为用户和角色提供了一个企业级安全功能。粒度精确到“列表项”的安全设置功能,可为全方位的安全部署提供了一个非常有效的配置方案;同时其层次分明的安全管理架构,能够提供如集团、下属分子公司内外系统等拥有庞大组织关系的大型企业,逐步实现企业统一工作流引擎的IT架构战略规划提供保证。Skelta BPM.NET支持故障转移机制,为我们提供了一个可伸缩的环境,无需再为数据安全而担心。
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高性能与并行处理架构
Wonderware Skelta BPM引擎能够分层、群集部署到大规模并发环境中,可利用各种性能不同的PC服务器组成拥有超强性能的统一BPM服务平台,以稳定支持数万用户的在线处理请求。此外,其特有的并行处理架构和负载均衡的特性,可确保每一个流程请求都能得到最及时的处理,没有任何的延迟和等待。
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BPMN标准
Wonderware Skelta BPM遵循BPMN,通过标准的方式交流流程,进一步提供高效的协作。
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工作流引擎
Wonderware Skelta BPM核心拥有一个强健的,基于规则多线程的引擎,同时,它提供了一套完整的应用程序程序开发接口(APIs),应用程序开发者可以使用这些API来设计,部署,管理和监控工作流。流程一旦被使用就会进行持久化存储。在重启或系统出现故障时,该引擎可以继续执行工作流。
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获奖信息
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2010 Red Herring Global
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Enterprise Products | 2010 Microsoft Partner
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Windows
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Vendor 2009 | Intel certification
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Business Awards | Skelta in 2008 CODiE Awards Finalist List | Technology Fast 500
Asia 2007 Winner | Technology Fast 50
India 2007 Winner |
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Tech-Ed 2007
Attendee Choice Award | The 2007 International
Business Awards | Top 25 Emerging
Technology Companies | Technology Fast 500
Asia 2006 Winner |
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Technology Fast 50
India 2006 Winner | Microsoft 2006 Regional
Winning Customer Award | Waria Finalist | NASSCOM IT
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Red Herring 100
Asia Winner 2005 | Best of
Tech-Ed 2005 | MSD2D People's
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BPM Enterprise
Skelta BPM.NET Enterprise Edition enables business users, analysts, managers and other stakeholders to collaborate with developers in process design, implementation, integration and administration of an enterprise's BPM environment.
Key Features
- Skelta Enterprise Console - A unified interface for centralized process management.
- Process Automation - Advanced BPM workflow software functionality for process analysis, modeling, execution and monitoring
- Process Integration - Out-of-the-box connectors for InfoPath, BizTalk Server, and ERP systems such as SAP and Axapta to rapidly integrate processes with other applications.
- Process Optimization - Comprehensive BAM dashboards, KPIs and performance analysis allow for continuous process optimization.
- Collaboration across the enterprise in process definition and execution possible
BPM Office
Skelta SharePoint Accelerator is a full service BPM solution that seamlessly integrates Microsoft SharePoint with your business processes. Skelta SharePoint Accelerator is business user-friendly and facilitates an automated BPM environment without significant investments in software development.
Key Features
- Collaboration Features such as queues and calendars for effective resource management
- Business Processes and workflow initiation on all SharePoint events including "ING" events
- Centralized process management portals
- Enterprise Content Management of company-wide process
- Business Intelligence features such as BAM, audit trails, and integration with Excel Services and BDC
- Dashboard views present context based information to users thus increasing productivity
BPM OEM
The first 100% embeddable BPM Workflow framework on the Microsoft .NET platform, Skelta BPM.NET OEM Edition leverages on WF to facilitate rapid application integration and development.
Key Features
- 100% embeddable workflow framework for rapid integration
- XML Variable User Interface/Web Services
- Human Workflow Services with queue management, multi-level calendars Support for multiple channels and forms for task delivery and response
- Powerful workflow engine with native clustering and active-active load balancing
- Seamless integration with Microsoft SharePoint, MOSS , BizTalk Server and other Microsoft technologies
- WCF Support is provided by Skelta BPM
BPM for Developers
A 100% embeddable BPM Workflow Software, Skelta BPM.NET Developer Edition not only provides the process abstraction layer, it offers a rapid application development framework.
Key Features
- Forms Designer
- Completely customizable interfaces
- Out-of-the-box connectors for InfoPath, BizTalk Server, and ERP systems such as SAP and Axapta
- Seamless integration with Microsoft SharePoint, MOSS , BizTalk Server and other Microsoft technologies
- Connectivity with any database such as Oracle, MS SQL, or Active Directory
- Support for COM, VBScript.NET & JScript.NET
- Custom Controls can be configured to enable limitless functionality
- Database Activity enables execution of queries, stored procedures and functions from the workflow.
- WCF Support enables you to enhance the capability of the Skelta Object Access (SOA) integration with the WCF web services.
Skelta BPM Architecture
The Architecture diagram shown below provides the complete gist of its extensibility, interoperability, scalability and the flexibility to integrate with various third party applications or popular Microsoft products.
Features
Skelta BPM offers extensive functionality for every BPM practitioner with advanced features for full cycle BPM implementations. Leveraging on the Windows Workflow Foundation framework, Skelta BPM enables implementation of enterprise-wide BPM initiatives on a robust and scalable platform. From modeling to Business Activity Monitoring Skelta BPM covers the entire spectrum of BPM requirements. Skelta BPM is 100% embeddable BPM Workflow framework on the Microsoft .NET platform. |
Skelta BPM.NET - Features Snapshot
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Forms Designer
Forms Designer feature is a 100% web-based XML tool for creating and managing intelligent forms associated to business workflows. Without the pain of 3rd party plug-ins, Forms Designer’s AJAX based WYSIWYG editor puts the business user in control of the way they create and manage forms using a simplified drag and drop interface for image assisted paperless processes. Skelta Forms paves the way for transparent workflows through security features that include version control on Forms Management. Create simple to complex forms for use in processes to either initiate workflows or as part of an activity in the workflow; or link forms easily to processes and even call forms from within process workflows. |
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Process Designer
Process Modeling with Skelta Process Designer is rendered easy and intuitive in a web-based environment using a drag and drop interface as well as more than 50 out- of-the-box workflow activities. Skelta Process Designer enables customized workflows for people centric processes for even complex structures without the need for client side installations. Import processes designed in MS Visio to leverage on Skelta Process Designer functionalities or easily export processes. Skelta Process Designer, through its itemized security feature including major and minor versioning on documents and activities ensures a secure chain for workflow actions. |
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Enterprise Console
Skelta BPM.NET uses its strong enterprise class centralized process management repository to connect easily with existing business systems. By mapping different repositories from multiple locations to Enterprise Console, users make better returns on their IT investments. Skelta Enterprise Console delivers an integrated solution for building end-to-end business applications and advanced levels of security across repositories – enables transparency on each transaction through native versioning, tracking and audit trails of process changes. Enterprise Console’s resource management feature also offers support for multiple user directories, centralized management of Skelta Queues and multi-level hierarchical calendars for multi-geography, multi-time zone support. |
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Human Centric Workflows
Skelta leverages its superior expertise in modeling effective human centric workflows for out-of-the-box workflow services that are scalable and comprehensive. Skelta human workflow services feature the gamut of business workflow requirements such as queue management including dynamic queue allocation system with time based or recurring escalations for efficient task delivery. Collaborative approvals with queue based escalations ensure quick dispatch through the multiple delivery channels of Web, Windows Form, PDA, SMS, IM, Voice, Outlook and Custom channels. |
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Microsoft Office Integration
Skelta provides native integration with MS Office to leverage its easy, accessible design functions. Allows users to rapidly create workflow based documents with the flexibility to perform related tasks from mobile devices. Skelta’s SharePoint connector allows a seamless environment for leveraging SharePoint’s collaboration capabilities. |
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Communication Channels
Task delivery for various workflow instances is made dynamic through Skelta’s multiple communication and delivery channels of Web, SMS, PDA and Voice.
A Microsoft Outlook plug-in is provided for a seamless two-way communication on tasks which allows users to respond to tasks from within Outlook. Tasks delivered over the web or on email also allow participants to act upon them inherently. Collaborate effectively on tasks from any location through Skelta’s support for two-way communication on mobile phones and task notifications enabled on Instant Messenger services. Users can do more with Skelta’s extensive APIs and Web services that can be called from various desktop applications to work with Skelta Work Items. Create custom applications around the supported communication channels using Skelta Process Designer. Skelta BPM.NET also gives business users maximum leverage for collaboration capabilities of SharePoint, BizTalk and InfoPath through its product Interface. |
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Process Monitoring and Optimization
Through its proactive process monitoring capabilities, Skelta BPM.NET tracks workflow activities for accelerated business efficiency. Reports afforded through graphical views provide business intelligence for overdue analysis and productivity tracking to eliminate bottlenecks in the workflow. Configure alerts for business activity thresholds with real time email notification of violations for business level policies and SLAs. Exhaustive reports on automated exception handling defined through customizable KPIs make Skelta BPM.NET a comprehensive business solution for Business Activity Monitoring (BAM). |
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Skelta Security
Skelta BPM.NET’s features native Enterprise Security at Repository, List and Item level for users & groups. A well mapped, in-depth security cover gives workflow participants the freedom to collaborate effectively on sensitive tasks through user-based access rights for workflow design functions. Skelta’s comprehensive cover allows mapping of security groups for existing roles and extends to Reporting and BAM for qualified views of alerts. Automatic extendable security for even dynamically created lists and customized applications on Skelta BPM.NET platform delivers an efficient solution for all security related pain areas. |
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SharePoint Integration
Skelta BPM’s web-based process modeler within SharePoint opens up advanced collaboration functionalities for business users who are looking to build complex collaborative solutions without time consuming installations. A wizard driven workflow creation ensures rapid scale up and seamless integration with SharePoint means that users can embed Skelta Lists and Forms within SharePoint. Skelta’s SharePoint connector crosses the site barrier by making available collaboration features such as Queue Management for effective resource management and BAM for business intelligence within SharePoint server. |
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BizTalk Connector
Skelta BPM’s native low latency connector is a high performance Skelta Talk Adapter inside BizTalk. Closing the gap between BizTalk server and Skelta’s solution platform, the BizTalk Connector effects dual data flow between both for effective utilization of BizTalk’s proven technology components. Send messages to BizTalk and wait for BizTalk message or invoke Skelta from within BizTalk for human workflow services. Skelta’s BizTalk Connector delivers extended value for integrating BizTalk with external systems by invoking the application within Skelta. |
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Skelta Extension to Microsoft SAP LOB Adapter
Skelta BPM’s proprietary extension to Microsoft SAP LOB Adapter, built on top of Microsoft WCF LOB layer, delivers zero code integration and maximizes return on existing SAP investments. The Connector addresses the need to invoke operational data from an SAP environment for a holistic organizational view. Read tables or data and update or push data in SAP system by calling BAPIs/RFCs without a complicated host footprint. The Skelta Extension to Microsoft SAP LOB Adapter delivers scalability for complex approval processes and even allows business users to build workflows within SAP. |
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SOA (Skelta Object Access)
Skelta Object Access increases business efficiency by re-using existing objects within processes and ensuring just in time activation of objects. Allows access from Global Assembly Cache or local folder. SOA once again offers users an intelligent solution to eliminate custom coding for highly secure and rights based calling of external .NET assemblies. Use Skelta’s process designer environment for consuming external .NET assemblies without creating custom activity. |
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Lists
A centralized, embeddable storage repository for application level data, Lists comes tightly coupled with Skelta Forms and Skelta Workflows facilitating information exchange between layers. It allows users to create complex business entities easily through its Advanced Lookup functionalities including User / Role Look up from within Lists, Database. Skelta Lists also features item level security through major and minor versioning. |
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File Watcher
Skelta BPM.NET offers a secure, transparent environment for workflow related document activity through its file watcher module. Access file details as XMLvariables inside workflow and monitor a folder for different file events. Skelta BPM ’s File Watcher module integrates paperless processes through association of Skelta workflows with file watcher events. It supports file movement from one location to another – physically, through SharePoint or via FTP |
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BPMN Standards
Skelta BPM’s compliance with industry standards for Business Process Modeling notations translates to process knowledge diagrams for events, activities and gateways within business workflows. Easily differentiate between workflow sections through swimlanes and pools leading to placeholders. Through its BPMN adherence, Skelta’s BPM.NET transcends from workflow software to a sophisticated business intelligence tool with the capability of providing understanding of internal business procedures in a graphical notation. Communicate procedures in a standard manner and use notations to facilitate effective collaborations. |
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Workflow Engine
Skelta BPM has at its core a robust, light-weight, multi-threaded rules-based engine that executes the processes designed using the Process Designer Control. It provides a complete Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the application developer to design, code, deploy, manage and monitor workflows. Processes once designed are stored in a relational database, and can be deployed in accordance with the business rules. The engine supports persistent execution of workflows in the event of restarting or system failure. It also supports fail-over mechanism, and offers a scalable environment that can run simultaneous workflows invoked or controlled by available APIs or by the Web service provided. Support for clustering of servers and processes into logical groupings in order to take advantage of load balancing, is also available. The engine provides a complete history and audit trail of user interactions, so that data can be used to develop metrics for continuously improving processes and retaining best practices. |
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Dashboard and Web Parts
This feature allows you to enable Web parts and customize home screens. You can:
- Customize web parts based on the credentials of a specific user or role.
- Customize the home screen based on need
- Increase the business productivity with customization
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Custom Controls
The Custom Controls feature in forms is to support some of the advanced form features which can be created by the user. With Custom controls, users will have the power to customize their business needs and blend it with Skelta Forms Architecture. |
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Database Activity
Database Activity is an activity added to the set of engine activities. The database activity enables execution of queries, stored procedures and functions from the workflow. This activity establishes connection with the database server and performs actions to retrieve or update data in the database. This activity will fetch the schema of the database table to an XML variable according to a query, stored procedure or functions passed. |
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Consume WCF Services in workflows
This feature enables you to enhance the capability of the Skelta Object Access (SOA) integration with the WCF web services. A rule specified in a WCF web service can be executed in Skelta BPM workflows. The existing SOA architecture is enhanced to support the WCF service. |
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Awards
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2010 Red Herring Global
100 Winner |
Top 20 Promising Cool
Enterprise Products |
2010 Microsoft Partner
of the Year - Finalist |
Red Herring 100
Asia Winner 2009 |
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Windows
Server 2008 R2 |
Gartner Cool
Vendor 2009 |
Intel certification
powered by SpikeSource |
The NASSCOM
Emerge 50 |
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The 2008 American
Business Awards |
Skelta in 2008 CODiE Awards Finalist List |
Technology Fast 500
Asia 2007 Winner |
Technology Fast 50
India 2007 Winner |
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Tech-Ed 2007
Attendee Choice Award |
The 2007 International
Business Awards |
Top 25 Emerging
Technology Companies |
Technology Fast 500
Asia 2006 Winner |
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Technology Fast 50
India 2006 Winner |
Microsoft 2006 Regional
Winning Customer Award |
Waria Finalist |
NASSCOM IT
Innovation 2005 Award |
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Red Herring 100
Asia Winner 2005 |
Best of
Tech-Ed 2005 |
MSD2D People's
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