RESTON, Virginia, November 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Significantly Increases Productivity Manageability of Applications on SharePoint

CorasWorks, a leading provider of software that makes it easier to develop applications on Microsoft SharePoint(R), has announced version 10 of its CorasWorks Workplace Suite(TM) (Workplace Suite). Available in Q1 of 2009, the Workplace Suite is part of the CorasWorks Modular Application Development System (MADS), an application development system that has been deployed in more than 1,000 enterprises worldwide and enables organizations to design, build and manage applications in SharePoint without the costs and complexity of custom code development.

This next generation release of the Workplace Suite drives forward on its productivity-enhancing features for end-users, builders, and developers while delivering a powerful set of tools and capabilities that enhance the manageability of application environments developed on SharePoint.

Design Better. The CorasWorks Wizards Design Patterns, pre-configured templates and solution accelerators packaged with the Workplace Suite enable organizations to more easily design applications that can be deployed faster and are more easily managed.

Build Faster. CorasWorks' Wizards enable developers and non-technical builders to create new system components, compose applications, and deploy and upgrade applications in a fraction of the time of traditional approaches -- while ensuring a consistent look and feel to end-users, resulting in increased use and productivity. CorasWorks Snaplets(TM) enable builders to centrally configure task-centric applets that can be distributed and reused across the environment, making it even faster to build and deploy with greater consistency than previous versions of the Workplace Suite.

Manage Easier. The Workplace Suite delivers a broad set of tools and capabilities to increase the manageability of SharePoint environments. Powered by CorasWorks One Touch(TM), site and system administrators and builders can quickly and easily make central changes in one place to alter system-wide navigation, displays, data connections, end-user actions, and site portfolios.

Accomplish More. The CorasWorks Workplace Suite enables developers, non-technical builders and site and system administrators to be more productive and efficient by significantly reducing the time to design, build and manage SharePoint environments.

With version 10.0 of the Workplace Suite, we have delivered the most integrated modular development platform available for SharePoint, said Gary Voight, CEO of CorasWorks. We continued to enhance the feature set that drives the productivity benefits of modular application development and use. However, in this release, we have started to improve the overall manageability of SharePoint environments. With the proliferation of SharePoint sites, site collections, and applications, the lack of effective, centralized management is the number one inhibitor to the continuing success of our customers.

With this new version of the Workplace Suite, customers can address the known challenges and limitations of SharePoint by enabling them to:

- Quickly design and deploy applications based on common design patterns and pre-configured templates - Create custom components with CorasWorks Wizards to address very specific business needs - Drag, drop, and configure applications using CorasWorks' modular component-based development system - Auto discover every SharePoint site on a company or organization's network - Dynamically update all SharePoint sites from a centralized console.

The Workplace Suite is deployed in small and large enterprises worldwide including the United States Marine Corp (USMC). USMC utilized the Workplace Suite to create military operational solutions.

The CorasWorks Workplace Suite enabled our Marines to build and maintain their solutions, said Ron Simmons, Director of KM Integration at USMC. By using the Workplace Suite, we have been able to significantly reduce our SharePoint development costs and increase the mission effectiveness of our organization. With version 10.0, we are excited to gain more control over our SharePoint environment and significantly decrease the cost of managing SharePoint.

The CorasWorks Workplace Suite version 10.0 will be available in Q1 2009. It runs on Windows SharePoint Services v3 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007 (Standard and Enterprise). Visit www.corasworks.net/workplacesuite10 to find out more about the Workplace Suite version 10.

About CorasWorks

With more than 1,000 customers and more than 1 million users worldwide, CorasWorks is a leading provider of modular application development software for Microsoft SharePoint. Customers use CorasWorks products to build we-based solutions such as project- and process-oriented solutions and line of business applications. Its modular architecture makes it easy to design, build, and manage an integrated workplace of collaborative business applications, without the time and expense of custom development. For more information and online demos, please visit www.corasworks.net.

Nicole Van Scoten, +1-865-693-6934, nvanscoten@imagecom.net, for CorasWorks Corporation