Posted on June 23, 2009, at 9:03 am .

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is an essential part of many organizations. The server provides essential business tools such as content management and enterprise search, accelerated shared business processes, and generally better information sharing.
Quest Software, have announced that the latest version of Quest Web Parts for SharePoint. Quest Web Parts is a suite of tools to help build and customize more robust Sharepoint sites, applications, menus and dashboards through configuration rather than code.
Quest Web Parts for SharePoint takes many of the mundane and repetitive tasks associated with SharePoint’s web part configuration. With these tools, you save time and costs by accelerating the process. In addition, the latest version also includes a new DiscussionView web part that improves the ability to easily follow and track discussions, as well as dramatically improved charting functionality.
If you’re at The SharePoint Technology Conference, check them out at booth 109.
Otherwise, you can visit their website for more details and pricing.
Posted on June 22, 2009, at 11:53 am .

Visible Vote for BlackBerry has been updated and it’s also now available in App World. New features include:
1. Job Approval Ratings for each Legislator that represents you plus the President.
2. Facebook Comment Integration – You can now leave comments on each bill and legislator for your Facebook Friends to read.
3. Bills now have a filter function to better find bills that matter to you.
4. Each Bill now has buttons that will take you to the actual bill and media sources with articles on each bill.
5. Download your Legislators full voting records without having to vote.
Download Visible Vote for your BlackBerry for free.
The old features still remain the same and have been a little cleaned up:
1. Send a Letter to your Legislators through your Blackberry.
2. Vote on the same Bills as your legislators and tell them how to Vote on those bills from the program.
3. After Legislators vote it will cross compare your vote to theirs and give you an agreement percentage.
4. Sends a letter every week with the constituents vote tallies.