Tag: End User Alert Tools

Lightning Tools BDC Alert Manager

November 4th, 2009
Name BDC Alert Manager Vendor Lightning Tools
Web http://www.lightningtools.com/bdc-alert-manager/default.aspx Pricing Commercial Licenses from $800, free trial available
Category Commercial End User Tool
Overview The BDC Alert Manager from Lightning Tools allows your users to stay informed by email as their critical business data changes. Alerts can easily be configured and managed for any Business Data Catalog Data source from a central place.


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Virto Alerts Customizer

November 4th, 2009
Name Alerts Customizer Vendor Virto Software
Web http://www.virtosoftware.com/sharepoint-alerts-customizer-virto.aspx Pricing Commercial Licenses from $695, free trial available
Category Commercial End User Tool
Overview Virto Alerts Customizer for SharePoint provides users with this additional adjustment tool. Now you can create your own task alert in an instant, and allow it to be sent to a specific user or a group of users. An important feature with the Virto Alerts Customizer is the ability to create your own alerts in Rich Text  format.

You can also define the frequency of alerts by simply choosing one of the following options: send immediately, hourly, daily or weekly. Alerts can also be sent within a specified timetable (i.e., only within
business hours — from 8 AM to 5 PM). All of this can then be combined into a single ticket. When you enable this feature, all of your alerts will be assembled into a single email instead of being sent in several email messages. Finally, Virto Alerts Customizer allows sending SharePoint alerts and notifications not only by e-mail, but also by SMS or via instant messengers like Jabber or Miranda.

Another feature of the Virto Alerts Customizer is the Custom Filtering System. This allows users to create complex terms and conditions for sending notifications. An example would be for you to receive notifications when your task is complete or the percentage of completion is more than 90%.

The option of Custom Templates makes it possible to create the Body of the Alert message within seconds. The Virto Alerts Customizer Message Templates enables users to use different tags in the HTML-based template body. The tags are replaced with the Alert List column fields and other elements while the message is being drafted.


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SharePointBoost Alert Reminder Boost

November 4th, 2009
Name Alert Reminder Boost Vendor SharePointBoost
Web http://www.sharepointboost.com/alertreminderboost.html Pricing Commercial Licenses from $199, free trial available
Category Commercial End User Alert Tool
Overview Send Reminder emails for upcoming deadlines, overdue item, or change of item status;
Can define complex Alert/Reminder conditions;
You can insert columns into Subject of email;
You can customize Alert/Reminder email body according to your requirements;
Can send Alert/Reminder emails to user/group field columns, AD users/groups, email addresses;
Can display email address which Alert/Reminder emails is sent from;
Item attachments can be added to Alert/Reminder email attachments;
You can define email addresses which you want to reply to;
You can export and import Alert Part as template;
Alert/ Reminder email contents displays as strikethrough where contents deleted and highlight where contents newly-added;
Alert/Reminder email contents contains mobile link, including item mobile display, edit link and mobile list link; New
Send Alert email to SharePoint users/groups when item is created, modified or deleted.


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Bamboo My Alerts Organizer

November 4th, 2009
Name My Alerts Organizer Vendor Bamboo Solutions
Web http://store.bamboosolutions.com/sharepoint-my-alerts-organizer.aspx Pricing Commercial Licenses from $500, Free trial available
Category Commercial End User Alerts Administration product
Overview

Currently, SharePoint users (MOSS and WSS 3.0) can view and edit the alerts they’ve set up for a particular list or library, or even individual items. However, this fragmented view makes it is easy to forget which alerts you’ve set up and which ones you need to set up within a site or site collection. Users don’t have a way to manage all of their alerts, from a single location for each site within a site collection.

The Bamboo My Alerts Organizer provides users with the ability to view all the alerts they have setup for each site in a site collection from a single view. Users can access the My Alerts Organizer right from their SharePoint site through the user’s personal menu. This feature allows users to easily create new alerts, group alerts, enable/disable alerts, delete alerts, and perform inline editing of alert frequency settings.


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Bamboo Alert Plus

November 4th, 2009
Name Alert Plus Vendor Bamboo Solutions
Web http://store.bamboosolutions.com/sharepoint-alert-plus-web-part.aspx Pricing Commercial Licenses from $700, free trial available
Category Commercial End User Web part/service
Overview Alerts in SharePoint are frequently underused. One of the main reasons is that users are often inundated with an unnecessary amount of alerts whenever a list is touched – diminishing their significance. Alert Plus Web Part gives users the ability to only receive alerts for very specific conditions, helping your end users manage their tasks more efficiently and consistently.

The Alert Plus Web Part allows you to easily set up and receive customized notifications alerting you to a variety of conditions or changes in a SharePoint list, such as when a task has been added to the portal, tasks are coming due or overdue, or a new version of a document is added to a document library that needs review.



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Pentalogic Reminder

November 4th, 2009
Name Pentalogic Reminder Vendor Pentalogic Technology
Web http://www.pentalogic.net/sharepoint-reminder.aspx Pricing Commercial licenses from $195, free trial available
Category End User Alert Service/Webpart





Overview SharePoint already has a built in Alerts feature but this is limited to sending out emails when items in your list are changed by users – for example when a new task is added.

SharePoint Reminder adds the ability to send out emails on date based events – for example it can constantly monitor a Task List and when an item is due send a ‘This Task is Due Soon’ email to the person who has been assigned to complete the task. It can also send out another email if a task becomes overdue.

It is very flexible and applicable to a variety of common SharePoint scenarios such as :-

Task Management: Send reminder emails when Tasks are approaching their due date – then another once they are overdue.

Helpdesk Management: Escalate an issue if it hasn’t been resolved within a certain time of being logged.

Enhanced Alerts: Gain more control over email alerts including who gets them, under what circumstances and customise the text of the email.

Simple Workflow: Use SharePoint Reminder to drive simple workflow by sending emails when a task is ready for the next stage in a business process.

Equipment calibration and testing: Help manage the regular calibration and testing of equipment while keeping an audit log for compliance purposes.

Document Management: Send a reminder email to a document author once its past its review or archive date.

Event Lists: Remind people of important upcoming events or meetings.

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