Delphia Consulting, LLC, Earns the Microsoft .NET Connected Logo for HR Actions™ [1.18.2005]

COLUMBUS, OH, January 18, 2005 -- Delphia Consulting, LLC, a provider of Business Solutions Through Technology, today announced that its flagship software HR Actions™ has received the Microsoft .NET Connected Logo, indicating its support of the Microsoft .NET Framework and use of Web services to integrate and streamline the workflow associated employee change forms.

“We are pleased to have Delphia Consulting join Microsoft’s .NET Connected Logo program,” said Doug Pratt, group program manager for Microsoft Corp. "By choosing .NET and Web services, Delphia Consulting will be able to deliver rich, interoperable, and connected solutions to its customers."

Joe Rotella, Chief Technical Officer and Director of Operations of Delphia Consulting, led the design and development team for HR Actions. "Receiving the .NET Connected Logo for HR Actions further validates Delphia’s commitment to consistently incorporate and leverage new technologies in the development of solutions to support strategic human resources (HR) management and the paperless office," said Rotella.

The Microsoft .NET Connected Logo program recognizes software and services that interoperate using Web services. With Delphia obtaining the .NET Connected Logo, it means that the company's HR Actions web-based application has been independently verified to share data and functionality with other applications using industry Web services standards. HR Actions also successfully passed the Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 platform tests by Veritest for ISV Solutions.

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Microsoft’s .NET technology is software to connect people, systems, information, and devices. Delphia's .NET-connected solution provides its clients further assurance that their information technology investment in HR Actions is protected well into the future. Investing in a software solution based on Microsoft’s current and strategic platform helps protect against the probable technology obsolescence associated with software systems based on past generation or legacy operating platforms.

HR Actions, an add-on to your human resources information system (HRIS), is the web-based workflow solution to automate employee change forms. Design, initiate, and route forms for approval that automatically update your HRIS. HR Actions is a significant milestone in the HR profession's battle to eliminate high-cost, low-value administrivia so practitioners can focus on more strategic HR initiatives.

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